Android Studio receiving a major update, version 3.3, offers over 200 bug fixes
Hear ye, hear ye! Android devs, listen up! Google has unleashed Android Studio 3.3, the shiny new Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for you dudes and dudettes. This bad boy packs over 200 bug fixes, focusing on refinement and top-notch quality.
Jamal Eason, the big cheese of Android Studio, spilled the beans in a blogpost:
"Our aim is to keep Android Studio your solid sidekick in crafting bomb-diggity Android apps. Since the last stable release, Android Studio 3.3 takes care of 200 user-reported bugs. This version also welcomes the official Navigation Editor, enhanced Java compilation, C++ code lint inspections, a snazzy new project wizard, and usability tweaks for each of our performance profilers. Plus, saving emulator snapshots exits 8x faster!"
Android Studio 3.3 is a child of Project Marble, an initiative by the Android Studio team announced in late 2018 during the Android Developer Summit.
"Project Marble is our focus on making Android Studio's fundamental features and flows impeccable, while refining and polishing the user-facing features you adore in your daily app-development workflows," says the Android Squad
While you're on the coding grind, here's what's cooking in Android Studio 3.3:
Develop
- Navigation Editor, a visual editor
- IntelliJ 2018.2.2 Platform Update, courtesy of Jetbrains
- Kotlin 1.3.11 Update, packaged with Kotlin 1.3.11
- Clang-Tidy Support for C
- New Project Wizard update
- Delete Unused IDE Directories
- IDE User Feedback
Build
- Improved Java compilations using annotation processors (watch those build times plummet!)
- Lazy task configuration (using Gradle's new task creation API)
- Single-variant project sync
- Android App Bundles now support Instant Apps
Test
- Multiple Emulator AVD instance Launch
- Android 9 Pie - Emulator System Images
- Emulator Snapshot Save Speed Improvement
Optimize
- Profiler Performance Improvements
- Memory Profiler: Allocation Tracking Options
- Network Profiler: Formatted Text
- CPU Profiler: Frame Rendering Data
And there you have it, Android Studio 3.3 is now available for download.
Just click here to get started!
Image Credits: Android Developer Blog
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Technology plays a significant role in the development of Android apps, and Android Studio 3.3, the latest Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Android app developers, is a testament to that. This technology-driven app development tool offers a myriad of improvements, including the Navigation Editor, Enhanced Java compilation, C++ code lint inspections, a new project wizard, and various usability tweaks for performance profilers.
