Meet Android Studio
Android Studio is the
official Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Android app development,
based on IntelliJ IDEA . On top of IntelliJ's powerful code editor and
developer tools, Android Studio offers even more features that enhance your productivity
when building Android apps, such as:
- A flexible Gradle-based build system
- A fast and feature-rich emulator
- A unified environment where you can develop for all Android devices
- Apply Changes to push code and resource changes to your running app without restarting your app
- Code templates and GitHub integration to help you build common app features and import sample code
- Extensive testing tools and frameworks
- Lint tools to catch performance, usability, version compatibility, and other problems
- C++ and NDK support
- Built-in support for Google Cloud Platform, making it easy to integrate Google Cloud Messaging and App Engine
This page provides an introduction to basic Android Studio
features. For a summary of the latest changes, see Android Studio release
notes.
Project structure
Each project in Android Studio
contains one or more modules with source code files and resource files. Types
of modules include:
- Android app modules
- Library modules
- Google App Engine modules
By default, Android Studio displays your project files in the
Android project view, as shown in figure 1. This view is organized by modules
to provide quick access to your project's key source files.
All the
build files are visible at the top level under Gradle Scripts and each app
module contains the following folders:
The Android Studio main window.
The toolbar
lets you carry out a wide range of actions, including running your app and
launching Android tools.
The
navigation bar helps you navigate through your project and open files for
editing. It provides a more compact view of the structure visible in the
Project window.
The editor
window is where you create and modify code. Depending on the current file type,
the editor can change. For example, when viewing a layout file, the editor
displays the Layout Editor.
The tool
window bar runs around the outside of the IDE window and contains the buttons
that allow you to expand or collapse individual tool windows.
The tool
windows give you access to specific tasks like project management, search,
version control, and more. You can expand them and collapse them.
The status
bar displays the status of your project and the IDE itself, as well as any
warnings or messages.
You can
organize the main window to give yourself more screen space by hiding or moving
toolbars and tool windows. You can also use keyboard shortcuts to access most
IDE features.
At any time,
you can search across your source code, databases, actions, elements of the
user interface, and so on, by double-pressing the Shift key, or clicking the
magnifying glass in the upper right-hand corner of the Android Studio window.
This can be very useful if, for example, you are trying to locate a particular
IDE action that you have forgotten how to trigger.
Source – Developers
Basic Information
Operating - Window
Name
– Android Studio
Version
– 3.6.1
Size
- 749 MB
0 comments:
Post a Comment