Google has launched Android Studio 4.0, adding a host of new features to the app development environment. The most eye-catching of the upgrades is a souped-up Motion Editor, Android’s interface for ...

Android Studio 4.0 also brings support for some Java 8 APIs, with no requirement for a minimum API level for an app. Using the desugaring process, the DEX D8 compiler in Android Studio 3.x already ...

Previously, in order to animate a layout, you had to manually modify XML. This new editor makes the process a lot easier by generating that code for you and letting you handle the actual design using ...