Another way to use libraries in Android Studio is to copy your files manually to the libs folder. To do this, simply download the relevant jar file and then drop it into the libs folder of your ...

Previously, accessing these tools necessitated that users download Android Studio or the Android SDK, which meant grabbing files between 290 MB and 1.6 GB in size.

Meanwhile, Agent Mode can take advantage of Gemini 2.5 Pro’s 1 million token context window if you enter your Gemini API key: File (Android Studio on macOS) > Settings > Tools > Gemini.

Android Studio, the integrated development environment (IDE) for Android app developers, is getting an AI upgrade, Google announced at its developer conference, Google I/O 2025.