Android Studio Koala Characteristic Drop is Steady!

Posted by Sandhya Mohan, Product Supervisor, Android Studio

At present, we’re thrilled to announce the steady launch of Android Studio Koala Characteristic Drop (2024.1.2)!🐨

Earlier this 12 months, we introduced that each Android Studio animal model can have two releases: a platform launch and a characteristic drop launch. These extra frequent updates get vital IntelliJ updates to you quicker, whereas we concentrate on high quality and polish for Android-specific options. The Koala platform launch was launched in June. At present, we’ll stroll by way of the characteristic drop launch.

Get entry to cutting-edge options like new units in machine streaming, Compose previews for Look widgets, USB cable velocity detection, assist for Android 15 within the Android SDK Improve Assistant, and way more. All of those new options are designed to speed up your Android app improvement workflow in constructing next-generation and high-quality apps.

Learn on to be taught extra about all of the updates, high quality enhancements, and new options throughout your key workflows in Android Studio Koala Characteristic Drop, and obtain the most recent steady model immediately to strive them out!

Develop

Android Gadget Streaming: extra units and improved sign-up

Android Gadget Streaming now contains the next units, along with the portfolio of 20+ machine fashions already out there:

Moreover, when you’re new to Firebase, Android Studio routinely creates and units up a no-cost Firebase mission for you whenever you sign-in to Android Studio to make use of Gadget Streaming. Consequently, you may get to streaming the machine you want a lot sooner. Study extra about Android Gadget Streaming quotas, together with promotional quota for the Firebase Blaze plan initiatives out there for a restricted time.

As we introduced at Google I/O 2024, we’re additional increasing the choice of units out there by working with companions, comparable to Samsung, Xiaomi, and OnePlus, to mean you can connect with units hosted of their machine labs. To be taught extra and enroll within the upcoming Early Entry Preview, see the official weblog put up.

Gadget Streaming

Goal Android 15 utilizing Android SDK Improve Assistant

The Android SDK Improve Assistant gives a step-by-step wizard that will help you improve your targetSdkVersion. It additionally pulls documentation instantly into Android Studio, saving you effort and time. Android Studio Koala Characteristic Drop provides assist for upgrading initiatives to Android 15 (API Stage 35).

Android SDK Improve Assistant

Up to date sign-in circulate to Google providers

It is now simpler to register to a number of Google providers with one authentication step. Whether or not you utilize Gemini in Android Studio, Firebase for Android Gadget Streaming, Crashlytics in App High quality Insights, Google Play for Android Vitals stories, or some mixture of those providers, the brand new sign-in circulate makes it simpler to rise up and operating. With granular permissions scoping, you will at all times be accountable for which providers have entry to your account. To get began, click on the profile avatar on the highest proper nook and sign-in together with your developer account.

Up to date sign-in wizard

Put on OS Tile Preview Panel

Now you can view snapshots of your Put on OS app’s tiles by together with model 1.4 of the Jetpack Tiles library. This preview panel is especially helpful in case your tile’s look adjustments primarily based on sure circumstances, comparable to content material that will depend on the machine’s show measurement, or a sports activities occasion reaching halftime.

Put on OS Tile Preview Panel

Compose Look widget previews

Android Studio Koala Characteristic Drop makes it straightforward to preview your Jetpack Compose Look widgets instantly inside the IDE. You possibly can even use multi-previews to preview at customary widget sizes and their designed widget breakpoints (pattern code). Catch potential UI points and fine-tune your widget’s look early within the improvement course of or whereas debugging any UI points. Study extra.

Previews for Compose Look widgets

Dwell Edit (Compose)

Dwell Edit is now enabled in handbook mode by default. It has elevated stability and extra strong change detection, together with assist for import statements. Observe that beginning with Android Studio Koala Characteristic Drop, the default shortcut to push your adjustments in handbook mode has been up to date to Management+’ (Command+’ on macOS). You possibly can customise the shortcut on the Keymap settings web page.

Making an replace with Dwell Edit in handbook mode

Debug

USB Cable Pace Detection

Android Studio now detects when it is potential to attach your Android machine with a sooner USB cable and suggests an improve that maximizes your machine capabilities. Utilizing an acceptable USB cable optimizes app set up time and minimizes latency when utilizing instruments such because the Android Studio debugger. USB cable velocity detection is at the moment out there for macOS and Linux. Study extra.

Whereas most available USB cables are nonetheless the older USB 2.0 customary, the vast majority of fashionable units assist the considerably sooner USB 3.0. Upgrading to a USB 3.0 cable can probably enhance your information switch speeds as much as 10x.

USB cable velocity detection

Gadget UI Shortcuts

That will help you construct and debug your UI, we have launched Gadget UI shortcuts button motion within the Working Gadgets software window in Android Studio. Use the shortcuts to view the impact of widespread UI settings comparable to darkish theme, font measurement, display measurement, app language and TalkBack. You should use the shortcuts with emulators, mirrored bodily units, and units streamed from Firebase Take a look at Lab. Gadget UI shortcuts can be found for units operating API stage 33 or greater. Study extra.

Gadget UI Setting Shortcuts in Working Gadget Window

Pixel 8a in Emulator

The Android Emulator (35.1+) now helps the Pixel 8a within the steady channel, enabling you to check your apps on extra Pixel units with no need a bodily machine. Discover the brand new Pixel 8a within the telephone class whenever you create a brand new digital machine. Moreover, you could find Pixel 9 units within the canary launch channel of Android Studio.

Pixel 8a in Emulator

Optimize

Sooner and improved Profiler with a task-centric method

Well-liked efficiency optimization duties like capturing a system hint with profileable apps now begin as much as 60% sooner^*. The Profiler’s task-centric redesign additionally makes it simpler to begin the duty you are serious about, whether or not it is profiling your app’s CPU, reminiscence, or energy utilization. For instance, you can begin a system hint activity to profile and enhance your app’s startup time proper from the UI as quickly as you open the Profiler.

Sooner and improved Profiler with a task-centric method* Based mostly on inner information, as examined in April 2024

High quality enhancements

Past new options, we additionally proceed to enhance the general high quality and stability of Android Studio. In reality, the Android Studio crew addressed over 520 bugs through the Koala Characteristic Drop improvement cycle.

IntelliJ platform replace

Android Studio Koala Characteristic Drop (2024.1.2) contains the IntelliJ 2024.1 platform launch, which has many new options comparable to complete assist for the most recent Java** 22 options, an improved terminal, and sticky strains within the editor to simplify working with giant recordsdata and exploring new codebases.

• The improved terminal encompasses a contemporary new look, with instructions separated into distinct blocks, together with an expanded set of options, comparable to easy navigation between blocks, command completion, and easy accessibility to the command historical past. Study extra.
• Sticky strains within the editor retains key structural components, just like the beginnings of lessons or strategies, pinned to the highest of the editor as you scroll and gives an choice to promptly navigate by way of the code by clicking on a pinned line. Study extra.
• Primary IDE functionalities like code highlighting and completion now work for Java and Kotlin throughout mission indexing, which ought to improve your startup expertise.

See the total launch notes right here.

Abstract

To recap, Android Studio Koala Characteristic Drop contains the next enhancements and options:

Develop

• Android Gadget Streaming: extra units and improved sign-up
• Goal Android 15 utilizing Android SDK Improve Assistant
• Up to date sign-in circulate to Google providers
• Put on OS Tile Preview Panel
• Compose Look widget previews

Debug

• USB Cable Pace Detection
• Gadget UI Settings Picker

Optimize

• New Activity UX for Profilers

High quality Enhancements

IntelliJ Platform Replace

• Sticky strains within the editor to simplify working with giant codebases
• Enhanced startup expertise

Getting Began

Prepared for next-level Android improvement? Obtain Android Studio Koala Characteristic Drop and unlock these cutting-edge options immediately! As at all times, your suggestions is vital to us – verify recognized points, report bugs, recommend enhancements, and be a part of our vibrant group on LinkedIn, Medium, YouTube, or X. Let’s construct the way forward for Android apps collectively!

**Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Oracle and/or its associates.