Googles Android Studio 4.0 is out: Motion Editor, Build Analyzer, Java 8 language APIs
Summary
The three main additions to Android Studio 4.0 include a Motion Editor to speed up the creation of complex animations, a Build Analyzer that helps understand the cause of build-time bottlenecks, and Java 8 language application protocol interfaces (APIs). Besides new features, Android Studio 4.0 includes an overhauled CPU Profiler user interface to make it easier for developers to analyze thread activity, and an improved Layout Inspector that provides live data of an apps UI to debug whats being shown on the device. The Motion Editor interfaces with the MotionLayout library and takes over the task of manually creating XML resource files for building animations. Google has also brought in tools to help developers identify vulnerable library dependencies in an app. Theres now an R8 smart editor for developers who are creating rules files for R8, Googles tool to help shrink the size of an app.