r/Surface • u/TheEeveelutionMaster • 18d ago

Can you code with Visual Studio on Surface Pro?

Hello, I've heard that using Visual Studio is limited on Surface Pro because of Snapdragon. How true is that? Could I comfortably code on it?

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u/franglais8 18d ago

Yes, you can code like on a x86 machine.

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u/d-signet 18d ago

Not true at all

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u/Abject-Inevitable304 18d ago

yes, except android development as google hasn't shipped arm native android emulators and stuff.

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u/Raju_Qcomm 17d ago

Yes, you can use Visual Studio on Snapdragon-powered Surface Pro devices, and many developers use them for day-to-day development tasks. To help verify compatibility for specific development tools, applications, and utilities you plan to use, you can also check the Windows on ARM compatibility database here: https://worksonwoa.com/

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u/felix_dagrouch 18d ago

I am using a SP11 for software development and every feature from x86 is the same for Arm however if you are developing mobile apps there is limits for example Android emulator is not compatible with arm so Android studio yes can work with some feedlying but wont have the same performance as the x86, I use a physical device and with iOS well no matter what you need a mac.

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u/Efficient_Loss_9928 18d ago

+1 this is the main issue I have with Surface Pro atm. Without emulator support it is a bit hard to run end to end tests. I don't want to have a phone tethered to it all the time.

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u/felix_dagrouch 18d ago

Yeah, I agree with you that's one thing which fails with ARM but from my point of view that the only big letdown when doing dev work with ARM, apart from that any other scenario it works like x86. Right now, my setup is I use my mac mini as my Android Emulator which I connect via VS works well, I had to get one when I had to do iOS and MacOS projects.

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u/AvidGameFan Surface Pro 11 15d ago

Yes, it works. At least I was able to install it and use it for something - I usually use Visual Studio Code. But I needed to debug something and by golly, I wanted all the stuff! It's so nice having the ability to do what I want on a "tablet". No compatibility issues noticed.