What's new in Android development tools - Google I/O 2016

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Recommends David · 2016-06 · Stack Overflow · on “Where is Analytics option in Android Studio 2.2 previews?”

As Google Analytics is being replaced by Firebase Analytics, you want to look at the new Firebase plugin [LINK] for Android Studio. Here the video presenting it: [this video]

Recommends Arturo Mejia · 2016-06 · Stack Overflow · on “how use these Material Design UI in my android studio while developing the application? ie .sketch file”

I think could give it a look to the new UI Designer & Constraint Layout [this video] in Android Studio 2.2 Preview, It may help to create your layout quickly and easily, just using drag and drop. More info: Google I/O 2016 talk about UI Designer & Constraint Layout [LINK] Android Blog Post about UI Designer & Constraint Layout [LINK] Happy Coding!

Recommends Fabio · 2016-08 · Stack Overflow · on “Proguard minifyEnabled true for debug build, not working on pre-Lollipop”

If you want to try to reduce the method count, or at least you want to understand the difference from release to debug, I suggest you try looking at the dex count available in AS 2.2 preview 5, they had a youtube video (maybe from google IO) that made it pretty easy to count your methods. This is only for counting methods, if you still use the same buildToolsVersion "23.0.3" you should get the exact same apk file in both versions of AS (apart from the fact that AS 2.2 ships with its own version of JDK, which is not supposed to get in your way). Disclaimer: I have never used that tool apart from playing with it, so I wouldn't know what to recommend after you actually find a culprit there. EDI

Cites android developer · 2016-05 · Stack Overflow · on “How to center multiple Views together using ConstraintLayout?”

Background Google has announced a new layout called " ConstraintLayout [LINK] " that's supposed to be the ultimate layout, that could replace all of the layouts while staying flat (without nested layouts) and have better performance. The problem Thing is, I barely see any tutorials for it that could help me on this matter, other than the video presented on Google IO. What I am trying to do is, given that I have a vertically-centered LinearLayout within another layout - convert them both into a single ConstraintLayout. After all, this is the purpose of this new layout... The layout I wish to deal with looks like this: [LINK] Notice that the views in the center are only centered vertically, an

Cites Tim · 2016-05 · Stack Overflow · on “Espresso test recording feature in Android Studio 2.2”

Update june 9th: It is now available with android studio 2.2 preview 3! [LINK] Espresso Test Recorder Demo of the Espresso Test Recorder shown at IO is now included in Preview 3 Screenshot of my pc: [LINK] Download it here [LINK] or patch directly from android studio preview 2.2 Update may 30: Android Studio 2.2 preview 2 is out, but no 'Record Espresso Test' option yet. Unfortunately the Espresso Test Recorder is still not in this build; we're addressing a few more issues and then hope to have it ready in the next build! From the changelog [LINK] . Update: It was not in the Advanced Espresso presentation as I expected, but in What's new in Android development tools [this video] (credit to flacke

Cites flackery · 2016-05 · Stack Overflow · on “Espresso test recording feature in Android Studio 2.2”

As described in the Google I/O session 'What's new in Android development tools' [this video] , we can access the 'Record Espresso Test' from the 'Run' menu. Unfortunately this item is not available in Android Studio 2.2 Preview 1, and might be made available in a future release.

Cites N J · 2016-05 · Stack Overflow · on “Android Studio 2.2 preview Record Espresso Test option not available”

I have seen Google Keynote 2016. This is link to Video [this video] So I was excited about Espresso recorder. I am not able to see the Record Espresso Test option in run menu. I am using Android studio 2.2 preview 1. Below Screen shot is from video. [LINK]

Cites Dus · 2016-05 · Stack Overflow · on “Can't find 'Convert to Android system permissions' and 'Infer Annotations' under Analyse menu”

I want to use the new tools android-studio 2.2 has to offer : Convert to Android system permissions Infer Annotations However, i can't see those tools in the menu. I've tried restart, selecting other files, selecting the whole project, but - no luck so far - i still not able to see those entries in the menu. I'm using Android Studio 2.2 Preview 1 Build #AI-145.2878421, built on May 17, 2016 I've been folowing the guide on the official site : [LINK] and the i/o guide (the tools are described at around the time 21:00) [this video] [LINK]

Cites Tim · 2016-05 · Stack Overflow · on “Can't find 'Convert to Android system permissions' and 'Infer Annotations' under Analyse menu”

Convert to android system permission At 21:45 [this video] he says "This is still a work in progress". The feature is not done yet, therefore you cannot find it in the IDE. Infer annotations At 21:10 [this video] he says that this functionality is behind "a flag". It is unclear which flag, or how to enable it. It is also discussed here [LINK] on reddit, but no conclusive results yet. The experimental thing they mention there is not related to these features. I waited for the release of 2.2 preview 2, but they are not in there either. It can be safely assumed that both these features will be released with future versions of android studio.

Cites Rockney · 2016-06 · Stack Overflow · on “Where to check for Android Permissions?”

In Android studio 2.2 a new feature is implemented to make it easier to move your app to SDK 23. It is still work in progress howerver. It is shown here [this video] . It adds an option to the refactor menu, which automatically implements the necessary permission checks.