Jetpack Compose

Jetpack Compose Accompanist TwoPane

September 22, 2022 Sep 22, 2022 09/22/22

Kristen Halper

Hello Compose developers! This week, we’d like to talk about the TwoPane layout from Google’s Accompanist Adaptive library! Not to be confused with our own Microsoft Compose SDK TwoPaneLayout component, TwoPane from Accompanist is a fold-aware UI component that works great for cases when you always want to show two pieces...

Improving app accessibility with Jetpack Compose

September 15, 2022 Sep 15, 2022 09/15/22

Kristen Halper

Hello Jetpack Compose developers! This week, we’d like to share how we started improving the accessibility of our Compose samples. Accessibility in Android can relate to many different aspects of your apps, ranging from content descriptions and color contrast to layout hierarchy and touch target size. Regardless of where ...

Dual-screen example adds Jetpack Compose to the experience

September 1, 2022 Sep 1, 2022 09/1/22

Alin-Mihai Argeanu, Kristen Halper

Hello Compose developers! This week, we’re excited to announce two big updates to our dual-screen experience example: a Compose refactor of the catalog page and a brand new order history page. The dual-screen experience example provides an end-to-end experience centered around a travelling guitar salesperson, with options ...

Test Kit Annotations update

August 11, 2022 Aug 11, 2022 08/11/22

Andrei Cirja

Hello Android developers! We are excited to announce an update for the foldable Test Kit library. Test Kit provides utility methods and classes that help you write instrumented tests for large screen and foldable devices. This update adds annotations which are useful for creating tests for one posture at a time. Now, instead of ...

Drag and drop library for Jetpack Compose

July 28, 2022 Jul 28, 2022 07/28/22

Joy Liu

Hello Compose developers! This week, we are excited to announce the release of DragAndDrop, a new utility library that will help you easily add interactive drag and drop capabilities to your app in Compose, following Google’s Drag and drop guidelines. It is the newest addition to Microsoft’s Compose SDK. On dual-screen ...

droidcon San Francisco recap

July 21, 2022 Jul 21, 2022 07/21/22

Joy Liu

Hello Android developers, Earlier this year the Surface Duo team attended our first in-person conference for the year at droidcon in San Francisco! It was great to meet Android developers from all over the world, demonstrate the features of Surface Duo, and chat about building apps for foldable and large screen devices. We’...

Source Editor & Diary samples for Jetpack Compose

July 14, 2022 Jul 14, 2022 07/14/22

Unmesh Padhye

Hello Jetpack Compose developers! We have two exciting new Jetpack Compose samples for Surface Duo to share with you. The first one, called Source Editor, was previously published, but we migrated it to take advantage of Jetpack Compose. The second one is a Diary application that demonstrates using Android Views components with ...

Video+Chat and Calculator samples for Jetpack Compose

June 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 06/30/22

Levi Ortega

Hello Jetpack Compose developers! Today we will be discussing the introduction of two new Jetpack Compose samples for Surface Duo. The first one is a video-streaming-chat-like app, and the second is a calculator app. We will also be going over some of the dos and don'ts when creating these types of apps, as well as dive into...

Jetpack Compose TwoPaneLayout update

June 23, 2022 Jun 23, 2022 06/23/22

Joy Liu, Kristen Halper

Hello Jetpack Compose developers! This week, we’re excited to announce some big updates to TwoPaneLayout, our Jetpack Compose component for foldables and large screens. We’ve just added a new TwoPaneLayout constructor with highly customizable navigation support, and the TwoPaneScope interface has been upgraded to provide ...

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 ...

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