This document summarizes the key features and history of Android Studio, the official IDE for Android development. It describes how Android Studio was created by Google to replace Eclipse as the Android IDE, as Eclipse was buggy and unstable. The document outlines Android Studio's basics, how to migrate projects from Eclipse, its project structure featuring Gradle build system, and many of its useful features like layout previews and refactoring tools. Tips are provided for navigation, templates, and suggested plugins. Infinum is promoted as the presenter's employer and provider of Android talks.

1. Android
studio
#Android meetup

2. Željko Plesac
Android developer at
Infinum
zeljko.plesac@infinum.co

3. long time ago, in a
galaxy far, far away…

4. • Eclipse IDE - official
IDE for Android
development
• ADT plugin
• Apache Ant for
building projects

5. Reality

6. • ADT plugin was buggy and unstable
• frequent crashes
• agony and crying after updates
• no multi-flavour support
• slow
• Clear project -> Restart -> Crying -> Clear project ->
Restart -> Praying to God -> Clear project…

7. …so Google said…

8. and so, Android
studio was born!

9. • officially announced at Google I/0 2013
Conference
• early alpha release was published in July, 2013
• quickly got attention of Android developers

11. Android studio #1
Basic info

12. • as of December 2014, official IDE for Android
development (Eclipse ADT plugin is deprecated)
• based on IntelliJ platform
• uses Gradle build system
• free for usage
• Windows, Linux, Mac
• available at http://developer.android.com/sdk/
index.html

13. • 3 release channels
1. Canary - most recent changes, subject to
bugs. Latest version is 1.1. Preview 1
2. Beta - changes which are tested, but still
not ready for production. Latest version is
1.0.2.
3. Stable - official, production channel. Latest
version is 1.0.2.

14. Android studio #2
Migrating from Eclipse

15. • To migrate existing Android projects, simply import them using
Android Studio:
1. Generate Gradle files in Eclipse (Export -> Generate
Gradle files)
2. In Android Studio, close any projects currently open. You
should see the Welcome to Android Studio window.
3. Click Import Non-Android Studio project.
4. Locate the project you exported from Eclipse, expand it,
select the build.gradle file and click OK.
5. In the following dialog, leave Use gradle wrapper
selected and click OK. (You do not need to specify the
Gradle home.)

16. AND DANCE THE
VICTORY DANCE!!!

18. Also, don’t forget to
delete Eclipse.

19. Android studio #3
Project structure

20. Project & project modules

21. The traditional project view (left) and the
Android project view (right).

22. Build types:
• debug, test, release…
Product flavour groups and flavours:
• architecture, free/paid…

23. Android studio #4
Gradle

24. • Gradle is project automation tool which is used
for build our Android apps
• based upon concepts of Apache Ant and Apache
Maven
• uses Groovy-based domain-specific-language
(DSL)
• your new best friend and worst enemy

25. Default and signing configuration

26. Build types

27. Lint options

28. Repositories and external dependencies

29. • Gradle also has a few drawbacks:
• speed of execution - it’s slower than Apache
Ant
• work in progress - every new version brings a
lot of changes
• still has some bugs

30. Android studio #5
Sexy features

31. Translations editor

32. Layout preview(which actually works)

33. Preview layout on different devices…

34. … and for different device images, display densities, UI
modes, locales, and Android versions (multi-API
version rendering)
Logo

35. Organize resources and assets

36. • bitmap rendering in the debugger
• image and color preview
• support for version control systems
• style extraction
• deep code analysis

37. Android studio #6
Tips and tricks

38. Surround with
Wrap a block of code in
some structure.
Mac: Cmd+Alt+T
Windows/Linux: Ctrl+Alt+T

39. Quick
Definition
Lookup
Finds the implementation of
a method or class but don't
want to lose your current
context
Mac: Cmd+space
Windows/Linux: Ctrl+shift+i

40. Analyze Data
flow to Here
Take the current variable,
parameter or field and show
the path it has taken to get
here
Menu: Analyze → Analyze Data
Flow to Here
Find action: Analyze Data Flow
to Here

41. Compare With
Branch (Git)
Compare the current file or
folder with another branch.
Menu : VCS -> Git ->
Compare With Branch
Find Actions: Compare With
Branch

42. Compare With
Clipboard
Take the current selection and
do a diff with the content of
your clipboard.
Mouse: right-click the selection
and select Compare With
Clipboard
Find action: compare with
clipboard

43. Extract
Method
Extract a code block in a
new method.
Mac: Cmd+Alt+M
Windows/Linux: Ctrl+Alt+M

44. Live
Templates
Quickly insert a snippet of
code.
Mac: Cmd+J
Windows/Linux: Ctrl+J

45. Parameter
Info
Same list of parameter
names as the one that
appears when you are
writing a method call
Mac: Cmd+P
windows/linux: Ctrl+P

46. Recently
Changed Files
Lists files that were recently
modified locally
Mac: Cmd+Shift+E
Windows/Linux: Ctrl+Shift+E

47. The File
Structure
Popup
Show an outline of the
current class and navigate
in it.
Mac: Cmd+f12
Windows/Linux: Ctrl+f12

48. The Switcher
Allows you to navigate to a tab or a
panel.
Once it is opened, as long as you hold
the ctrl key, you can navigate quickly
by using the number or letter shortcut.
You can also close a tab or a panel by
pressing backspace when it is
selected.
Mac: Ctrl+Tab
Windows/Linux: Ctrl+Tab

49. Suggested plugins
• Parcelable Generator - for generating parceable code
• Genymotion
• Crashlytics
• ButterKnifeZelezny - one-click creation of Butterknife
view injections.
• would like to find some good database management
plugin

50. Android studio #7
Additional info

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