While we wait for the arrival of Microsoft Surface Duo, Redmond's first "wrap smartphone" with Android inside, Microsoft continues to operate in syncing the app and its applications in dual-screen screen format.
And the fact is that work seems to pay off. It's only been a few months before the Surface Duo preview, Microsoft has released official software development resources The SDK- is intended for developers to start adapting their applications in this way.
To them, in addition to providing developer recommendations when converting apps, Microsoft also wants to make its point of view more specific. how applications work on two Android screen devices or foldable
An add-on for the duo is now up for download
In terms of development, Microsoft illustrates that its recommendations apply to both Windows 10X – a version intended for Surface Neo – and Android, as long as the view can provide a much better user experience for dual screen devices such as the Surface Duo.
First, it is defined that applications they should have one screen automatically, or users can, at all times, add functionality to cover both screens, either horizontally or vertically – the company recommends assigning special value to this final format. However, it is also up to developers that it is possible enable full screen mode When they see fit.
On the other hand, Microsoft encourages developers to use the functionality of drag and drop to make it happen Drag objects between applications on each screen. In a sense, a fun recommendation is this allow execution of several sessions applications so they can use them independently on each screen.
Microsoft is back has released an official emulator based on Surface Duo compatible with Android Studio so that developers can test their plans, which can be downloaded already. and its functionality can be seen in the video along these lines, courtesy of composer PhoneDesigner as well as Zac Bowden.
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