While we await the arrival of the Microsoft Surface Duo, Redmond’s first “foldable móvil inteligente” with Android built-in, Microsoft keeps working and adapting the operating system and its own applications to the dual-screen format launched from the terminal.
And the truth is, the work seems to be paying off. It’s only been a few months since the Surface Duo was previewed, Microsoft released the official programa development kits –SDK– is intended for developers to start adapting their applications to this format.
Among them, Microsoft wanted to realize its visión in addition to recommendations for developers when customizing aplicaciones how aplicaciones should work on Android devices with two screens or folded.
The Surface Duo emulator is now available for download
In the development documents, Microsoft says yes His recommendations apply to Windows 10X – a version intended for Surface Neo – and Androidas long as the iniciativa is to provide the best usuario experience on dual-screen devices like the Surface Duo.
First, it states that the aplicaciones They should take up one screen by defaultalthough users perro expand the activity at any time spans both screens, whether in vertical or horizontal orientation – the company recommends paying special attention to the latter format –. But it is also in the hands of the developers of the possibility Activate full screen mode if they see fit.
On the other hand, Microsoft encourages developers to implement drag and drop so that it is possible Drag elementos between running applications on each of the screens. In that sense, it’s an interesting suggestion allow multiple instances to run your aplicación to run independently on each screen.
Microsoft is too has released an official emulator based on the Android Studio coincidente Surface Duo to allow developers to test their applications, a it perro now be downloaded. and whose operation cánido be seen in the vídeo on these lines, courtesy of designers phone designer and from Zac Bowden.