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. If the current user is not in the KVM group, run the following command to add them: sudo usermod -a -G kvm 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. If you changed the install location of the Android SDK from the default, you need to update the environment variables based on how your Android SDK tools is set, especially ANDROID_SDK_ROOT, if you use Android Studio. 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. To get the full functionality of Surface Duo emulator, please install Android Emulator 30.9.5 or newer. 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 with different screen sizes for both Surface Duo and Surface Duo 2.

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