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Jan 27, 2022
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Foldable SDK update with Jetpack Window Manager

Sorin Albu
Sorin Albu

Hello Android developers,  Jetpack WindowManager version 1.0.0 was released yesterday. We are thrilled about this announcement and wanted to share with you this exciting news and our latest library updates that are based on Jetpack Window Manager. Thus, these dual-screen libraries for Android developers are more foldable aware than ever! ...

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Dec 30, 2021
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2021 dual-screen year in review

Hakon Strande
Hakon Strande

Hello Android developers! 2021 was a big year for dual-screen devices with the release of Microsoft Surface Duo 2. It has also been a busy year for developers with Jetpack Window Manager – Google’s common API for foldable device info – graduating from alpha to beta and then release candidate, the SlidingPaneLayout control was enhanced fo...

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Dec 23, 2021
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Happy holidays

Guy Merin
Guy Merin

Hello Android developers! As the weather cools down (or heats up, depending on your hemisphere), it’s time to take a break and ease into the new year. If you’re using down time to learn a new skill or get some personal projects underway, we have plenty of content to keep you entertained! Here’s some suggestions for Microsoft Surfa...

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Dec 16, 2021
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Dual-screen reference app

Bianca Miron
Bianca Miron

Hello Android developers! We’re excited to announce the release of our latest sample application, Dual Screen Experience Example, both as open-source code on GitHub and also available for download from Google Play. What is the sample about? The sample application provides developers and designers with the possibility to explor...

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Nov 18, 2021
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Get started with Jetpack Compose

Kristen Halper
Kristen Halper

Hello (future) Jetpack Compose developers! This week, we want to talk about how to get started on building applications with Jetpack Compose. A few of us on the Surface Duo Developer Experience team recently began learning Compose, so we’d like to share some advice and resources with you. To read more about the work we’ve been doi...

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Oct 21, 2021
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See your app on Microsoft Surface Duo 2!

Hakon Strande
Hakon Strande

Hello Android developers! Now that Surface Duo 2 is readily available, there’s even more reason to start enhancing your Android apps for foldable devices. Visit our developer documentation to get started! Figure 1: Surface Duo 2 is now available! Surface Duo 2 emulator If you don’t yet have a device, you can easily buil...

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Sep 23, 2021
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Develop for Surface Duo 2

Guy Merin
Guy Merin

Hello Android developers! At yesterday’s Microsoft event we introduced the new Microsoft Surface Duo 2. Today I’d like to invite developers to start building or enhancing apps for dual-screen devices like the Surface Duo, Surface Duo 2, and other foldables. Surface Duo 2 The new Surface Duo 2 includes 5G support, three rear-...

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Sep 16, 2021
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Android emulator multi-touch support

Gabriel Grigoras
Gabriel Grigoras

Hello Android developers! We’re excited to announce that version 30.9.0 of the Android emulator now supports multiple touch points to let you test gestures and interactions that require more than one finger! Multi-touch support requires the emulator be running on a touch screen device, which includes most modern Windows PCs, including th...

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Sep 9, 2021
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Unity and Jetpack Window Manager

Craig Dunn
Craig Dunn

Hello game developers! We’ve covered Jetpack Window Manager in the docs, and previously blogged about how to integrate the DisplayMask API into a Unity sample. In this post I’ll describe how to extend a Unity project to integrate native Android code and configuration to include the Jetpack Window Manager package and provide dual-screen a...

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Aug 19, 2021
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Dual-screen Navigation Rail

Cesar Valiente
Cesar Valiente

Hello Android developers! Google recently published a new landing page for building responsive layouts for larger screens (including dual-screen and foldable devices). The new NavigationRail widget includes features and guidance as an efficient way to navigate app features on larger screens. About NavigationRail NavigationRail is a mat...

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