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How to start the SurfaceDuo 2 emulator on an Apple M1 device?
Hi team, I know I had the same questions a few month ago, but I want to bring it up again. Currently I'm using an Apple M1 Mac as my development machine. Everything works expect of the Surface Duo ...
Craig_Dunn
Microsoft
Microsofttscholze excited to be able to share the download details for a Surface Duo emulator that works on Apple Silicon! You will find new emulator images available at:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=100847
(select the arm64 macOS download)
Please note that the image requires newer versions of the Android Emulator in SDK Tools - 31.3.12 or newer (or version 32.1.5 if you use canary builds). More information is available in the installation instructions:
https://learn.microsoft.com/dual-screen/android/emulator/surface-duo-download
Craig_Dunn Whoop whoop! That's awesome. Thanks for pinging me :).
PS: Du you plan to support Windows 11 ARM as an emulator host? MSFT released the Dev Kit.
- Craig_DunnNot sure - that box is intended for enabling folks to build & test apps _targeting_ Windows on ARM as a platform. I don't know if many folks are planning to use it as a general desktop developer platform for other targets. An interesting question that we'll keep in mind.
Yes, Craig_Dunn. I know that this box is -as you mentioned - purely meant for Windows, not Android developers.
It was more a question out of curiosity if the work you did put into the M1 / M2 port also enables Windows ARM - but you answered it already: no.
Thanks for your blazing fast reply!
