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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.
  • 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
  • Android Device Monitor, a rich set of Eclipse-based debugging and analysis tools including DDMS, OpenGL Tracer, Hierarchy Viewer, Systrace, and a Trace viewer

The current stable version is Android Studio 4.0, which is released in May 2020.

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