Surface Duo Blog

Happy Holidays 2022

December 22, 2022 Dec 22, 2022 12/22/22
authorschatgpt, Craig Dunn
Hello Android developers, Inspired by the growth of AI and its role in products like GitHub’s Copilot this year, we asked ChatGPT to “propose some applications for Surface Duo owners to use over the holidays”… One possible application for Surface Duo owners to use over the holidays could be to use the dual screens ...

Drag and drop with AndroidX

December 15, 2022 Dec 15, 2022 12/15/22
Craig Dunn
Hello Android developers, Foldable and large-screen devices are great for multi-tasking – you can position two apps side-by-side to compare data or just do two things at once! The other benefit of side-by-side apps is the ability to drag and drop content between them, whether the apps are across screens on a dual-screen device, or...

Compose TwoPaneLayout updates

December 8, 2022 Dec 8, 2022 12/8/22
Kristen Halper
Hello Compose developers, This week, we’d like to announce two major updates to our TwoPaneLayout component that come with version 1.0.1-alpha05. We hope these updates will help make the library even more flexible and useful for you all. We also have some other Compose SDK updates to announce! New value in PaneMode ...

droidcon New York and London

December 1, 2022 Dec 1, 2022 12/1/22
authorsJohn Wiese, Kristen Halper, Parker Schroeder
Hello Android developers! It has been great to see the community face-to-face at droidcon events around the world in 2022. The Surface Duo team really enjoyed meeting folks, presenting, and discussing foldable app development face-to-face. If you didn’t make it to an event (or if you did but want to re-live it) more sessions are ...

Android Dev Summit recap

November 24, 2022 Nov 24, 2022 11/24/22
Cesar Valiente
Hello Android developers, Google is running a number of Android Dev Summit events around the world in 2022, with all sessions available to view online. Here are some of the highlights for foldable and large-screen developers: Android Dev Summit – Modern Android Development The first event, focused on Modern Android ...

Large-screen design patterns

November 17, 2022 Nov 17, 2022 11/17/22
Craig Dunn
Hello app designers, At the first Android Dev Summit of 2022 Google announced updated large screen design guidance, gallery, and tips for foldables. These updates included a list of canonical layouts which are complementary to the dual-screen design patterns featured in the Surface Duo developer documentation. Material Design has ...

.NET MAUI for Android and cross-platform apps

November 10, 2022 Nov 10, 2022 11/10/22
Craig Dunn
Hello .NET developers, .NET Conf is happening this week and one of the big announcements is the release of .NET 7 which includes an updated release of .NET MAUI for .NET 7. The latest .NET MAUI release includes dual-screen Android support based on Jetpack Window Manager, so you can build cross-platform apps for mobile and desktop that ...

Activity Embedding preview for large screens and foldables

November 3, 2022 Nov 3, 2022 11/3/22
Cesar Valiente
Hello Android developers, The Jetpack Window Manager (JWM) library helps you build adaptive UIs that work well on any device form factor (i.e. single screen, dual screen, foldable, and large screen devices). Jetpack Window Manager provides you with the information that you need to adapt your app’s UI, so it works well on any device...

Persisting and sharing ink

October 20, 2022 Oct 20, 2022 10/20/22
Parker Schroeder
Hello Android developers! We have some updates to the InkSDK that we would like to share with you, as well as some general guidance on persisting ink and open ink standards. Overview While Android provides different canvases for rendering ink, there is little guidance on how to store that ink or what format it ...