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Microsoft Edge dual-screen web APIs

March 10, 2022 Mar 10, 2022 03/10/22
Craig Dunn
Hello dual-screen web developers! Microsoft Edge version 97 included the dual-screen web APIs that have been in preview since last year. Now Microsoft Surface Duo users with the latest Edge will get an enhanced web experience automatically when sites have implemented the CSS or JavaScript dual-screen APIs. Visit the dual-screen web ...

Foldable CSS and JavaScript update for web developers

November 24, 2021 Nov 24, 2021 11/24/21
Craig Dunn
Hello web developers! The dual-screen CSS and JavaScript enhancements for Microsoft Edge were initially shared in June 2020 when they were first available behind a feature flag for testing. Since then there has been a lot of work and feedback on the proposals, and the implementation currently available in the latest version of ...

Surface Duo at Microsoft Build

May 25, 2021 May 25, 2021 05/25/21
Guy Merin
Hello developers! Microsoft Build starts today with a keynote by Satya Nadella. The session catalog includes several Microsoft Surface sessions for developers looking to enhance their mobile applications for Surface Duo. Join the Surface Duo Developer Experience team in a mix of live and on-demand sessions that will help you build amazing ...

Build and deploy dual-screen progressive web apps

April 15, 2021 Apr 15, 2021 04/15/21
Justin Willis
Hello web developers, We've posted previously about using dual-screen media queries and JavaScript to adapt web apps for Microsoft Surface Duo. Today’s post is about how you can use those dual-screen capabilities in your progressive web app (PWA) and deploy to both the Google Play Store AND the Microsoft Store using PWABuilder! We...

Adapting your Angular web app for dual-screen devices

April 1, 2021 Apr 1, 2021 04/1/21
Yohan Lasorsa
Hello web developers! Foldable and dual-screen devices are becoming increasingly more common over time, but you may wonder if investing development time to support these devices might be worth it, especially when creating fully responsive web apps is already a challenge. Using the new CSS and JavaScript primitives is a fun way to ...

Building dual-screen web experiences with React

January 21, 2021 Jan 21, 2021 01/21/21
Aaron Powell
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 ...

Build dual-screen Cordova apps for Microsoft Surface Duo

December 17, 2020 Dec 17, 2020 12/17/20
Craig Dunn
Hello hybrid app developers, This week I’m happy to share an example plugin for use with Cordova that will help to enhance your hybrid apps for dual-screens. The plugin includes DisplayMask.jar to detect the Surface Duo and return information about the masked hinge area when the app is spanned, and exposes it in JavaScript for ...

Adapting your website to support new possibilities of dual-screen devices

October 15, 2020 Oct 15, 2020 10/15/20
Alexis Menard (Intel)
Hello there, fellow web developers! In an earlier blog post, we introduced the upcoming CSS @media feature primitives and the getWindowSegments() API for dual-screen and foldable devices. In this blog post, we will look at how Kenneth Rohde Christiansen and myself created and adapted our existing Foldship demo to take ...

Build and test dual-screen web apps

September 3, 2020 Sep 3, 2020 09/3/20
Craig Dunn
Hello dual-screen web developers! In a previous blog post, we talked about the dual-screen CSS @media primitives and the getWindowSegments() 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-...