Surface Duo SDK

Flutter foldable support is now stable

May 19, 2022 May 19, 2022 05/19/22

Andrei Diaconu

Hello! Flutter 3 was announced last week, and we have good news to share with you. The foldable support that we contributed to Flutter is now released in the latest stable branch. Let us dive into what this means for you. We will first go over the new API that you can use and then review what else Flutter now does for you out of the box...

Google I/O 2022 recap

May 13, 2022 May 13, 2022 05/13/22

Guy Merin

Hello Android developers, Another Google I/O has flown by, and we were excited to see sessions on foldable user experience design as well as developer-focused talks for updating existing apps to be more responsive and using Jetpack Compose. Here are our favorite sessions and announcements from the past few days: Flutter 3 announced...

Accessibility in a dual-screen application

May 5, 2022 May 5, 2022 05/5/22

Bianca Miron

Hello Android developers! Accessibility is an important step in the design and development flow of any Android application. Ensuring that everyone can use it in any situation will make the experience better, and the app will benefit from having an extended and diverse audience. When you design your app with accessibility in mind, ...

Develop with Windows Subsystem for Android

April 28, 2022 Apr 28, 2022 04/28/22

Craig Dunn

Hello Android developers! We recently had a query via social media about how Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) might be relevant for Microsoft Surface Duo developers. Today’s post explains how to install the Windows Subsystem for Android and some of the ways it can be useful for developers. WSA won’t replace other methods of ...

Join us at droidcon in 2022

April 21, 2022 Apr 21, 2022 04/21/22

Joy Liu

Hello Android developers! We’re excited to announce that conference events are offering in-person attendance this year, which means we’ll be able to meet face-to-face in addition to interacting via social media and Twitch! droidcon San Francisco The first event on our droidcon calendar is San Francisco on June 2nd and 3rd...

isSeparating: the field that unites all foldables

April 14, 2022 Apr 14, 2022 04/14/22

Cesar Valiente

Hello Android developers, Today we are going to talk about a very useful field that is part of Jetpack Window Manager library. This field is called isSeparating, and will help you to understand when there is content separated by a FoldingFeature on a foldable device. The value of isSeparating will be false if there is no ...

Snackbar for dual-screens

April 7, 2022 Apr 7, 2022 04/7/22

Andrei Cirja

Hello Android developers! We are excited to announce the release of our latest Android component: SnackbarContainer. The new SnackbarContainer allows you to place a Snackbar on a specific display area on foldable devices, while keeping the original Snackbar behaviour in conventional single screen devices. The SnackbarContainer ...

Foldable ExoPlayer video… plus trivia

March 31, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 03/31/22

Kristen Halper

Hello Android developers! Video is an important element of many different types of mobile apps, including those designed for viewing TV and movie shows, livestreaming, social sharing, voice calling, meetings, training, and anything in-between. Large screen and foldable devices are ideal for this type of content because there’s ...

Write foldable tests quickly with Test Kit

March 24, 2022 Mar 24, 2022 03/24/22

Kristen Halper

Hello Android developers! This week, we’re super excited to announce that we’ve released the first version of our foldable Test Kit. The Test Kit currently includes two testing utility libraries, one for layouts built with views and another for layouts built with Jetpack Compose, and we’re looking forward to adding more ...

Microsoft Surface Duo Android Emulator update

March 17, 2022 Mar 17, 2022 03/17/22

Andrei Paval

Hello Android developers, We’re excited to announce the release of an updated Surface Duo Emulator that is based on Android 11 and runs as an Android Virtual Device (AVD), supporting different screen sizes for both Surface Duo and Surface Duo 2 devices. Download now You can download the Surface Duo Emulator package from the ...

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