Platform
[ ] iOS
[x] Android
Obsidian Mobile version: v1.4.1
I have a phone that has a screen size nearly that of a mini tablet, and would like to be able to opt in to using the tablet interface that is offered for such devices as the iPad.
This doesn’t work on my average size phone, but what if you hold the phone in landscape (to possibly trigger a width-based breakpoint) and then restart Obsidian (to reload the interface at the wider width)?
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Just tried it; it does nothing. Thanks for the suggestion though!
You only have Android checked, but it would be useful on my max-sized iPhone, too. 
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I have a max iPhone and some apps do that, but not Obsidian.
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One way to trick the app into thinking you’re on a tablet could be to change the screen dpi with developer settings. That’s what I did for Notion and OneNote (because OneNote’s mobile interface is terrible).
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I got a Tasker thing going when I need the tablet interface, but it’s funky and takes a second to switch DPI.
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At present, Obsidian Mobile tries to detect whether the device is a phone or a tablet. The detection is not accurate.
A toggle setting would remedy this: it would allow Obsidian to detect the user’s preferred layout scheme with 100% accuracy.
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Tablet mode has some features that are very important to my workflow.
(I heavily depend on my Android device because I have trouble sitting at a desk for long periods. So it’s an accessibility issue.)
For now I get around it like so:
Developer options > Smallest width > 600 dp
And it works well.
Unfortunately it does weird things to the front size in other apps. I live with the tiny text in my Claude app and the enormous text in Gmail because my Obsidian workflow is that important to me.
But I would much prefer a toggle within Obsidian so I could leave the developer options alone.
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any solutions to this?
i know that you can use this command to make the desktop render a mobile version but can you get the mobile to render a desktop version ?