Google updates Android Studio to version 1.4 with new Nexus device emulators and a theme editor
Google has updated their Android Studio toolkit to version 1.4, bringing several new features on board. The biggest thing includes emulators to the recently unveiled Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P, but there are a few other things that are worth updating for.
For app design, Google has included a Vector Assets Studio to make it a little easier to manage your app icons, and there’s a brand new theme editor for tweaking assets and colors in the user interface of your app.
Google is also leveraging its ownership of Firebase and integrating it directly into Android Studio as opposed to using it as a dependency for Gradle as they’ve done previously. This is very useful for anyone looking to use Firebase as a backend service in their applications.
Last but not least, there are also improved tools for monitoring GPU and network usage on your app, which will certainly be handy for fine tuning performance.
source: Android Developers
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