The new version has a tweaked CPU profiler. After this what we have are useful extras, but nothing that tackles the basic problem of actually getting started with Android. As far as core dev features go that's about it. Well yes, animation is fun, but it doesn't get the MVP (minimal viable product) ready for the first customer preview. It is especially useful to compare animations with their design specs frame by frame." If an animation is described in a composable preview, you can inspect the exact value of each animated value at a given time, pause the animation, loop it, fast-forward it, or slow it down. "This previously experimental feature is now available to allow Jetpack Compose developers to inspect and debug their animations built with Compose. The headline feature in Google's own presentation is Composer Animation Preview. Andoid Studio is currently the front line of MAD and yet it becomes increasingly bloated and unusable. It also marks out anything that isn't MAD as not modern and hence old and to be deprecated. It's a slogan that pushes an approach that is new and underdeveloped and arguably retrograde. The publicity drive is headed by the acronym MAD - Modern Android Development. What we have is a tool that increasingly pushes the toolmaker's agenda rather than the user's. We need a good tool to help produce simple run-of-the-mill apps. I take no pleasure in writing yet another moan about the state of Android Studio. Android development is a mess and the tools just aren't helping. The latest release of Android Studio has many fixes and many additions, but is still on track to be sidelined by something better. Android Studio Chipmunk - Cute But Increasingly Unfit For Purpose
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