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Microsoft Surface Duo is here

August 12, 2020 Aug 12, 2020 08/12/20
Guy Merin
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 ...

Microsoft Surface Duo Emulator updated with Jetpack Window Manager preview

July 16, 2020 Jul 16, 2020 07/16/20
Guy Merin
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

July 2, 2020 Jul 2, 2020 07/2/20
Joy Liu
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

June 11, 2020 Jun 11, 2020 06/11/20
Craig Dunn
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...

Surface Duo Emulator image update and open-source access to libraries

May 7, 2020 May 7, 2020 05/7/20
Guy Merin
Hello Surface Duo developers! Today we’re excited to release a refresh to our Microsoft Surface Duo Emulator Image. It has been a few weeks since our last Surface Duo Emulator image release and the team has been very busy addressing your feedback and has added several new features and optimizations that are detailed below. What’s ...

Dual-screen games with Unity for Android

April 16, 2020 Apr 16, 2020 04/16/20
Craig Dunn
Hello Android game developers! Today we've published a Unity sample that incorporates our dual-screen SDK for Android so that you can adapt games for dual-screens and the hinge. The sample code demonstrates how to access the screen and hinge APIs that we provide Android developers, but from C# in Unity. The screenshot below shows a Unity ...

Introducing SurfaceDuoLayout Designer Preview for Android Studio Developers

April 9, 2020 Apr 9, 2020 04/9/20
Guy Merin
Hello Android dual-screen developers! In the March 26th blog post, we introduced the Dual Screen Layout. (image) Figure 1: Single-screen and dual-screen layouts using SurfaceDuoLayout When using the SurfaceDuoLayout, you can implement dual-screen behavior by either using layouts or by listening for screen change events and ...