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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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Find and replace Android studio

Is there a way to find and replace all occurrences of a word in an entire project( not just a single class using refactor -> rename) and also maintain case, either in android studio or using a command line script? For example, Supplier has to go to…
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Can Android Studio be used to run standard Java projects?

For those times when you want to isolate the Java and give it a quick test.. Can you run non-Android Java projects in Android studio as in Eclipse?
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Android studio logcat nothing to show

I installed Android Studio yesterday, and I tried to use the LogCat to see the logs. But there is nothing to show in the logcat. I used the terminal to run ./adb logcat and it works. Is there someone who can explain to me how to use logcat in…
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API 'variant.getExternalNativeBuildTasks()' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'variant.getExternalNativeBuildProviders()

Using Android Studio 3.3 Canary 11 with the gradle plugin version 3.3.0-alpha11. It throws the following error when trying to sync gradle WARNING: API 'variant.getExternalNativeBuildTasks()' is obsolete and has been replaced with…
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Is there a way to show a preview of a RecyclerView's contents in the Android Studio editor?

When I add the RecyclerView to the layout, it shows up as a blank screen. Is there a way, such as through the tools namespace, to show a preview of the content of the RecyclerView?
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Setting ANDROID_HOME enviromental variable on Mac OS X

Could anybody post a working solution for setting ANDROID_HOME via the terminal? My path to the Android-SDK is /Applications/ADT/sdk.
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What is the difference between min SDK version/target SDK version vs. compile SDK version?

What are the differences between "min sdk version/target sdk version" and "compile sdk version"? I know what min and target sdk means, but what does compile sdk version mean? In Eclipse, I have min/max and target sdk, but in android studio there are…
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Android Gradle plugin 0.7.0: "duplicate files during packaging of APK"

Using Android Gradle plugin 0.7.0 with the following build.gradle: buildscript { repositories { mavenCentral() } dependencies { classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.7.0' } } apply plugin:…
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flutter doctor --android-licenses gives a java error

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlSchema at com.android.repository.api.SchemaModule$SchemaModuleVersion.(SchemaModule.java:156) at…
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Android Studio: Where is the Compiler Error Output Window?

When I 'Run' my project in Android Studio, in the 'Messages' window, I get: Gradle: FAILURE: Build failed with an exception. * What went wrong: Execution failed for task ':play01:compileDebug'. > Compilation failed; see the compiler error output…
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How to increase editor font size?

Font size in Android Studio editor seems to be too small. How can I make the font size larger?
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How to automatically generate getters and setters in Android Studio

Is there a shortcut in Android Studio for automatically generating the getters and setters in a given class?
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Build unsigned APK file with Android Studio

I'm developing an Android app with the Android Developer Tool. Now I tried the new Android Studio, everything works fine if connect my smartphone with the PC and directly run the program in the Android Studio. But now I want to test the program with…
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No tests found for given includes Error, when running Parameterized Unit test in Android Studio

I have tried to run Parameterized Unit Tests in Android Studio, as shown below: import android.test.suitebuilder.annotation.SmallTest; import junit.framework.TestCase; import org.junit.Test; import org.junit.runner.RunWith; import…
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Android app crashes when launched in debug mode

When I run in debug mode the app crashes, but when I just run it normally it works. I think the problem happens when the debugger is attached. Log: A/art: art/runtime/jdwp/jdwp_event.cc:661] Check failed: Thread::Current() != GetDebugThread()…
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