I am new to android as well. dkalev’s answer is correct but not very descriptive for a new user. I have outlined the steps below. Double Shift to open the search box Type SDK Manager In the results shown click “SDK Manager” In the window that opens click the second tab “SDK Tools”. You should … Read more
From Android Studio 1.0.1 Go to File -> project Structure into Project Structure Left -> SDK Location SDK location select Android SDK location (old version use Press +, add another sdk)
File->Settings->Editor->Colors & Fonts-> In scheme name select Darcula and apply to see a awesome dark background theme editor Android Studio 3.1.2 File->Settings->Editor->Color Scheme-> In scheme name select Darcula and apply to see a awesome dark background theme editor
The easiest and the most straightforward way: To activate: menu File → Settings → Editor → General For Mac OS X, Android Studio → Preferences → Editor → General and check Show quick documentation on mouse move: Other ways: You can go into your IntelliJ IDEA’s bin folder and search for idea.properties. Add this line … Read more
TLDR: ⌃⇧F on MacOS will open “Find in path” dialog. First of all, this IDEA has a nice “Find Usages” command. It can be found in the context menu, when the cursor is on some field, method, etc. It’s context-aware, and as far as I know, is the best way to find class, method or … Read more
For Windows/Linux, you can go to File -> Settings -> Editor -> General -> Auto Import -> Java and make the following changes: change Insert imports on paste value to All markAdd unambigious imports on the fly option as checked On a Mac, do the same thing in Android Studio -> Preferences After this, all … Read more
Windows: Ctrl + Alt + L Linux: Ctrl + Shift + Alt + L macOS: Option + Command + L Reference: Key Commands and here are all of the commands for Windows/ Linux users and for Mac users. As Rohit faced a problem in Ubuntu with the format code shortcut, this is due to the … Read more
Short Answer Gradle is a build system. Long Answer Before Android Studio you were using Eclipse for your development purposes, and, chances are, you didn’t know how to build your Android APK without Eclipse. You can do this on the command line, but you have to learn what each tool (dx and AAPT) does in … Read more
Since Android Studio uses the new Gradle-based build system, you should be putting assets/ inside of the source sets (e.g., src/main/assets/). In a typical Android Studio project, you will have an app/ module, with a main/ sourceset (app/src/main/ off of the project root), and so your primary assets would go in app/src/main/assets/. However: If you … Read more
In Android Studio, you can do this: For example, if you want to change com.example.app to my.awesome.game, then: In your Project panel, click on the little gear icon ( ) Uncheck the Compact Empty Middle Packages option Your package directory will now be broken down into individual directories Individually select each directory you want to … Read more