The problem with Android's drag and drop The idea vs. what was delivered When you look at the androidx.draganddrop library, you'll see the DropHelper class.

Whichever it is, the drag-and-drop feature lets you seamlessly move items between apps in multi-window mode, and we show you how it works. What is drag and drop on Android?

Android 14 introduces a game-changing feature: drag and drop files between full-screen apps effortlessly. You can learn more here.

Drag and drop worked on Android 13 only in split-screen mode. While it wasn't perfect, the idea made sense. The limited screen size wasn't as much of an issue when you could see two apps side by ...

When drag-and-drop is being used, Android disables the navigation gesture to go back home or even enter the recent apps menu. With Android 14, that’s changing.

Android 13 refined the long-existing drag-and-drop feature that lets you move content between apps. But it only worked in split-screen mode. Android 14 polished it further by allowing you to hold ...

Google is working on drag-and-drop support in Chrome for Android in the upcoming Dev channel release (version 129).