With Android Studio 3.5, Google completed Project Marble, an initiative focused on improving the performance and speed of IDE for Android applications. With version 3.6 it's time to add new features and, unfortunately, the IDE is getting smaller face nominations.
Android Studio 3.6 is updating some tools to sync with more by 2020, via the most interesting and useful change in the emulator, as well as better support for recent practices such as Kotlin and View binding.
Split view into edit editor
Android Studio borrows from a web page editing app division of the layout editor. That is, you no longer have to choose between viewing a result preview or a code: you can have both at the same time.
This view is accessible from button on the top right interface when opening a file in format, and it will help you see in real time the visual effect of the changes you make in the code, without having to switch between views.
New color selector
Another small addition will make life easier for programmers a new color choice, with a refreshed and simplified display, showing the colors pre-defined in the project. This makes it easy for you to find and use them again, without further steps.
Google Maps emulator
Emera Studio for Android is getting a number of exciting changes, and, to be honest, they've been waiting for some time. Now Google Maps is integrated into the emulator, so the location of the emulator is owned by you, not your Google offices.
That is, from the emulator settings, in the open section Location, you can search for locations that will be exported as current location to the emulator. In addition, you can also define routes and the emulator will copy GPS to deceive Android.
Support for several screens in the emulator
Another exciting change More screen support. This is also available from the emulator settings, being able to install in three additional screens with different resolution settings.
Using these additional screens, it is very easy to check the desktop mode: At the moment it is still a trial, despite many previous capabilities. When you create a new virtual screen, the desktop mode is automatically activated on it.
Another change
Change, of course, does not end there. The list is broad – especially when looking at minor bug fixes and improvements – though some of the major changes are as follows:
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View Binding Support. Android Studio adds support to include View Binding in a project, thus replacing the popular alternative secure GetViewById.
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NDK update for Android. Many of the only supported functions in Java are now available through Kotlin.
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IntelliJ update. Android Studio is now based on IntelliJ 2019.2, which includes its list of changes, the most notable of which is fast.
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You can add classes if you use changes.
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Gradle plugin update. It is now reaching version 3.6.
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New packaging tool. Designed for debugging, it should be fast.
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Pause and continue downloading of files from the SDK manager.
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APK Analyzer enhancements. Now it detects changes in APK and shows in real time, and it is possible to encode Kotlin in imported APKs.
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Leak memory recovery to the code inspector.
If you have a previous version of Android Studio, you will automatically skip the new version note unless you set it to look for new types. If not, you can always tell it on its official website, where you'll find that it is available for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS.
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