In a terminal window, navigate to the folder where you copied the emulator files.

If you changed the installation location of the Android SDK from the default, update the pointer to your Android SDK installation.

(The emulator folder name cannot have periods in it). jar file and the contents of the emulator folder to a new location on your local hard drive.

Open the SurfaceDuoEmulator_ version _.dmg file.

If the emulator does not start, you might need to update the pointer to your Android SDK installation.

After completing the SDK Setup, you can launch the Surface Duo Emulator via the start menu link.

Unzip the downloaded file, and launch the installer.

Select the right one for your development system. The files are named 'SurfaceDuoEmulator version'. Download and install the Surface Duo emulator imageĭownload the Surface Duo emulator image from the Microsoft Download Center. Be sure to perform updates if you already have Android Studio installed.

The Android Studio installation instructions with default settings are all that is required. sudo dpkg -i SurfaceDuoSDKPreview_EmulatorOSImage_and_APIs_ubuntu_debian_2020.117.2.deb (If necessary, update the package name to match what you downloaded). To install the emulator and SDK, run the following command. If the current user is not in the KVM group, run the following command to add them. Complete the steps at Configure VM acceleration on Linux to install KVM.Īfter installing KVM, ensure the current (logged in) user is added to the KVM group.

Review the hardware acceleration guide to get the best emulator performance.

Ensure the Android SDK is installed via these Visual Studio instructions.

Get the latest version of Visual Studio and ensure Xamarin is installed.

Complete the installation prerequisites.

Follow the guidelines outlined in emulator acceleration in the Android Studio docs to configure your system. Hardware virtualization is available for the Surface Duo emulator. To get the full functionality of Surface Duo emulator, please install Android Emulator 30.0.26 or over.

Use the SDK manager to ensure all the required dev tools (Android SDK Build-Tools, Android SDK Platform-Tools, and Android Emulator) are up to date.

For new installs, the default options will do this automatically. You must include Google's Android emulator, which you install using the SDK manager in the Android Studio Tools menu. If you don't have Android Studio installed, download the latest version and command line tools from. You should have your Android development environment set-up and up to date before you install the Surface Duo SDK. Set up the Surface Duo development environment The Surface Duo emulator image (to use with the Android Emulator) can be used to develop and test your apps. Download and install the Surface Duo 2 Android emulator

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