Google Launches Android Studio 2.0 With Instant Run, Faster Android Emulator, and Cloud Test Lab (venturebeat.com)

Posted by BeauHD on Thursday April 7, 2016 @12:34PM from the development-environment dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: Google today launched Android Studio 2.0, the latest version of its integrated development environment (IDE), with a long list of new features. You can download the new version for Windows, Mac, and Linux now directly from Android.com/SDK. In November, Google unveiled Android Studio 2.0, the second major version of its IDE. Version 2.0 brings a slew of improvements, including Instant Run, a faster Android emulator, and app indexing improvements. Google released a beta in February, though it didn't say when the final version would be ready ([VentureBeat] speculated in time for its I/O developer conference in May, and the company debuted with a month to spare). The full feature list includes Instant Run, Android Emulator, Cloud Test Lab, App Indexing, and GPU Debugger Preview.

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Re:Not based on IDEA 2016.1? by brantondaveperson · 2016-04-07 15:38 · Score: 3, Informative

Dave's first rule of software engineering; All build systems are terrible, get used to it.
Re:"Instant Run" by lokedhs · 2016-04-07 19:55 · Score: 3, Informative

Probably because incremental builds are something quite different from code hop swapping.