Android Magazine 58 - 2015 UK

Tu t o r i a l s

Put a pin in it!

MultitasklikeaprousingthePintasking

apptopinimportanttasksandlinks

Despitealltheadvancesinmobilesover

theyears,oneareawherephonesand

tabletsstillstruggleisinmultitasking.

Androidappstakeuptheentirescreen,

leavingyounoroomforanythingelse.

Pintaskingisanappthataimstomake

multitaskingonAndroidpossiblebygiving

youtheabilitytominimiseyouractiveapps

intofloatingbuttons.Youcanthenjump

betweentheseongoingtasksbytappingthe

relatedfloatingbutton.

YoucandownloadPintaskingforfreefrom

theGooglePlaystore,althoughyou’llneedto

upgradetoPro(£2.99/$TBA)touseallofits

features.ThistutorialusestheProversion.

There’sabitofsetuprequiredbeforeyou

canusetheapp.Thefirsttimeyoulaunch

Pintaskingitmaypromptyoutoenablethe

accessibilityservice.Ifthishappens,tap

EnableAccessibilityHelperthenselect

Pintaskingfromthemenuandsetitssliderto

theonposition.

NextreturntothemainPintaskingscreen

andtapSystemHelperInstallerfollowedby

VerifyRootAccess.Followtheon-screen

instructionstoinstallthehelper.

Repeat this process for Default for https

links. Then tap Your browser and choose the

default browser you want to use, such as the

Chrome app. Test your new link-storing

functionality by opening your browser of choice

and then tapping a link. A small overlay will appear.

Choose default browser

To get started, launch Pintasking and tap^3

Browser extension. You’ll need to set Pintasking as

your default browser, so tap Default for http links.

When prompted, tap Pintasking. Then tap Default

for http links once again, double-check that

Pintasking is still selected and then tap Always.

SetHTTPdefault

Have you ever been browsing the web and^2

spotted a few links you want to check out later?

Pintasking can help you out, by letting you stash

multiple links in a Pintasking pin without leaving

the current screen. You can then work your way

through these links one by one.

Browser extension

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Apps used » Pintasking Works with » Android 4.1 and up

“Despite all the advances in mobiles

over the years, one area where phones

still struggle is in multitasking”

Gobackascreen

Alternatively, you can tap

Action and select Switch to

last task instead. With this

option selected, dragging

fromtheupper-leftcornerof

the screen will take you to the

previous screen or task

without creating a pin

Customise swipe

To start using Pintasking, tap

Swipe pad from the main

screen, then check the

Enabledswitchisactiveand

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nowchoosewhichactionto

perform when you drag from

Pintasking’s swipe pad bar in

the upper left-hand corner.

TapActiontoseetheoptions

Default pins

By default, by dragging from

the upper-left corner you can

createapinorswitchtoa

previous screen. If you’d

prefer to drag from a different

location, tap Position and

then choose left, centre or

right from the pop-up

Stickapin

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task.Selectit,thendragfrom

theupper-leftcornerofthe

screen. Pintasking will then

pinyourcurrentscreenasa

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newpinasalittlefloating

icon. To use or look at the

icon,giveitatap