Other changes include a new Project Structure Dialog, an update to IntelliJ 2018.3.4, a tool for removing unused code and resources from applications , and Android Q images in the emulator.

Google introduced a new preview of its flagship Android Studio IDE for mobile app development, addressing longstanding emulator and build speed problems. Android Studio 2.0 , introduced at the recent ...

Following its announcement last November, Android Studio 2.0 has been released into the stable channel, with a new emulator, Instant Run building, and more.

With version 2.0, as Google’s group product manager for Android Studio Stephanie Cuthbertson told me, the team wanted to build on the foundation it laid over the last two years and focus on speed.

Android Studio 2.0 fulfills one of the most popular request developers have made of the IDE. They want to build and deploy apps faster, so Google responded with Instant Run .

Intel has released an x86 image for Android 4.0, which should speed up the PC-based Android emulator for developers.