

You can also freeze a specific animation or scrub through an entire animation frame-by-frame. Compose Animation Inspector - You can now see all supported animations at once and coordinate them with the Animation Preview inspector.Gradle Managed Virtual Devices also introduces a completely new type of device, called the Automated Test Device, which is optimized for automated tests, resulting in significant reduction in CPU and memory usage during test execution.

Gradle further optimizes your test execution with new features that enable snapshot management, test caching, and test sharding to ensure your tests run efficiently, quickly, and consistently. From SDK downloading, to device provisioning and setup, to test execution and teardown, Gradle manages the lifecycle of your virtual devices during instrumentation tests. Just describe the virtual devices you need for your automated tests as a part of your build, and let Gradle take care of the rest.

Read on or watch below to get a detailed description of the new features introduced in Android Studio Dolphin. To take a swim in our latest update, download it today. Lastly, to make you even more productive when using Android Studio, we enabled Gradle Managed Virtual Devices to centrally manage your test devices. With an updated Wear OS Emulator, an intuitive Pairing Assistant, and new deployment flows for launch tiles and watch faces, it's easier and more efficient than ever to make great apps for WearOS. With Android Studio Dolphin, we added a range of Wear OS features to help get your Wear apps, tiles, and watch faces ready for all of the Wear OS 3 devices. Additionally, as you debug the user interface of your app, we introduce a handy Compose UI counter within the Layout Inspector to keep track of when your UI recomposes. This release focuses on three key themes: Jetpack Compose, Wear OS, and development productivity.įor Jetpack Compose, Android Studio Dolphin now features reliable tools to preview multiple screens and easily preview animations.

Posted by Yuri Blaise, Product Manager, Android The Android Studio team took a deep dive into making it easier to make high quality apps with the latest stable release of Android Studio Dolphin 🐬(2021.3.1).
