Surface Duo Blog

Hover-ink over dual-screens
Hover-ink over dual-screens
July 8, 2021 Jul 8, 2021 07/8/21
Hello Android developers, This week we’re releasing the alpha4 version of our pen SDK preview. The pen SDK is intended to help developers add drawing capabilities to their Android apps, accepting input using touch or pen (including pen features like the eraser tip). The latest open-source SDK code and sample app are ...
Developing for Android on Windows
Developing for Android on Windows
June 24, 2021 Jun 24, 2021 06/24/21
Hello Android developers! Today Microsoft announced the next version of Windows and a new Windows Store, and we’re excited to see how people take advantage of its new features. One thing that hasn’t changed is that Windows is still the best platform to design, build, test, and deploy Android apps. All tools welcome No ...
Window Manager preview for Xamarin
Window Manager preview for Xamarin
June 17, 2021 Jun 17, 2021 06/17/21
Hello Xamarin developers! We’ve discussed Window Manager in previous blog posts – it’s an AndroidX library that brings dual-screen and foldable support to Android, across a variety of devices including Microsoft Surface Duo. Window Manager is now available to test with Xamarin.Android apps via a prerelease NuGet Xamarin....
Surface Duo Design Kit update
Surface Duo Design Kit update
June 10, 2021 Jun 10, 2021 06/10/21
Hello designers, Today we are excited to share you with an update to the Design Kit for the Microsoft Surface Duo that’s available on Figma for download. The latest update to our Design Kit version 0.4 includes: In this blog post we want to highlight details of the guidelines, principles, and...
A new angle on Flutter
A new angle on Flutter
June 3, 2021 Jun 3, 2021 06/3/21
Hello Flutter developers! Today we are taking a closer look at the hinge on Microsoft Surface Duo and other foldable devices. The hinge holds the two parts of the device together, but it also has a sensor inside which tells us about the angle between the two screens. Figure 1: Surface Duo Hinge in action Hinge angle vs ...
Ask the Experts at Microsoft Build
Ask the Experts at Microsoft Build
May 28, 2021 May 28, 2021 05/28/21
Hello developers! Thank you to everyone who joined us at Microsoft Build this week. There was a lot of amazing announcements across the company, but for the Surface Duo Developer Experience team the highlight was sharing the latest info on building and enhancing your apps for dual-screens, and “meeting” everyone who attended the...
Surface Duo at Microsoft Build
Surface Duo at Microsoft Build
May 25, 2021 May 25, 2021 05/25/21
Hello developers! Microsoft Build starts today with a keynote by Satya Nadella. The session catalog includes several Microsoft Surface sessions for developers looking to enhance their mobile applications for Surface Duo. Join the Surface Duo Developer Experience team in a mix of live and on-demand sessions that will help you build amazing ...
Foldables at Google I/O
Foldables at Google I/O
May 20, 2021 May 20, 2021 05/20/21
Hello Android developers! You've probably seen some of the awesome announcements made this week at Google I/O, a virtual event that brought the Google developer community together. This post covers some of our favorites, from sessions like What’s new in foldables, tablets, and large screens, and Prepare your app for large screens...
Foldable SlidingPaneLayout
Foldable SlidingPaneLayout
May 13, 2021 May 13, 2021 05/13/21
Hello Android developers! Last week Google announced an update to the SlidingPaneLayout component preview, which is being enhanced for dual-screen and foldable devices. UPDATE: on September 1st, 2021 Google released beta01. The API has not changed from the instructions in this post, the updated implementation line is: ...