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Use the Android Emulator with a preview Surface Duo image that is integrated into your development environment to test your app without a physical device. The emulator simulates postures, gestures, hinge angle, mimicking the seam between the two screens, and more. We'll continue to add functionality over time.
The preview Surface Duo image requires that the Android Emulator be installed with Android Studio or Visual Studio (Xamarin).
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Read the Xamarin Developers section for help setting up the Surface Duo Emulator to work with Visual Studio.
After completing the SDK Setup, you can launch the Surface Duo Emulator via the start menu link.
If the emulator does not start, you might need to update the pointer to your Android SDK installation.
./run.sh to start the emulator../run.sh to start the emulator.If you changed the installation location of the Android SDK from the default, you will need to update the run script to point to the correct installation location. Otherwise, the emulator will not run when you click the shortcut or run the script.
%USERPROFILE%SurfaceDuoEmulator.artifacts folder inside of the installation folder.run.bat - You can copy it to something like run_androidstudio.bat.run.bat in a text editor.ANDROID_SDK_LOCATION path value near the top of the file is correct.run.sh - You can copy it to something like run_androidstudio.sh.run.sh in a text editor.ANDROID_SDK_LOCATION path value near the top of the file is correct.run.sh - You can copy it to something like run_androidstudio.sh.run.sh in a text editor.ANDROID_SDK_LOCATION path value near the top of the file is correct.Follow these steps to debug using ADB commands.
Find your emulator device ID
Run C:>adb devices.
Find the package you want to debug.
Run adb shell pm list packages.
Set the app to debug at startup (note the -w)
Run adb shell am set-debug-app -w com.microsoft.device.display.samples.masterdetail.
Start the app in the emulator.
You will get a popup that the app is waiting for a debug to attach. You will need to re-run the set debug each time (or use --persistent option).
Connect Android Studio Debugger
In Android Studio menu options, select Run->Attach debugger. The emulator and process should be listed.
Point to source code and set breakpoints.
To span your app in the emulator, drag the app from the white bar at the bottom of the app screen towards the middle of the device. When the background turns white across both screens, release the app.
Use this command to list the webcams available on the machine:
~/Android/Sdk/emulator/emulator -webcam-list
If necessary, change the path to match your local installation.
Copy the camera name you want to use, and open the config.ini file. In there you will see something like this:
For example, you can change the front camera to use the host machine's webcam.
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The preview release of the Surface Duo Emulator requires changes to allow Xamarin Android and Visual Studio to connect to it for deploying and debugging apps.
%USERPROFILE%SurfaceDuoEmulator.artifacts folder inside of the installation folder.run.bat - You can copy it to something like run_androidstudio.bat.run.bat in a text editor.ANDROID_SDK_LOCATION path value near the top of the file is correct (the default Visual Studio install location is specified).run.sh - You can copy it to something like run_androidstudio.sh.run.sh in a text editor.ANDROID_SDK_LOCATION path value near the top of the file is correct (the default Visual Studio install location is specified).This section is not applicable to installing the emulator and SDK on Ubuntu or Debian.
Open your Project in Visual Studio, build it, and select <build> (Android 10.0 - API 29) (in the list of Running Devices) and deploy.
The name of the emulator in Visual Studio will be fixed in a future release.