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TwoDo dual-screen data entry sample

July 29, 2021 Jul 29, 2021 07/29/21
Hersh Vakharia
Hello Android developers! A common “first app” for new developers is a simple to-do list app – it typically incorporates data entry, database storage, multiple views, and simple navigation, so it’s great for learning. The app I’m sharing today, called TwoDo, is exactly that, except it is also built for dual-screen devices...

eBook sample with Jetpack Window Manager

July 22, 2021 Jul 22, 2021 07/22/21
Raymond Liu
Hello Android developers! Reading books on Microsoft Surface Duo can be a great take on the classic reading experience. In this blog, we will walk through an eBook reader sample I created as an internship project. This eBook sample demonstrates how the Two Page layout for foldable devices can naturally spread content across multiple...

New TwoPaneLayout Compose library preview

July 15, 2021 Jul 15, 2021 07/15/21
Joy Liu
Hello Android developers! Google just announced the first release candidate for Compose on 07/01. We are getting one big step closer to stable this month! In previous blogs, Jetpack Compose on foldable and dual-screen development and Jetpack Compose on Microsoft Surface Duo, we mentioned that there are two main steps you can ...

ExoPlayer video on dual-screen and foldable devices

July 1, 2021 Jul 1, 2021 07/1/21
Hersh Vakharia
Hello Android developers! The Microsoft Surface Duo is a great device for consuming multimedia content, and ExoPlayer is a simple, powerful widget for rendering video. Raymond and I are interns on the Surface Duo Developer Experience team, and we're excited to share two dual-screen enhanced samples that showcase video experiences on...

Developing for Android on Windows

June 24, 2021 Jun 24, 2021 06/24/21
Guy Merin
Hello Android developers! Today Microsoft announced the next version of Windows and a new Windows Store, and we’re excited to see how people take advantage of its new features. One thing that hasn’t changed is that Windows is still the best platform to design, build, test, and deploy Android apps. All tools welcome No ...

Window Manager preview for Xamarin

June 17, 2021 Jun 17, 2021 06/17/21
Craig Dunn
Hello Xamarin developers! We’ve discussed Window Manager in previous blog posts – it’s an AndroidX library that brings dual-screen and foldable support to Android, across a variety of devices including Microsoft Surface Duo. Window Manager is now available to test with Xamarin.Android apps via a prerelease NuGet Xamarin....

Surface Duo Design Kit update

June 10, 2021 Jun 10, 2021 06/10/21
Mehul Shah
Hello designers, Today we are excited to share you with an update to the Design Kit for the Microsoft Surface Duo that’s available on Figma for download. The latest update to our Design Kit version 0.4 includes: In this blog post we want to highlight details of the guidelines, principles, and...

A new angle on Flutter

June 3, 2021 Jun 3, 2021 06/3/21
Andrei Diaconu
Hello Flutter developers! Today we are taking a closer look at the hinge on Microsoft Surface Duo and other foldable devices. The hinge holds the two parts of the device together, but it also has a sensor inside which tells us about the angle between the two screens. (image) Figure 1: Surface Duo Hinge in action Hinge ...

Microsoft Surface Duo Design Kit documentation

April 8, 2021 Apr 8, 2021 04/8/21
Mehul Shah
Hello designers! This week we are happy to share a number of updates to the Microsoft Surface Duo Design Kit that was announced in January. Design Kit updates There have been several additions and updates since the last version on the Figma Design Kit: One major update is the addition of interactive ...

Jetpack Compose foldable and dual-screen development

March 25, 2021 Mar 25, 2021 03/25/21
Joy Liu
Hi Android developers, We talked about using Jetpack Compose, the new Android UI toolkit for Microsoft Surface Duo development in a previous blog post. Now, Jetpack Compose is in beta. Combined with the use of Jetpack Window Manager, Jetpack Compose is more flexible for developing apps for dual-screen devices and even easier to ...