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droidcon webinar recap

Cesar ValienteSeptember 22, 2020Sep 22, 202009/22/20

Hello Android developers! Last week, Hakon and I talked about building dual-screen experiences as part of the droidcon webinar series. We were joined by Andras Nemeth from Atlassian, to talk about enhancing the Jira mobile app for dual-screen devices. You can watch the recording online: Top questions and answers ...

Enhancing the Microsoft Surface Duo OneDrive experience

Lin WangSeptember 17, 2020Sep 17, 202009/17/20

Beginning last fall, I had the opportunity to work with the Surface Duo OneDrive feature team to redesign and polish the OneDrive app user experience to make it shine on Surface Duo. Many thanks and kudos to the team: Eli Waalkes, Daniela Dimitrova, Hansel Ip, Eirini Tsantouli, James Tong, Tola Adeola, and Lin Wang. Now that...

Enhancing Microsoft News for dual-screens

Thai NguyenSeptember 15, 2020Sep 15, 202009/15/20

Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to work with a great team of interns to bring Microsoft News to the Microsoft Surface Duo. The interns are: Throughout the internship, the interns learned about Microsoft’s engineering process as well as Surface Duo and Android development. Now that the ...

New React Native dual-screen navigation module

Greg TaylorSeptember 8, 2020Sep 8, 202009/8/20

Hello, React Native for Android developers! In a previous blog post, we discussed these existing React Native dual-screen features: DualScreenInfo to find information about the device, and TwoPaneView to get assistance with building dual-screen apps. Today’s post is about a new module we’ve released for JavaScript and ...

Noteworthy new Surface Duo app sample

Kristen HalperAugust 27, 2020Aug 27, 202008/27/20

Hello Microsoft Surface Duo developers, Parker and I are just about to finish up our internship on the Surface Duo Developer Experience team and we’ve had a great time! Throughout the past 12 weeks, we’ve worked on building sample apps, contributing to documentation, supporting internal and external customers, and just learning a lot ...

Microsoft Surface Duo is here

Guy MerinAugust 12, 2020Aug 12, 202008/12/20

Hello Android developers, It’s here – the official product launch announcement If you’ve been waiting to get started with dual-screen app development, now is the time! Pre-order your Surface Duo today, download the emulator, and start developing with your favorite Android developer tools. All developers welcome! Your ...

New dual-screen controls preview

Cristian VerdesJuly 30, 2020Jul 30, 202007/30/20

Hello Microsoft Surface Duo Android developers! This week we’ve updated and refactored our controls to help you build dual-screen applications with less work and more functionality. The classes in the previous release of our library are still available: However, we have re-packaged the controls into ...

Microsoft Surface Duo Emulator updated with Jetpack Window Manager preview

Guy MerinJuly 16, 2020Jul 16, 202007/16/20

Hello Android dual-screen developers! Today we're excited to share the latest Surface Duo emulator preview. Since our last update, we’ve been busy incorporating feedback and adding new features. What’s new in updated build 2020.710.3: You can download the latest build for Windows, macOS, or Linux at the Microsoft ...

Hinge Angle on Microsoft Surface Duo

Joy LiuJuly 2, 2020Jul 2, 202007/2/20

Hello Surface Duo developers! In our previous blog post, we mentioned how to adjust the hinge angle in the Surface Duo emulator. Today we are going to present some ideas about how to take advantage of this unique behavior of the Surface Duo device. As we discussed in How to Bring Your Android Apps to Surface Duo, your Android...

Dual-screen web experiences preview

Craig DunnJune 11, 2020Jun 11, 202006/11/20

In previous posts, we’ve talked about building Android apps for Microsoft Surface Duo using Kotlin & Java, C# with Xamarin, React Native, Unity, and Flutter. Microsoft is also working hard to bring new capabilities to the web so that websites and embedded web experiences can also adapt to the Surface Duo and other dual-screen devices...

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