The latter is one of the features Google initially promised would come to the IDE. It shows you the memory usage of your app over time so you can find ways to improve your app’s performance.įinally, Android Studio enables an easy way to add Google Cloud Backends and Endpoints to your app, as well as Google Cloud Messaging. If you’re developing an app that will run on more than one Android release - and, given the current version landscape, you really should be - this will be very helpful.Īndroid Studio includes a performance analysis tool called Memory Monitor.

You can easily extract and analyze all hard-coded strings in any project.Īndroid Studio lets you both edit and preview your Android layouts across multiple screen sizes, languages, and even API versions. These include advanced code completion, refactoring, and code analysis.Īndroid Studio lets you manage string translations for all of your apps. If empty projects scare you or you’re having trouble getting started, you’ll like sample importing and the included templates.Īndroid Studio leverages IntelliJ IDEA’s intelligent code editing capabilities. Speaking of templates, Android Studio includes wizards that let you start with new project templates or import Google code samples. This “getting started” wizard now installs the Android SDK you need, sets up your development environment settings, creates an optimized emulator for testing your app, and bundles a set of code templates.

First off, we have the First Run Setup Wizard, which was amusingly absent from a few of the release candidate builds.

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