At the same time, Android Studio also enables you to run your code, either through an emulator or through a piece of hardware connected to your machine. Java is needed to write the programs, the Android SDK is needed to make those programs run on Android and Android Studio has the job of putting it all together for you. Think of this as an extension to the Java code that allows it to run smoothly on Android devices and take advantage of the native hardware. At the same time, Android Studio will give you access to the Android SDK or ‘Software Development Kit’. Android Studio is simply where you will write, edit and save your projects and the files that comprise said projects. If you choose Java, this will be installed separately on your machine. The programming language you will be using is either Java or Kotlin. Just write the code, highlight it, and go to Tools > Save as Live Template.As an IDE then, Android Studio’s job is to provide the interface for you to create your apps and to handle much of the complicated file-management behind the scenes. With the cursor located at the position I marked with the vertical line |. Just type in the abbreviation and tab through anything that you need to fill in.Īnd I'm given this Log.i(TAG, 'myMethodName: |') The words surrounded by $ signs are places where things will be filled in automatically from the context or where the user can tab through to fill them in.

Toast ($className$.this, '$text$', Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()

Then click on the different options to see what they do. Go to File > Settings > Editor > Live Templates.

Code snippets are known as Live Templates in Android Studio Browse the current Live Templates

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