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Provide custom prompts for Gemini in Android Studio to generate code suggestions. You can ask Gemini to simplify complex code by rewriting it, perform very specific code transformations such as "make this code idiomatic," or generate new functions you describe. Android Studio then shows you Gemini's code suggestion as a code diff, so that you can review and accept only the suggestions you want.


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Use Gemini in Android Studio to analyze your App Quality Insights crash reports, generate insights, provide a crash summary, and when possible recommend next steps, including sample code and links to relevant documentation. Generate all of this information by clicking Show Insights in the App Quality Insights tool window in Android Studio after you enable Gemini from View > Tool Windows > Gemini.


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Android Device Streaming now includes the Samsung Galaxy Fold5, Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, and the Google Pixel 8a, in addition to the portfolio of 20+ device models already available. Additionally, if you're new to Firebase, Android Studio automatically creates and sets up a no-cost Firebase project for you when you sign in to Koala Feature Drop to use Device Streaming. So, you can get to streaming the device you need much faster.


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Android Studio now detects when it's possible to connect your Android device with a faster USB cable, and suggests an upgrade that maximizes your device capabilities. Using an appropriate USB cable optimizes app installation time and minimizes latency when using tools such as the Android Studio debugger. USB cable speed detection is currently available for macOS and Linux.


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It's now easier to sign in to multiple Google services—such as Gemini in Android Studio, Firebase for Android Device Streaming, and Google Play for Android Vitals reports—with one authentication step. Additionally, if you're new to Firebase and want to use Android Device Streaming, Android Studio automatically creates a project for you, so you can quickly start streaming a real physical Firebase device. To get started, click the profile avatar and sign in with your developer account.


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To help you build and debug your UI, we've introduced Device UI setting shortcuts in the Running Devices tool window in Android Studio. Use the shortcuts to view the effect of common UI settings such as dark theme, font size, screen size, app language and TalkBack. You can use the shortcuts with emulators, mirrored physical devices, and devices streamed from Firebase Test Lab. Device UI setting shortcuts are available for devices running API level 33 or higher.


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The Android Studio Profiler is more performant and has a new task-centric UI that makes it easier to run common profiling tasks. For example, capturing system activities with a profileable app now starts up to 60% faster.


Use the new UI to quickly start the profiling task you are interested in, whether it's capturing system activities, analyzing memory usage, finding CPU hotspots, or more.


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The Android Studio Google Play SDK Index integration now includes warnings from the Google Play SDK Console. This gives you a complete view of any potential version or policy issues in your dependencies before submitting your app to the Google Play Console.


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View snapshots of your Wear OS app's tiles in the Android Studio UI preview panel. This preview panel is particularly useful if your tile's appearance changes in response to conditions, such as different content depending on the device's display size, or a sports event reaching halftime.


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Android Studio now includes a new sensor panel, which lets you simulate a device having or not having specific sensor capabilities, such as a heart rate sensor, as well as set specific test values for these sensors. Use this panel to test how your app handles devices that have different sensor capabilities. This panel is useful for testing health and fitness apps, especially on Wear OS devices.


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Android Studio Koala Feature Drop makes it easy to preview your Jetpack Compose Glance widgets directly within the IDE. Catch potential UI issues and fine-tune your widget's appearance early in the development process.


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Live Edit is now enabled in manual mode by default. It has increased stability and more robust change detection, including support for import statements.


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Use the Compose Preview Screenshot Testing tool to test your Compose UIs and prevent regressions. The new tool helps you generate HTML reports that let you visually detect any changes to your app's UI.




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Last updated 8/26/2024
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