Method and apparatus for presenting a window in a system having two operating system environments

A device (110) and method (700) for providing windows in a multi-environment operating system is provided. A first operating system environment (first OSE) (222) is executed in a native mode on a mobile device (110). The mobile device comprises a first graphical user interface (GUI) 112. The first OSE generates graphical data for a first OSE window (118). The first OSE window can be used on the first GUI for interfacing with the first OSE. A second operating system environment (second OSE) (224) is executed in a native mode on the mobile device, wherein the second OSE generates a GUI desktop (318) that is displayed on a second GUI (312). A second window (320) is rendered on the GUI desktop that comprises the first OSE window. The second OSE communicates relevant events to the first OSE, which are used by the first OSE to update the information used to render the first OSE window within the second OSE window.