In addition, enhancements have been made to Android Studio’s keyboard navigation and screen reader. The main features include improvements to the Instant Run iteration engine, a new user interface designer, a new layout engine, support for C++, an APK analyzer, and beta versions of the GPU Debugger and Espresso Test Recorder.

“There are over 20 new features that improve development whether you are designing, iterating or testing,” Eason wrote. The Android team is packing the next version of Android Studio with new features designed to get developers more interested in the IDE. (Related: Android 7.1 Developer Preview is ready) “We’re dedicated to making Android Studio the best possible integrated development environment for building Android apps.” “There’s never been a better time to switch to Android Studio and experience the improvements we’ve made to the Android development workflow,” wrote Jamal Eason, product manager for Android, in a blog post. Android Apps with Eclipse provides a detailed overview of Eclipse, including steps and the screenshots to help Android developers to quickly get up to speed on Eclipse and to streamline their day-to-day software development. And, now, Eclipse seems to be the preferred IDE for Android apps developers. Eclipse Android Developer Tools includes the plug-in for the Eclipse IDE and the Android Ant build system. Eclipse is the most adopted integrated development environment (IDE) for Java programmers.

The company announced that with the release of Android Studio 2.2, the IDE will no longer support the Eclipse Android Developer Tools. Android Development Tools (ADT) was superseded in 2015 by the Eclipse foundations own plugin, called Andmore: Development Tools for Android, after Google discontinued development of their plug-in for the Eclipse IDE, that is designed to provide an integrated environment in which to build Android applications. Google wants Android Studio to be the official integrated development environment for the Android operating system.

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