A complete development environment for Android applications, Android Studio is about to get smarter, faster and more reliable with its latest release Android Studio 2.2.
Google has released Android Studio 2.2 and made it available for its users on 19th September 2016. The integrated development environment is expected to bring a lot of perks for the Android developers to catch up for better and easy mobile application development processes.
About Android Studio
Android Studio is an official IDE offering all sorts of tools used by the professional developers for rapid development of Android applications.
A comprehensive stage is set here to enable developers perform code editing, debugging, testing, and profiling activities with precision during the Android apps development process.
For those who want to develop Android apps that can run with different user devices can rely on this environment for the resources. Hence, one can easily build apps for Android phones, tablets, Android Wear and TV using the robust and extremely flexible build system of this IDE.
One can even ensure faster time to market for their mobile applications as Android Studio faster coding and provides swift turnaround coding and code executions.
New Features in Android Studio 2.2
According to the experts,Android Studio 2.2 shall bring out a major change in the way the Android app development is done by the developers as this release shall introduce more than 20 new exciting features to the integrated development environment.
Right from design to testing, each and every phase of the mobile app development process is revamped with a major change in this latest release of Android IDE.
• Allows developing intuitive app user interfaces with the new Layout Manager, Constraint Layout
• Faster design and development of Android UIs with new Layout Editor
• Enables efficient development through a new APK analyzer, improved layout inspector, expanded code analysis tools and much more
• Supports all the latest app development features for compatibility with Android 7.0 Nougat like code completion, Multi-Window support, Quick Settings API, Emulator etc.
Android Studio update is all about creating dynamic user interfaces for mobile applications with an extremely flexible layout manager, coding through Android NDK, building with jack compilers and testing them using the popular Espresso test cases. It enables building the Android applications right from scratch in a faster and more effective way with its enhanced features.
One of major improvements in this Android IDE update includes the re-enablement of the Instant Run. Instant Run that was disabled in previous version, is now enabled for developers in order to improve their edit, build, run and iteration cycles. This feature provides stability to mobile app development process and increases reliability with it.
Where is Android Studio 2.2 Available?
If you want to experience world-class designing, editing, debugging, building, profiling and testing of Android apps, then get your hands on Android Studio 2.2. It’s available for download at developer.android.com.
However, if you are looking to build responsive Android apps for your enterprise and want to get them faster in the market, then taking the help of the expert Android developers who can use this IDE will be the best option.
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