Android Studio is the official IDE for Android development, and includes everything you need to build Android apps.
Features
Visual layout editor
Create complex layouts with ConstraintLayout by adding constraints from each view to other views and guidelines. Then preview your layout on any screen size by selecting one of various device configurations or by simply resizing the preview window.
APK Analyzer
Find opportunities to reduce your Android app size by inspecting the contents of your app APK file, even if it wasn't built with Android Studio. Inspect the manifest file, resources, and DEX files. Compare two APKs to see how your app size changed between app versions.
Instant Run
Push code and resource changes to your app running on a device or emulator and see the changes instantly come to life. Instant Run dramatically speeds up your edit, build, and run cycles, keeping you "in the flow."
Intelligent code editor
Write better code, work faster, and be more productive with an intelligent code editor that provides code completion for Kotlin, Java, and C/C++ languages.
Fast emulator
Install and run your apps faster than with a physical device and simulate different configurations and features, including ARCore, Google's platform for building augmented reality experiences.
Flexible build system
Powered by Gradle, Android Studio's build system allows you to customize your build to generate multiple build variants for different devices from a single project.
Realtime profilers
The built-in profiling tools provide realtime statistics for your app's CPU, memory, and network activity. Identify performance bottlenecks by recording method traces, inspecting the heap and allocations, and see incoming and outgoing network payloads.
Note: the newest versions of Android Studio do not offer a Window 32-bit version. Android Studio 3.6.3 was the last to offer a Windows 32-bit version. You can download it here.
What's New
Complete release notes can be found here.
Android Studio Hedgehog | 2023.1.1
Analyze Android vitals in App Quality Insights
App Quality Insights now includes Android vitals data, so you can more easily access core metrics collected by Google Play and improve your user experience. Use Android vitals to address issues related to app stability to help improve the quality of your app on Google Play.
New Power Profiler
Starting in Android Studio Hedgehog, the Power Profiler shows power consumption on devices. You can view this new data in the On Device Power Rails Monitor (ODPM). The ODPM segments the data by subsystems called Power Rails. See Profileable power rails for a list of supported subsystems.
The System Trace records and displays power consumption data. It is part of the CPU profiler. This data helps you to visually correlate power consumption of the device with the actions occurring in your app. The Power Profiler enables visualizing this data.
New App Links Assistant
The new App Links Assistant provides a comprehensive overview of the deep links set up in your app. The Assistant displays all existing deep links in the app's AndroidManifest.xml file, validates whether the configuration for those deep links is correct, and provides a quick way to automatically fix the misconfigurations.
To open the App Links Assistant navigate to Tools > App Links Assistant in Android Studio. For more information about app links, see Add Android App Links.
Live Edit updated manual mode shortcut
Live Edit in Android Studio Hedgehog includes a new shortcut for manual mode (Push Manually): Control+\ (Command+\ for macOS). Manual mode is helpful in situations where you want to have precise control over when updates are deployed to the running application. For example, if you're making a large scale change in a file and don't want any intermediate state to be reflected on the device. You can choose between Push Manually and Push Manually on Save in the Live Edit settings or using the Live Edit UI indicator. For more information, see the video clip in Live Edit for Jetpack Compose.
Compose Preview Gallery Mode
In Android Studio Hedgehog, a new Gallery mode has been introduced in Compose Preview, which lets you focus on one preview at a time and save resources on rendering. We recommend using Gallery Mode when you need to iterate on your app's UI and switching to other modes, for example Grid or List, when you need to see UI variants.
Compose state information in debugger
When parts of your Compose UI recompose unexpectedly, it's sometimes difficult to understand why. Now, when setting a breakpoint on a composable function, the debugger lists the parameters of the composable and their state, so you can more easily identify what changes might have caused the recomposition. For example, when you pause on a composable, the debugger can tell you exactly which parameters have "Changed" or have remained "Unchanged", so you can more efficiently investigate the cause of the recomposition.
Hardware input forwarding
You can now enable transparent forwarding of your workstation hardware inputs, such as the mouse and keyboard, to a connected physical and virtual device. To enable transparent forwarding, click Hardware input for the target device in the Running Devices window.
Manage devices directly from the Running Devices window
You can now start an Android Virtual Device (AVD), or start mirroring a physical device, directly from the Running Devices window by clicking the + icon and selecting a device. To stop the AVD or mirroring of a physical device, close the device tab.
Embedded Layout Inspector
Starting with Android Studio Hedgehog Canary 2, you can run the Layout Inspector directly in the Running Devices tool window. This experimental feature conserves screen real estate and helps organize your UI debugging workflow in a single tool window. In embedded mode you can show a view hierarchy, inspect the properties of each view, and access other common Layout Inspector features. To access the full set of options, you still need to run the Layout Inspector in a standalone window (File > Settings > Experimental > Layout Inspector on Windows or Android Studio > Settings > Experimental > Layout Inspector on macOS).
A limitation of the embedded Layout Inspector is that 3D mode is only available in snapshots.
To help us improve the embedded Layout Inspector, please send us feedback.
New UI improvements
The new UI for Android Studio brings a more modern, cleaner look and feel to the Studio IDE. We've listened to your feedback so far and have fixed issues related to the following features in Android Studio Hedgehog:
- Compact mode
- Support for splitting vertically or horizontally
- Project tabs for macOS
- Fixes to distraction-free mode
- Advanced settings for always showing tool window actions
SDK Upgrade Assistant updates
The SDK Upgrade Assistant provides a step-by-step wizard flow to help you with targetSdkVersion upgrades. Here are the updates to the SDK Upgrade Assistant in Android Studio Hedgehog:
- See breaking changes for upgrading to Android 14
- Added relevance filters so some unnecessary steps are removed
- For certain changes, pinpoint exactly where in code the changes need to be made
