Surface Duo Blog

Developing for Microsoft Surface Duo accessories

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, ...

droidcon webinar recap

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: (image) Top questions and ...

Microsoft Surface Duo is released

Android Developers, it’s Microsoft Surface Duo release day! Today marks a very special day for us, it’s Surface Duo release day, and the device will be in customers hands starting today. We’re very excited to see all the apps you will build that utilize dual-screens and this new form factor, and our Surface Duo Developer Experience...

Build and test dual-screen web apps

Hello dual-screen web developers! In a previous blog post, we talked about the dual-screen CSS primitives and the API, and how they could be tested with polyfill extensions. Now those features are built-in to Microsoft Edge and Chrome™ browser canary builds, ready for developers to begin building dual-screen web apps.In this ...

Jetpack Compose on Microsoft Surface Duo

Hello, Android dual-screen developers! Today we are going to talk about how to use the new UI framework, Jetpack Compose to build a dual-screen app on the Surface Duo. Jetpack Compose is a new Declarative UI Framework in Android. Instead of using the traditional XML layouts, the developer calls the Composable functions to get the UI ...

Microsoft Surface Duo is here

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 ...

Dual-screen devices love widgets

Hello Android developers! In an earlier post, we talked about the steps to bring your app to Microsoft Surface Duo. One great approach to get ready for dual-screen devices like the Surface Duo is to implement Android features that work well on two screens, like app widgets. Widgets are particularly great for dual-screens because ...

New Microsoft Surface Duo app samples

Hello Microsoft Surface Duo developers! Kristen and I are interns on the Surface Duo Developer Experience team, and we’re excited to announce two new Microsoft Surface Duo dual-screen samples available that embody some of our dual-screen UX patterns. You can find them on GitHub at github.com/microsoft/surface-duo-app-samples. Photo ...