Google releases Android Studio 1.0 official version

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Android Studio 1.0 is finally released. As an official integrated development environment (IDE) of the Android team, it is based on the currently very popular IntelliJ IDEA (Community Edition) Java IDE.

Last year, the first preview of Android Studio was released. Android Studio 1.0 was released as a stable version and is now available for download: Android Developers Website. Android Studio will also release subsequent versions, and the release channels are divided into Stable, Beta, Dev and Canary, just like Chrome.

Android Studio 1.0 new features:

User experience

• ***Installation Wizard — Starts the process of correctly installing the Android SDK, setting up the development environment, and creating an optimized test application simulator

• Sample import and templates — Android Studio includes a setup wizard that allows you to create new project templates or import Google code samples

Code and resource editing, user interface design

• Code Editing — Android Studio uses all of IntelliJ IDEA’s smart code editing features, such as advanced code completion, refactoring, and code analysis

• Internationalized string editing

• User Interface Design — Edit and preview your Android layouts, debug across different screen sizes, languages, and even API versions

Performance Analysis

• Performance Monitor — View your app's memory usage and more

Unified build system

• Android Studio uses a Gradle-based build system

• build variant support

Instant access to Google Cloud services

It's time to officially use Android Studio development

If you are an Eclipse user, see the migration steps.

For more information about Android Studio 1.0, please see the release notes.

Original: oschina