Android Studio 2.2

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Post by dvdyzag » Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 3:47 AM UTC

Android Studio 2.2
android-developers.blogspot.com

Re: Android Studio 2.2

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Post by eggy » Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 4:24 AM UTC

I've dabbled in Android dev, but have always lagged due to not really liking Java. Android Studio was a pleasant experience for me when I tried it this year, and now that C/C++ NDK support is better in this release I am going to give it another go.

I almost feel like I should just go completely Android given the numbers of devices out there is overwhelming compared with Windows/iOS/OS X combined. I will keep up with my other PLs and things simply through osmosis. It's time to join the Borg!

Re: Android Studio 2.2

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Post by kyriakos » Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 4:29 AM UTC

I tried many times to get into android development but everytime I get put off by the complexity of the api. The amount of digging in documentation you need to do in order to implement the simplest functionality scares me. Is anyone else feeling the same way? And does anyone know if it gets better with time or is it a constant struggle?

Re: Android Studio 2.2

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Post by faitswulff » Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 4:32 AM UTC

I tried Android Studio around 2 years ago. Is the emulator any better? It used to bring my computer to its knees.

Re: Android Studio 2.2

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Post by _RPM » Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 4:32 AM UTC

You need a pretty powerful machine to run Android Studio. It lags when I run it on my laptop with an i5 and 6 GB ram. I wonder if upgrading to a SSD will increase performance.

Re: Android Studio 2.2

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Post by shadowmint » Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 4:35 AM UTC

Yay, no more 'modern makefile' nonsense, the native stuff is now officially supporting cmake in their build workflow!

https://developer.android.com/studio/projects/add-native-cod...

Like cmake or not, this is a really really great change for the whole workflow of using native plugins.

Re: Android Studio 2.2

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Post by robertmwm » Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 4:41 AM UTC

faitswulff wrote: post #4

I tried Android Studio around 2 years ago. Is the emulator any better? It used to bring my computer to its knees.

Yes, use an Atom based image versus an Arm one, and it should be much faster.

Re: Android Studio 2.2

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Post by omegaworks » Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 4:41 AM UTC

faitswulff wrote: post #4

I tried Android Studio around 2 years ago. Is the emulator any better? It used to bring my computer to its knees.

In Studio 2.0 it got much better. Just make sure you're using a recent gradle version in your project config (it'll prompt you if you open up an old project).

Haven't had to use Genymotion since 2.0. Instant run is getting better w every release, I surprised the iOS dev last time I showed it to him.

Re: Android Studio 2.2

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Post by Larrikin » Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 4:42 AM UTC

faitswulff wrote: post #4

I tried Android Studio around 2 years ago. Is the emulator any better? It used to bring my computer to its knees.

Running a real ARM emulator is still slow but for most things running an intel emulator with haxm will be fine. An actual device will be faster but the emulator will be suitable for simple test

Re: Android Studio 2.2

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Post by voltagex_ » Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 4:46 AM UTC

_RPM wrote: post #5

You need a pretty powerful machine to run Android Studio. It lags when I run it on my laptop with an i5 and 6 GB ram. I wonder if upgrading to a SSD will increase performance.

Yes, a good SSD will improve your performance compared to a spinning disk.