Surface Duo Blog

Xamarin.Forms 5.0 on Microsoft Surface Duo

Shane NeuvilleFebruary 25, 2021Feb 25, 202102/25/21

Hello Xamarin developers, Today Craig and I joined The Launch Space, a live stream from Microsoft Learn, to talk about developing dual-screen apps for Surface Duo using Xamarin. This topic has been covered in the blog before, but there are some new features to talk about with the release of Xamarin.Forms 5.0. You can watch the ...

Microsoft Surface Duo emulator February refresh

Joy LiuFebruary 18, 2021Feb 18, 202102/18/21

Hello Android developers, Today we are releasing the latest update to the Surface Duo emulator. Since last December, we started to introduce some app samples into the emulator so you can play with them directly and get a better idea about how to build an application or enhance your application on the Surface Duo device. Here...

Making Microsoft Outlook shine on Microsoft Surface Duo

Trung HaFebruary 11, 2021Feb 11, 202102/11/21

Hello Android developers, In this post, you’ll learn how the Outlook team adapted our Android app to create a user-friendly experience on the dual-screen Surface Duo. Outlook for Surface Duo has the same familiar experience that you find on both phone and tablet and this is no coincidence as Outlook has been designed with ...

Developer tip: launch on adjacent screen

Cesar ValienteFebruary 4, 2021Feb 4, 202102/4/21

Hello Android developers, Last year we blogged about bringing your existing apps to the Microsoft Surface Duo, which included a variety of suggestions from simple tweaks to a set of user-experience design patterns that you could use to enhance your applications’ UI. Today I’m going to re-visit one of those dual-screen ...

Gaming on dual-screens, from a Flutter perspective

John WieseJanuary 28, 2021Jan 28, 202101/28/21

So, you’ve built a game and it works great on all those single screen devices out there but what about these new foldables or the dual-screen Microsoft Surface Duo? Does your game work on it? It should, in single screen mode, but what happens when the user spans your game across two screens? Does that work? Should it work the same or is ...

Building dual-screen web experiences with React

Aaron PowellJanuary 21, 2021Jan 21, 202101/21/21

Hello web developers! Responsive design has always been the cornerstone of web development, rather than designing for a single use case, we focus on creating applications that can adjust to the needs of the platform they are running on. Microsoft Surface Duo is no exception to this and in past blog posts we’ve explored how we can use ...

Microsoft Surface Duo coming to new markets in 2021

Craig DunnJanuary 14, 2021Jan 14, 202101/14/21

Hello Android developers, Last month, Microsoft announced that early in 2021 the Surface Duo will be offered in Canada, United Kingdom, France, and Germany! We are excited to get Surface Duo into the hands of new customers in these new markets, and also to welcome developers in those countries to our community. To celebrate, ...

Figma Design Kit for Microsoft Surface Duo

Mehul ShahJanuary 7, 2021Jan 7, 202101/7/21

Hello designers, We’re excited to announce the v0.1 of our Design Kit for Microsoft Surface Duo. The kit details dual-screen capabilities and shows common use cases to help inspire your mobile app design. You can easily grab design elements and modify them as needed, giving you more time to create the best experience for your users...

Microsoft Surface Duo developer year in review

Hakon StrandeDecember 29, 2020Dec 29, 202012/29/20

Hello dual-screen developers, It was over a year ago – 2nd October 2019 – that Panos introduced the Surface Duo to the world. In the months since, we have shared a number of milestones with you leading up to the product launch (and beyond): We’re incredibly excited to see the Surface Duo released, and thankful for the ...

Hacky Holidays!

Guy MerinDecember 22, 2020Dec 22, 202012/22/20

Hello developers, For many people around the world, this time of year is for celebration of holidays and enjoying long-standing traditions. Some folks use the time for hacking - to learn new skills or catch up on the latest technologies, and since 2020 marked the release of the Microsoft Surface Duo, we’d like to take this ...