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Android Programming

By Mohsen Biglari

Part2: Android Studio, A Closer Look

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Android Programming, Part2: Android Studio, A Closer Look

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Outlines

New project wizard with application templates Environment Settings Recognition of Gradle build system Project Views (Project, Packages, Android, …) Windows & Layouts

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http://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/intelliJIDEA/user+interface

http://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/intelliJIDEA/code+completion

Android Programming, Part2: Android Studio, A Closer Look

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New Project

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Project Name

Reversed Package Name

Projects

Folder

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Environment Settings , Fonts

File/Settings/Editor/Colors & Fonts/Font Theme: Darcula/Default After selecting your favorite theme, save your theme as a

custom theme Change primary font: Consolas Change font size

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Android Programming, Part2: Android Studio, A Closer Look

5Environment Settings , Appearance

File/Settings/Editor/Appearance Line numbers Show method separators

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Android Programming, Part2: Android Studio, A Closer Look

6Environment Settings , Code Completion

File/Settings/Editor/Code Completion Basic Completion (Ctrl+Space) Smart Type Completion (Ctrl+Shift+Space)

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Android Programming, Part2: Android Studio, A Closer Look

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Environment Settings , Auto Import

File/Settings/Editor/Auto Import Optimize imports on the fly

Type Log, wait and press enter (check the imports)

Add unambiguous imports on the fly Recognize the right class based on the code

Type Log.d(“tag”, “message”) and check the imports

When delete a class, it’s import get deleted automatically

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Android Programming, Part2: Android Studio, A Closer Look

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Gradle Build System

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Two build.gradle file Top-Level build file Application build file

Local properties SDK locations

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Project Views

There are several views and scopes Views

Project Packages Android: Separate codes, resources, gradles files

Scopes Project Files: Just the related files to your project Problems: files with errors …

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Related

Unrelated

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Shortcuts

Run: Shift+F10 Debug: Shift+F9, Step Over: F8, Resume: F9, Breakpoint:

Shift+F8

Rename: Shift+F6 Goto class: Ctrl+N Goto file: Ctrl+Shift+N

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Android Programming, Part2: Android Studio, A Closer Look

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Tricks

Code Completion Ctrl+Space

Use Tab instead of Enter

Ctrl+Shift+Space

Shift+Ctrl+Enter: Complete your code automatically Write “public void test(“ and press shift+ctrl+enter

Middle Matching: You just remember part of the name random.nextInt() -> write: random.int

Ctrl+P: See function parametersBy Mohsen Biglari

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Windows , Layouts

Navigate by address bar Class, Interface, Resource, … icons Access to views

Context menu View/Tools Windows

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Windows , Layouts

Views in three regions Left, Right, Bottom Alt+Number in the left of item

Alt+1: Project

Alt+6: Android

Windows/Store Current Layout as Default Windows/Restore Default Layout (Shift+F12)

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