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Developer tip: launch on adjacent screen

Cesar ValienteFebruary 4, 2021Feb 4, 202102/4/21

Hello Android developers, Last year we blogged about bringing your existing apps to the Microsoft Surface Duo, which included a variety of suggestions from simple tweaks to a set of user-experience design patterns that you could use to enhance your applications’ UI. Today I’m going to re-visit one of those dual-screen ...

Gaming on dual-screens, from a Flutter perspective

John WieseJanuary 28, 2021Jan 28, 202101/28/21

So, you’ve built a game and it works great on all those single screen devices out there but what about these new foldables or the dual-screen Microsoft Surface Duo? Does your game work on it? It should, in single screen mode, but what happens when the user spans your game across two screens? Does that work? Should it work the same or is ...

Building dual-screen web experiences with React

Aaron PowellJanuary 21, 2021Jan 21, 202101/21/21

Hello web developers! Responsive design has always been the cornerstone of web development, rather than designing for a single use case, we focus on creating applications that can adjust to the needs of the platform they are running on. Microsoft Surface Duo is no exception to this and in past blog posts we’ve explored how we can use ...

Microsoft Surface Duo coming to new markets in 2021

Craig DunnJanuary 14, 2021Jan 14, 202101/14/21

Hello Android developers, Last month, Microsoft announced that early in 2021 the Surface Duo will be offered in Canada, United Kingdom, France, and Germany! We are excited to get Surface Duo into the hands of new customers in these new markets, and also to welcome developers in those countries to our community. To celebrate, ...

Figma Design Kit for Microsoft Surface Duo

Mehul ShahJanuary 7, 2021Jan 7, 202101/7/21

Hello designers, We’re excited to announce the v0.1 of our Design Kit for Microsoft Surface Duo. The kit details dual-screen capabilities and shows common use cases to help inspire your mobile app design. You can easily grab design elements and modify them as needed, giving you more time to create the best experience for your users...

Microsoft Surface Duo developer year in review

Hakon StrandeDecember 29, 2020Dec 29, 202012/29/20

Hello dual-screen developers, It was over a year ago – 2nd October 2019 – that Panos introduced the Surface Duo to the world. In the months since, we have shared a number of milestones with you leading up to the product launch (and beyond): We’re incredibly excited to see the Surface Duo released, and thankful for the ...

Hacky Holidays!

Guy MerinDecember 22, 2020Dec 22, 202012/22/20

Hello developers, For many people around the world, this time of year is for celebration of holidays and enjoying long-standing traditions. Some folks use the time for hacking - to learn new skills or catch up on the latest technologies, and since 2020 marked the release of the Microsoft Surface Duo, we’d like to take this ...

Build a dual-screen custom layout with Jetpack Window Manager

Craig DunnNovember 24, 2020Nov 24, 202011/24/20

Hello Android developers, The Microsoft Surface Duo SDK offers a variety of custom controls to help enhance your dual-screen apps, from layouts, tabs, and navigation controls for Kotlin and Java developers to the TwoPaneView for Xamarin, React Native, and Uno Platform developers. However, you might have an application-specific ...

Bringing Sketch 360 to Microsoft Surface Duo

Michael ScherotterNovember 12, 2020Nov 12, 202011/12/20

My inspiration Back in 2018, I came up with a way of using a Microsoft Surface to create 360 panoramic sketches and the Microsoft Garage encouraged me to release it as an app, Sketch 360. I created Sketch 360 because I wanted to develop a tool to help me create these immersive sketches more quickly. Because they are sketches from a ...

Developing for Microsoft Surface Duo accessories

Craig DunnOctober 8, 2020Oct 8, 202010/8/20

Hello Surface Duo developers, Microsoft recently announced new Surface devices and accessories, so this week we’re looking at some of the accessories that work with Surface Duo and how you can accommodate them in your apps. Microsoft Surface Pens The Surface Slim Pen and Surface Pen both work great with the Surface Duo, ...

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