[Feature] Obsidian Mobile: Allow toggling between phone and tablet interfaces

Feature requests
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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.

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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!

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You only have Android checked, but it would be useful on my max-sized iPhone, too. :wink:

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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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