Questions tagged [android-studio]

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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Android Studio Avd emulator shows a black flickering

I have an issue all of a sudden where I am getting a weird black flickering at the bottom of the screen (as shown in the video below). I had no problem earlier also this happened after I removed android emulator and rechecked it (Reinstalled it )…
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Android Studio Error "Unsupported class file major version 61"

I moved my Android Studio project from one computer to another computer and now I get this error: "Unsupported class file major version 61" . How can I fix this?
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Flutter doctor results with "cmdline-tools component is missing"

I have tried the answers at here & here to no avail. After installing Android Studio & Flutter on Windows 10, when I run flutter doctor, I get the following: [√] Flutter (Channel stable, 2.5.0, on Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19043.1202], locale…
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Unable to launch Kotlin REPL: CommandLineWrapper is ill-suited for launching apps

I'm trying to use the Kotlin REPL within Android Studio. However, when I open it, I get the following output: "E:\Program Files\Android\Arctic Fox\android-studio\jre\bin\java.exe" -Dkotlin.repl.ideMode=true -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath…
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Android Studio 4.2 Kotlin Plugin Issue

Cannot build a new project using Android Studio 4.2 because of the following error: A problem occurred configuring root project 'My Application'. > Could not resolve all artifacts for configuration ':classpath'. > Could not find…
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Android Studio 4.0.0 Java 8 library desugaring in D8 and R8 Build Error

I start using new update Android Studio 4.0.0 and following the enable support java 8 library desugaring in D8 and R8: compileOptions { // Flag to enable support for the new language APIs coreLibraryDesugaringEnabled true //…
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how to solve render problem Path.op() not supported?

How to solve this error: Render problem Path.op() not supported I tried to force refresh layout, restart, update Android Studio, stop antivirus for a while, but the problem is still there. Surprisingly I am able to compile and run the app, but how…
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Can't install Android Emulator for AMD Processors

I have windows 10 Home and AMD ryzen 5 processor. I'm using android studio 4.0 canary 7 (I also tried the latest stable version with the same error). I'm following the official tutorial to enable the Android Emulator for AMD Processors…
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Timed out waiting for process to appear on device

I am having the following problem when running or debugging apps on a device or emulator with Android Studio. The application is installed but it is not started on the device (or emulator). In the Run window I can see the following: Launching app on…
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App running on debug mode only for Flutter

I am not sure what is wrong with my Android Studio IDE, but whenever I run the app inside flutter it always runs on debug mode. Please see the label on the right side of the corner. Logs: Launching lib\main.dart on POCO F1 in debug…
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Why isn't “api” method available in Gradle 4.4/Java plugin, when “implementation” is?

I'm using AS 3.1, trying to be a good programmer and clear the "compile is obsolete" warnings. But I desire this particular .jar to expose Guava as an API. Other projects (e.g. CloudServerApplication) need Guava, too. But when I use the api keyword,…
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Error running 'app': Unknown error in Android studio 3.1

I have updated my android studio to new stable version 3.1. After build project not able to run. Let me know if anyone have face same issue or find any solution.
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Can I delete these build folders when I am not running Android Studio?

I am backing up android studio projects in google drive and I found that the build folders contain thousands of files, so google drive ends up tired. My practice is that I run the 'clean project' command in Android Studio before exiting so that the…
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AVD Crash on second monitor

I just installed Android Studio and was trying to get a preview of my application but whenever i start the AVD Emulator on whatever devices or API it crashes, but it only do crash when I swipe the window of the AVD to my second monitor. my computer…
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Declaring custom 'clean' task when using the standard Gradle lifecycle plugins is not allowed

I am adding a library to jCenter so to do that I needed to add some plugins to my project's build.gradle file. However, I am getting the error Declaring custom 'clean' task when using the standard Gradle lifecycle plugins is not allowed. I can see…
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