

There are also two new monitors: You’ll find one for GPU rendering and another for networking, which can monitor both GPU rending performance and the network usage of your app, respectively. To help with the visual design of your apps, we updated the app templates to include the Android Design Support Library alongside the AppCompat Support library. We know many of you use the New Project Wizard app templates to start a new app project or to quickly add an activity to an existing app. This first version of the Theme Editor is focused on editing and updating the material theme colors ( colors.xml) in your app project. With Android Studio 1.4, we are releasing a preview of the Theme Editor to help with this task. We understand that managing your app theme and style can be a bit complex. For most apps, using VectorDrawables decreases the amount of density dependent drawables you need to maintain, and will also give you sharp image assets regardless of the screen device densities your app supports. Starting with API 21, you can use Vector Drawables for image assets. Some of the new design tools, as outlined at the Android Developers blog: As has been the case since the software was first released in beta just about a month ago, the update features new design tools such as vector assets, a theme editor, new project template features, new performance monitors, and more… Google has today released Android Studio 1.4 in the stable update channel.
