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Android Studio Electric Eel Canary brings Live Edit to the Compose Preview
At its I/O Developer Conference today, Google announced a new Canary release for Android Studio codenamed Electric Eel. Download from the link in the post.
After months of testing on the Canary channel, Google finally graduated Android Studio Dolphin to the beta channel at its I/O Developer Conference today. The beta release packs various Jetpack Compose features and improvements, new features for the Wear OS emulator, and a couple of additional developer tools. Along with the Dolphin beta release, Google has rolled out the first Android Studio Electric Eel Canary release. It too brings a host of new features and improvements. In this post, we'll take a look at all the new features in the latest Canary release.
Android Studio Dolphin is now available in beta
At its I/O Developer Conference today, Google announced that its graduating Android Studio Dolphin to the beta channel. Download from the link in the post.
Android Studio Dolphin has been in Canary for a while now. At its I/O Developer Conference today, Google has finally graduated it to the beta channel and introduced a new release, codenamed Electric Eel, on the Canary channel. Both the latest beta and Canary releases of Android Studio bring along a host of new features, like the ability to view Compose animations in Animation Preview, resize the emulator for large-screen devices, pair, and control Wear OS emulators and launch tiles, watch faces, etc. directly from Android Studio, and more. In this post, we'll take a look at all that's new in the latest beta release.
Google preps Android Desktop images for developers ahead of Google Play Games on Windows
Google is preparing "Android Desktop" images for developers, ahead of the Google Play Games on Windows wider launch. Check it out here.
Back in December, Google confirmed that it was working on an official way to play Android games on Windows PCs. We saw a limited beta testing program for the new Google Play Games desktop application drop in January, and a more public PC beta began to roll out in Taiwan, South Korea, and Hong Kong just last month. Now it seems that Google is prepping Android desktop images for developers to set up in Android Studio, likely in anticipation of developers making games for Google Play Games on Windows.
Android Studio 2021.1 "Bumblebee" has a new Device Manager and improved Apple Silicon support
Google has released a new major update for Android Studio, nicknamed 'Bumblebee,' with useful testing and profiling improvements.
Android Studio is the main integrated development environment (IDE) for creating Android applications, with a feature-packed code editor, debugging tools, emulators, and much more. The last major release was in March of last year, nicknamed Android Studio Arctic Fox. After a few months in testing, there's now another upgrade available: Android Studio Bumblebee. Google clearly named it after the small flying insect, but I like the idea of naming it after a Transformer better.
Android Development Basics: How to add Kotlin to an existing Java Android project
If you're looking to access Kotlin APIs from an existing Android project that's written in Java, here's how you can do so in Android Studio.
Kotlin is pretty great. It's got a whole bunch of useful language features, and the syntax is generally clean and simple. It's also cross-platform, and the base language can compile to a whole bunch of different languages and platforms.
Flutter 2.5 released with full-screen Android app and Material You support
Flutter 2.5 is here, with loads of performance improvements, DevTools updates, and Material You support. Dart 2.14 has been released, too.
If you're into cross-platform development, chances are you've heard of Flutter. Using the Dart language, Flutter is a cross-platform UI framework that aims to make developing for anything from iOS to the web as easy as possible. Yesterday, Google announced the release of Flutter 2.5 and Dart 2.14, and there's a lot that's new.
JetBrains Compose for Desktop and Web is now in alpha
JetBrains has released Compose for Desktop and Web, a port of Google's Jetpack Compose for Android, to alpha. Here's what's new.
If you haven't heard of Jetpack Compose, where have you been lately? Google created this declarative UI framework to replace the standard XML layout engine in Android. Compose lets developers create their layouts and accompanying logic all in Kotlin. JetBrains, the company behind Kotlin, also got in on the Compose action and is working on porting it to both desktop and the web.
Google launches Android Studio Arctic Fox and Jetpack Compose 1.0
Google has released Android Studio Arctic Fox and Jetpack Compose 1.0 to stable. Here's what you can expect in these new versions.
Today, Google is releasing both Android Studio Arctic Fox and Jetpack Compose to stable. This isn't exactly a surprise announcement, since Google first announced that the latter would be released to stable this month back in May.
The Chromecast with Google TV was released last year, becoming the first device to run the updated Google TV software experience. While still based on Android TV, Google TV's interface tweaks and custom launcher are different enough that some app developers might want to test their work on it. Thankfully, Google is now rolling out the first emulator for Google TV, allowing anyone to test apps on the new platform without buying a Chromecast.
Google unveils new features for Android Jetpack, Android Studio, and Kotlin at Google I/O 2021
Google I/O 2021 is a developer conference, so it's no surprise that Google announced new features for Jetpack, Android Studio, and Kotlin.
We're now well into the Google I/O 2021 developer conference, and so we're seeing a bunch of developer-centric news for all of Google's development products. On top of changes to Flutter and Firebase, we've also got some new features for native Android development, including announcements about Android Jetpack, Android Studio, and even Kotlin.
Android Studio 4.2 brings IntelliJ upgrade, Safe Args support, and more
Android Studio 4.2 is now available on the stable channel. The update brings an IntelliJ platform update, Safe Args support, and much more.
In October last year, Google rolled out Android Studio 4.1 with support for foldables in the Android Emulator, a few style updates, TensorFlow Lite enhancements, and more. Over the last few months, the company has been working on the next major Android Studio update, and it's now finally available on the stable channel.
Android Studio Canary adds initial support for Apple's new M1 Macs
The latest Canary build of Android Studio has added preliminary support for Macs powered by the ARM-based Apple Silicon M1 chip.
Besides the web, Android is probably one of the most accessible development platforms. Physical Android devices can be incredibly cheap, and there's no shortage of emulator options for testing. And of course, the actual IDE, Android Studio, works on almost every desktop platform in existence, including macOS.
Google I/O 2021 schedule goes live: Here's what to look out for
Google I/O 2021 takes place next month, but the schedule and list of sessions is already live. Here's what to look forward to.
Earlier this month, Google announced when its highly-anticipated developer conference will take place. Google I/O 2021 kicks off on May 18th and lasts through May 20th, and it'll be a virtual event that's free for anyone to attend. Today, Google published the full schedule for the event, giving us an overview of what sessions will take place, what topics will be covered, and who will be speaking.
How to code in Android Studio from any device with JetBrains Projector
Looking to code remotely in Android Studio? Check out JetBrains Projector, the best way to run JetBrains' IntelliJ IDE on any device.
JetBrains is the company behind some of the most popular IDEs, including IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, and PhpStorm. Even Android Studio, Google's sort-of in-house IDE for Android development, is based on IntelliJ.
Google releases Jetpack Compose beta, with a stable API, accessibility support, and more
Google has released Jetpack Compose in Beta, the company's declarative UI engine written in Kotlin made to simplify UI development.
Here we are again. I wrote about Jetpack Compose, Google's new UI engine, back when it went into alpha, and again when JetBrains ported it to desktop platforms. Today, the beta release of Jetpack Compose is here.
Android Studio Arctic Fox adds an emulator for rollable phones
Android Studio's latest Canary build includes an emulator for rollable devices, allowing you to see how apps behave both rolled and unrolled.
The latest version of Android Studio in the Canary channel has added a new feature reflecting the direction of device design: an emulator for rollable phones. The emulator, which is currently available in the Arctic Fox Canary 1 Build of Android Studio, creates a 7.4-inch virtual handset running Android 11 and sporting a 1600 x 2428 display when furled, allowing developers to test how their software will behave as its rolled or unrolled, a much more challenging screen to optimize for than a standard display.
Google releases Android Studio 4.1 with support for foldables in the Android Emulator
Google has released Android Studio 4.1 to the stable channel, with support for foldable form factor in the Android Emulator and more.
If you've ever done programming, you probably know just how useful a good IDE can be. Especially on more fragmented platforms, like Android, having the proper set of tools for development is incredibly important.
Android Studio's Android 11 emulator will support the hinge sensor for foldable devices
Android Emulator 30.0.26 in Android Studio adds support for the hinge sensor API for foldable devices. This requires a new Android 11 image.
The Android Emulator in Google's Android Studio IDE is getting a major update with improved support for foldable devices (via AndroidPolice). The feature requires an Android 11 system image and AVD configuration that have yet to be released, however.
Android App Basics: How to install Android Studio on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Chrome OS
Looking to develop an Android app? Here's how to install Android Studio, Google's preferred IDE, on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Chrome OS.
If you're just getting started in Android app development, you may or may not know of Android Studio. It's Google's official IDE (integrated development environment) made specifically for developing native Android apps. For Java or Kotlin Android apps, there's no better option in terms of ease of development.
Google is redesigning the Play Console and adding new features to Android Studio, Kotlin, and Jetpack
Alongside the Android 11 Beta, Google has announced a redesign of the Play Console and has added new features in Android Studio, Kotlin, and Jetpack.
The Android 11 Beta might have just been released, but if you're a developer, there's more to be excited about. Along with Android 11, Google is introducing a whole bunch of goodies for developers, including a new Google Play Console design, new versions of Android Studio, and a bunch of AndroidX and Kotlin updates.