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Use for questions about using Android Studio, an official IDE by Google targeted at Android app development. Do NOT use for questions about programming for Android in general; instead, use the [android] tag.

Android Studio is the official Android development environment that is based on IntelliJ IDEA. Android Studio provides integrated Android developer tools for development and debugging.

Android Studio offers:

  • Gradle-based build support.
  • Clean Logcat for different packages with filtering options.
  • Android-specific refactoring and quick fixes.
  • Lint tools to catch performance, usability, version compatibility and other problems. ProGuard and app-signing capabilities.
  • Template-based wizards to create common Android designs and components.
  • A rich layout editor that allows you to drag-and-drop UI components, preview layouts on multiple screen configurations, and much more.
  • Built-in support for Google Cloud Platform, making it easy to integrate Google Cloud Messaging, App Engine, and Firebase as server-side components.
  • Android Native Development (NDK) support, including single-step debugging of JNI C++ code, code completion, Gradle build support for JNI C++ code
  • Image Asset Studio, a tool which generates a set of icons for your Android applications from an existing image, clipart, or text-string resources
  • Vector Asset Studio, a tool which enables the developer to import and manage vector graphics as a drawable resource
  • Instant preview and review of incremental code changes on the emulator or physical device without redeploying a new debug build or, in many cases, without restarting the app
  • Built-in Git Client with GitHub integration
  • New and improved Compose View Library for better alternating Layouts with different designs.
  • Various debugging and analysis tools are available: Android Profiler, Android Debug Bridge, Android Emulator, Device File Explorer, CPU Profiler, systrace, Layout Inspector, Network Profiler and an Emulator for Wear OS.

The current stable version is Android Studio Flamingo | 2022.2.1 Patch 2 May 24, 2023.

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