"Android Studio Arctic Fox" (2020.3.1) officially released

Uses "Jetpack Compose 1.0". Supports pairing of "Wear OS" watch and smartphone emulator

"Android Studio Arctic Fox" (2020.3.1)

On July 28 (local time), Google in the United States released the latest version of the Android app development environment "Android Studio" "Android Studio Arctic Fox" (2020.3.1) as a stable version. It supports Windows / Mac / Linux / Chrome OS, and can be downloaded for free from the Android developer site "Android Developers".

This latest release uses the UI toolkit "Jetpack Compose 1.0". It's now easier than ever to design a modern UI. A support tool is also included, and a series of tasks such as previewing with the "@Preview" annotation and deploying the device by clicking the icon can be performed seamlessly. An interactive preview is also available that allows you to see how the state changes as you manipulate the component.

Adopted "Jetpack Compose 1.0". Seamless transition from preview to deployment

In addition, a new "WorkManager Inspector" has been added, which can be used to visualize, monitor, and debug the background workers of the app. Support for devices has also been expanded, and in addition to Android smartphones, we are also focusing on device development such as "Wear OS", "Google TV", and "Android Auto". The latest emulators and system images and test scenario support are now available. In particular, "Wear OS" can use the pairing function to link smart watches and smartphone emulators, and tests that assume running can be performed using the heart rate sensor of Wear OS.

Also supports pairing of "Wear OS" watch and smartphone emulator Y = year of release, R = number of release in that year). This release "2020.3.1" means the first version based on "IntelliJ 2020.3". The latest Android Studio also includes improvements in IntelliJ 2020.3, such as debugger interactive hints, VCS (version control system) updates, and code editor enhancements to speed up your workflow.

　In addition, in order to make it easier to understand which version is newer, codenames are given in order from "A" after the name of the animal. The latest version is codenamed "Arctic Fox". Even "Android" used to have codenames named after sweets in alphabetical order.