Possibly you have wondered on more than one occasion how is that of create apps. The truth is that the developers in Android have some advantage, since they can install Android Studio, a complete pack of utilities that you can run on your computer and that includes functions such as a compiler, an Android emulator with captor, a visual editor, an analyzer and an APKS compressor ...
How to create applications and what is Android Studio for
Creating applications is an activity promoted and promoted from Google and good proof of this is the existence of Android Studio. Right now it has a version 3.3 in beta and in development that presents endless new features to its already known utilities. As we said, it is not only an intelligent code editor, but it is a whole environment of programs and computer tools for the optimized development of Android applications.
In another blog we have started an Android development course in which we first break down the basics: performance requirements and how to download these apps for developers. To have the extended information, enter the link.
How to install Android Studio, the tool to create applications
The first thing we must do to get started on this Android development is to download the pack the Google developer website.
In the case of Windows, to install Android Studio you just have to open the executable that you have downloaded and follow the steps that appear on the screen, like any other program in use.
Remember that once installed, you can click on Help> Check for Update both on Windows and Linux, or on Android Studio> Check for Updates for MacOS to see if new tools and other APIs are available.
In our guide there is information for installation in Windows of the tool. In any case, to install on devices MacOS o Linux here you have more information.
Why use Android Studio and what you should know before you start
Once you run Android Studio for the first time, it begins to download the repository while giving you the option to import the configurations of other environments in which you have been working so far. Better remember that Android apps are written in Java language, so a minimum prior knowledge is recommended.
It will be essential that you download it to be able to use Android Studio 100%.
Depending on how you are going to use the tools environment, you will have to select on the program's start screen for what purpose you have started it. It can be starting a new Android Studio project, opening one that you have already started or checking the status of your code, solving errors in the APK (or even compress it), import code example, import projects from other programs ...
Which version of Android Studio is the latest
There is a version 3.3 downloadable but it is not final, it is still unstable in phase Canary. However, the current version, 3.2, is licensed and official by Google, and its changelog, from the middle of this year, details the many new features that were included in this version, and you can check it here.