If you followed along in Part 2, you’ve already loaded your source code and resource files into your Android Studio project. Now you’re ready to build the app for the first time.

Learn how to use external libraries in Android Studio and extend the capabilities of your code with a single line in your Gradle build file!

Android Studio makes things very easy. As soon as you create a new project, it will be populated with the very basic code and setup necessary to print “Hello World” to the screen.

She said Android Studio 2.0 is 2x to 2.5x faster for building code (for a full build), while incremental builds can be up to 50x faster.

To run Android apps on a Mac, use emulators like Android Studio or Genymotion. Install Android Studio from Google’s website, set up a virtual device, and run apps via the Google Play Store.

Android Studio 2.0 just hit the Canary channel and its headlining feature allows you to push changes from your computer to an app while it's running and see results right away.

Android Studio 2.0 helps you to create the correct URL structure in your app code and add attributes in your AndroidManifest.xml file that will work with the Google App Indexing service.