Guy Merin

Hacky Holidays!

December 22nd, 2020

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 ...

Microsoft Surface Duo One Dev Question video series

December 3rd, 2020

Hello Android developers, Twice this year we’ve released a series of short videos answering questions about Microsoft Surface Duo development. In case you missed them, check out these videos and meet the Surface Duo Developer Experience team! Here are the most popular questions and answers we received: How do you get ...

Microsoft Surface Duo is released

September 10th, 2020

Android Developers, it’s Microsoft Surface Duo release day! Today marks a very special day for us, it’s Surface Duo release day, and the device will be in customers hands starting today. We’re very excited to see all the apps you will build that utilize dual-screens and this new form factor, and our Surface Duo Developer Experience...

Microsoft Surface Duo is here

August 12th, 2020

Hello Android developers, It’s here – the official product launch announcement If you’ve been waiting to get started with dual-screen app development, now is the time! Pre-order your Surface Duo today, download the emulator, and start developing with your favorite Android developer tools. All developers welcome! Your ...

Microsoft Surface Duo Emulator updated with Jetpack Window Manager preview

July 16th, 2020

Hello Android dual-screen developers! Today we're excited to share the latest Surface Duo emulator preview. Since our last update, we’ve been busy incorporating feedback and adding new features. What’s new in updated build 2020.710.3: You can download the latest build for Windows, macOS, or Linux at the Microsoft ...

Microsoft Surface Duo dev resources recap

June 4th, 2020

Hello Surface Duo developers! Given the recent events that are unfolding across the globe, we have decided to give this week’s blog a lower profile so you can focus on the well being of your local communities and families. Please be safe and we look forward to sharing lots of exciting announcements in the coming weeks. In the meantime...

Surface Duo Emulator image update and open-source access to libraries

May 7th, 2020

Hello Surface Duo developers! Today we’re excited to release a refresh to our Microsoft Surface Duo Emulator Image. It has been a few weeks since our last Surface Duo Emulator image release and the team has been very busy addressing your feedback and has added several new features and optimizations that are detailed below. What’s ...

Introducing SurfaceDuoLayout Designer Preview for Android Studio Developers

April 9th, 2020

Hello Android dual-screen developers! In the March 26th blog post, we introduced the Dual Screen Layout. Figure 1: Single-screen and dual-screen layouts using SurfaceDuoLayout When using the SurfaceDuoLayout, you can implement dual-screen behavior by either using layouts or by listening for screen change events and manipulating ...

Bring your app to Surface Duo – Step 3

March 13th, 2020

Hello Surface Duo developers! In our Feb 6th blog post, we shared 3 steps to bring your app to Microsoft Surface Duo, followed by a post on step 1 and how to test your app and step 2 highlighting incremental changes to make to your app Figure 1: Steps to bring your app to Microsoft Surface Duo 1: Steps to bring your app to Microsoft ...

Bring your app to Surface Duo – Step 2

March 5th, 2020

This blogpost details Step 2 in the journey to bring your app to Surface Duo.
These will cover App resizing, Drag and drop support, how to launch intents in the adjacent screen, Multi instance/Activities support, Widgets and Pen support