Flutter MediaQuery for Surface Duo
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MediaQuery is the component you use in Flutter when you want information about the device, like the screen size, display density, text scaling, and so on. The hinge between the displays is considered a part of the display. When your app is spanned, the screen size for it is the whole area of both screens, including the hinge, with the hinge area being reported as a display feature.
Tip
You can now use the MediaQuery support by switching to the Flutter master channel, using the flutter channel master command.
New MediaQuery properties
displayFeatures -> List<DisplayFeature>- Areas of the display that are obstructed by hardware features.
Display features
Display features are areas of the display that can be non-functional or obstructed.
class DisplayFeature {
final Rect bounds;
final DisplayFeatureType type;
final DisplayFeatureState state;
}
Properties of a DisplayFeature:
bounds-Rectarea of the view occupied by this display featuretype- Enum for type of display features:hinge- A physical separator between the two displays of the device. Surface Duo has ahingedisplay feature.
fold- View this as ahingethat has zero width. It identifies where the flexible display has a crease.
cutout- Sits at the edge of the display and usually houses camera systems.
state- Enum for posture of display feature, which is populated only for folds and hinges. For cutouts, this isunknown. This closely follows the Posture definition from Android.halfOpened- The foldable device's hinge is in an intermediate position between opened and closed state, there is a non-flat angle between parts of the flexible screen or between physical screen panels.flat- The foldable device is completely open, the screen space that is presented to the user is flat.unknown- Posture is unknown, either because it is new and unsupported or, in the case ofcutoutfeatures, it is not populated.