We have just released Android Studio 2.3 Canary 3 to the Canary and Dev channels. The gradle plugin should be available from JCenter within the next 24 hours.
In addition to the usual plethora of bug fixes, there are a number of noteworthy changes in this release:
- Google has announced the Android 2.3 operating system along with releasing the 2.3 SDK/NDK.This version of Android OS bring many new features like redefined UI for simplicity and speed, faster text input, one touch word-selection, copy/paste and new ways of power management.Also included is VoIP support, video calling for those devices with a front facing camera as well as a gyroscope and NFC.
- Cocos Creator v2.4.3 is here!This update brings more new features, optimizes performance and improves stability. Cocos Creator 2.4.3 is finally here!This update brings great new features and performance improvements, such as support for nested use of Prefab and support for Android x8664.
Download the latest version of Android Studio for Mac. The new programming environment for Android. Downloads 234,821; Date 13.10.20. Nothing to worry about. Here is when it hapens: Reason When you have the Android Studio as a package in MAC OS, placed in Downloads OR anywhere on the Dashboard. Some such apps do not have appropriate permissions. Running sudo command, will resolve this issue for once but will still be the same next time when you open/update studio. Close all instances of Android Studio if running.
Instant Run. We've made a big change to how Instant Run works in this release. Applying changes to a running applications is no longer tied to the Run button. The Run button will now always perform an application restart. To apply code and resource changes in the running process, there is a new button right next to it, 'Apply Changes', which attempts to hotswap the changes into the app. (The keyboard shortcut for Apply Changes is Control-F10 on Windows and Linux, and Cmd-Ctrl-R on Mac.)
The goal of this change is to make the Run button completely reliable. When you press Run, you can always be certain that your changes are reflected in the running app. Applying changes is now a separate action you take when you've made a tweak you want to see immediately. The Run button continues to use 'cold swap' to build the app more quickly than a full APK reinstall, but we've limited it to Lollipop and above where we don't need to rely on unsafe mechanisms to do so.
Build Cache. In Android Studio 2.3 Canary 1, we have enabled a new build cache (which uses a shared directory across projects to extract and compile libraries) by default. This turned out to break several features in the IDE that were making assumptions about the locations of libraries. In Android Studio 2.3 Canary 3, most of these bugs have been fixed; there are a few cosmetic ones remaining (such as listing library versions in the merged manifest editor and in documentation popups etc) that we'll be fixing next. Known issue.
Layout Editor. There are several new features in the layout editor. First, the palette has been completely rewritten. The new palette offers previews of the widgets, better sorting, as well as search and filtering: click on the search icon to find a widget. Second, search and filtering now also works in the property inspector. And third, you can now customize the set of properties shown for a given widget type in the inspector. In the all properties table, click on the star icon to favorite the properties you want to see for this type of widget, and from now on these properties will be shown in the Favorites section in the component inspector.
In this build we've reworked the internal architecture to improve the performance and reliability, and there are some rough edges remaining that we'll be addressing in the next build. For example, the blue print mode is missing labels.
App Links Assistant. Android App Links allow your users to seamlessly deep link into your app experience. Adding Android App Links support in your app is now easier with this new experience in Android Studio. Just go to Tools > App Links Assistant in Android Studio to get started.
Lint. The command line HTML reports have been been overhauled -- instead of the old dark Holo look, they now have a Material design look, and the included code snippets are syntax highlighted etc.
Data binding: Several editor bugs were fixed, among them the frequently reported problem with functional expressions. The editor parser now handles these properly.
Dual debugger: The Hybrid debugger has been renamed to Dual debugger.
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When you create a new project on Android Studio, the project's structure will appear with almost all the files in one SRC directory. This is a change that's been made to a generating system based on Gradle that provides greater flexibility while you're building. In addition, thanks to its integrated emulation system, Android Studio lets you view changes made to your app in real time so you can simultaneously see how everything is displayed on different Android devices according to different configurations and resolutions.
Among the many features offered by Android Studio are code-packing and tagging tools to help you organize yourself when implementing huge quantities of code, as well as a drag-and-drop system to move components around on the user interface. This new IDE also has Google Cloud Messaging, a feature to send data from the server to Android via the cloud so you can, for instance, send Push notifications to your apps. Android Studio can also help you track app development, giving you a more visual way to program and control the flow of the app.
What does Android Studio offer?
- A clear and robust development environment.
- Easy testing of functionality on different types of devices.
- Assistants and templates for commonly used programming elements on Android.
- A comprehensive editor with many extra tools to facilitate app development.