This week I updated Android Studio till 4.0 version.
Its new LayoutInspector certainly has many useful features, it's great!
but in previous versions of Android Studio i had the opportunity to open a few tabs of different screens using layout inspector.
Does anybody know how to do it in Android Studio 4.0?
Because now in version 4.0 LayoutIspector has another view in separate window and no any tabs.
Thank you very much!
Finally i've figured out my problem.
In fact Live Layout Inspector of version 4.0 provides complete information about app's UI structure and hierarchy for emulator/device with API level 29 or higher.
But if you need the previous version's view of Layout Inspector, then you just have to disable Live Layout Inspector:
File -> Settings -> Experimental, and check the box next to Disable Live Layout Inspector.
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I need to access the proxy tab from the extended controls window in Android Studio # vresion. but that tab option is missing, Any help would be appreciated!
uncheck it
I saw this image in another stackoverflow post, I had the same problem, uncheck it and works perfectly , just restar android studio and open it up again
Looking for "limitations"
https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator
Currently, you can't use the emulator's extended controls when it's running in a tool window. If your development workflow depends heavily on the extended controls, continue to use the Android Emulator as a standalone application. In addition, certain virtual devices—such as Android TV and foldable devices—can't be run in Android Studio because they have specialized UI requirements or important functions in the extended controls.
It seems like Android Studio doesn't allow more to use the legacy Layout Inspector (without live updates), but that one was extremely useful.
I get it, the new one has live updates, but the connection time to the process is slow, sometimes it even restarts the activity if you don't have the non restart activity flag enabled. And personally I rarely need the live updates, I only need to inspect whatever screen I'm seeing at the moment.
Does anybody know if is possible to use the legacy layout inspector without going to a prior version of Android Studio to current stable (Arctic Fox)?
This button should disable live updates
I also have issues with the new Layout Inspect for my React Native app, whether live updates are off or on. However, the new Android Studio (my Android Studio's version is Chipmunk|2021.2.1) cannot turn off "Enable Live Layout Inspector" in the settings, Google has removed this setting. But I found that in the Keymap settings, you can set shortcut keys to Legacy Layout Inspector, and then use Legacy Layout Inspector through shortcut keys. Thank Google for not removing this feature outright.
I recently updated Android Studio and the update included some new features for Layout Inspector. There is now a live updates checkbox that seems to be turned ON by default when running the debugger. Unfortunately, my app slows down to a crawl while this is active so I need to check off the feature every time after the app starts, which is a lot. I would like to know if there is a setting to keep live updates off by default instead of on. Thank you!
You can disable Live Layout Inspector by unchecking the Enable Live Layout Inspector box under the Layout Inspector header in the Experimental section. Screenshot of Android Studio Preferences
Note: I'm currently on Android Studio 4.1-RC version and have no elected to update to the latest stable version so the exact details may change depending on what A.S. version you're on.
I can't see "Android" line inside my menu like screenshot(this screenshot from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu4U8XKmJGA).
My Android Studio version 0.8.2, OS Linux
This feature is being implemented but isn't released yet. It's something that Google was showing in the demo as a preview of a future feature. I don't have a bug you can look at to track the progress of it, and the feature isn't yet even checked into source control.
I have made an app using target sdk version 2.2 ,but for newer version I need to implement the same app on android 4.0 .But when i tested on the device it shows small layouts.
I have some questions:
1.Why is it showing small layouts ?
2.How I can change it?
3.Will there be any other problem related to this when I switch to android 4.0.?
Please answer these questions?
For change layout
In your xml editor .there is combobox for resizing layout check
that.
For Change version
Right click on your current project > properties >android > select
version >ok
no problem for changing
If you are using Eclipse, you can change the Android target version quite easily. Project->Properties and then select Android and change the target version (Note: You may need to use the Android SDK manager to install new targets and AVDs).
You shouldn't have any problem going from 2.2 to 4.0 although again you may need a new AVD or device to test your app with.
Not sure what you mean about small layouts...
Layout:
Your layout is probably set to a specific screen size or density. To support multiple screens, create a layout folder under res. You can create layout folders for specific screen sizes and densities. Something like this:
layout
layout_ldpi
layout_mdpi
layout_hdpi
For more info, check this link