{"id":10054540,"uri":"rw://betamax/collections/245","name":"Android Studio Tips and Tricks","description":"

Master the hidden gems of Android Studio to improve the speed of your development with these Android Development tips and tricks.

","released_at":"2020-05-28T13:00:00.000Z","searchable":true,"free":false,"created_at":"2020-04-16T14:33:47.757Z","updated_at":"2020-07-07T11:30:34.890Z","duration":3312,"difficulty":"beginner","content_type":"collection","platform_id":23,"language_id":18,"editor_id":52,"group_id":null,"ordinal":null,"body":null,"warnings":[],"related_content_id":null,"popularity":110.823529411765,"labelled_as_new":false,"display_attributes":{"concepts_covered":"

Plugins
Editing
Navigation
Refactoring
Live Templates

","intended_audience":"

From beginners to advanced users who are interested in speeding up their development. The user should be familiar with Android development.

"},"average_rating":"5.0","rating_count":2,"professional":false,"to_param":"10054540-android-studio-tips-and-tricks","released_versions_data":[{"id":10054540,"url":"10054540-android-studio-tips-and-tricks","description":"Kotlin 1.3, Android 5.1, Android Studio 3.6"}],"groups":[{"id":594,"uri":"rw://betamax/parts/337","content_id":10054540,"ordinal":0,"name":" Code Refactoring","description":"","created_at":"2020-05-12T12:28:23.506Z","updated_at":"2020-05-12T12:28:23.513Z","contents":[{"id":10501770,"uri":"rw://betamax/videos/3945","name":"Convert Java to Kotlin","description":"

Learn how to convert older Java code to Kotlin using Android Studio, compare and show more code on a screen by splitting your screen horizontally or vertically and how to add actions on the Toolbar.

","released_at":"2020-05-28T13:00:00.000Z","searchable":true,"free":true,"created_at":"2020-05-12T12:28:49.537Z","updated_at":"2020-07-07T09:30:35.841Z","duration":353,"difficulty":"beginner","content_type":"episode","platform_id":23,"language_id":18,"editor_id":52,"group_id":594,"ordinal":1,"warnings":[],"related_content_id":null,"popularity":516.0,"labelled_as_new":false,"average_rating":null,"rating_count":0,"professional":false,"episode_title_with_course":"Android Studio Tips and Tricks · Convert Java to Kotlin","duration_in_time":"5:53","identifier":"3945","video_banner_url":"https://files.betamax.raywenderlich.com/attachments/videos/3945/160c64ba-01a8-4386-bccd-bc664320083d.png","released":true,"has_materials_url":true,"permission_tags":[]},{"id":10501789,"uri":"rw://betamax/videos/3946","name":"Rename Everything","description":"

Learn how to rename files, fields, methods or classes. Rename a variable once and it will be changed through out your project. Discover how to Change Method Signatures: Change parameters and return types.

","released_at":"2020-05-28T13:00:00.000Z","searchable":true,"free":false,"created_at":"2020-05-12T12:30:30.866Z","updated_at":"2020-07-07T06:30:36.308Z","duration":279,"difficulty":"beginner","content_type":"episode","platform_id":23,"language_id":18,"editor_id":52,"group_id":594,"ordinal":2,"warnings":[],"related_content_id":null,"popularity":222.0,"labelled_as_new":false,"average_rating":null,"rating_count":0,"professional":false,"episode_title_with_course":"Android Studio Tips and Tricks · Rename Everything","duration_in_time":"4:39","identifier":"3946","video_banner_url":"https://files.betamax.raywenderlich.com/attachments/videos/3946/91a3bf16-5f84-4020-8788-94c56185c617.png","released":true,"has_materials_url":true,"permission_tags":["stream-beginner-videos"]},{"id":10501800,"uri":"rw://betamax/videos/3947","name":"Extracting","description":"

Learn how to extract variables, methods, and parameters and easily create variables and methods from repeated code.

","released_at":"2020-05-28T13:00:00.000Z","searchable":true,"free":false,"created_at":"2020-05-12T12:30:33.247Z","updated_at":"2020-07-07T06:30:36.370Z","duration":212,"difficulty":"beginner","content_type":"episode","platform_id":23,"language_id":18,"editor_id":52,"group_id":594,"ordinal":3,"warnings":[],"related_content_id":null,"popularity":97.0,"labelled_as_new":false,"average_rating":null,"rating_count":0,"professional":false,"episode_title_with_course":"Android Studio Tips and Tricks · Extracting","duration_in_time":"3:32","identifier":"3947","video_banner_url":"https://files.betamax.raywenderlich.com/attachments/videos/3947/e40f0d88-de2c-4796-86d9-cf38b81736de.png","released":true,"has_materials_url":true,"permission_tags":["stream-beginner-videos"]},{"id":10501815,"uri":"rw://betamax/videos/3948","name":"Remove Unused Resources","description":"

Trim down your bloated app by getting rid of unused files: find images that are no longer used and make your app smaller.

","released_at":"2020-05-28T13:00:00.000Z","searchable":true,"free":false,"created_at":"2020-05-12T12:30:53.161Z","updated_at":"2020-07-07T10:30:33.984Z","duration":172,"difficulty":"beginner","content_type":"episode","platform_id":23,"language_id":18,"editor_id":52,"group_id":594,"ordinal":4,"warnings":[],"related_content_id":null,"popularity":95.0,"labelled_as_new":false,"average_rating":null,"rating_count":0,"professional":false,"episode_title_with_course":"Android Studio Tips and Tricks · Remove Unused Resources","duration_in_time":"2:52","identifier":"3948","video_banner_url":"https://files.betamax.raywenderlich.com/attachments/videos/3948/87937071-c550-4a62-a437-1d31307cb7a1.png","released":true,"has_materials_url":true,"permission_tags":["stream-beginner-videos"]},{"id":10501838,"uri":"rw://betamax/videos/3949","name":"Migrate to Androidx","description":"

Stay up to date by learning how to convert your project and migrate to Androidx.

","released_at":"2020-05-28T13:00:00.000Z","searchable":true,"free":false,"created_at":"2020-05-12T12:31:34.769Z","updated_at":"2020-07-07T06:30:36.556Z","duration":247,"difficulty":"beginner","content_type":"episode","platform_id":23,"language_id":18,"editor_id":52,"group_id":594,"ordinal":5,"warnings":[],"related_content_id":null,"popularity":81.0,"labelled_as_new":false,"average_rating":null,"rating_count":0,"professional":false,"episode_title_with_course":"Android Studio Tips and Tricks · Migrate to Androidx","duration_in_time":"4:07","identifier":"3949","video_banner_url":"https://files.betamax.raywenderlich.com/attachments/videos/3949/23419496-9a27-4203-a985-411a15f7335a.png","released":true,"has_materials_url":true,"permission_tags":["stream-beginner-videos"]}]},{"id":595,"uri":"rw://betamax/parts/338","content_id":10054540,"ordinal":1,"name":"Using Android Studio to Navigate Your Codebase","description":"","created_at":"2020-05-12T12:35:14.574Z","updated_at":"2020-05-12T12:35:14.580Z","contents":[{"id":10502029,"uri":"rw://betamax/videos/3950","name":"Search Through All Files","description":"

Learn how to search through all of your files easily for any kind of text. Search in your whole project, a specific directory or a module. Use regular expressions or just match on case or by word.

","released_at":"2020-05-28T13:00:00.000Z","searchable":true,"free":false,"created_at":"2020-05-12T12:35:14.072Z","updated_at":"2020-07-07T09:30:36.080Z","duration":202,"difficulty":"beginner","content_type":"episode","platform_id":23,"language_id":18,"editor_id":52,"group_id":595,"ordinal":6,"warnings":[],"related_content_id":null,"popularity":95.0,"labelled_as_new":false,"average_rating":null,"rating_count":0,"professional":false,"episode_title_with_course":"Android Studio Tips and Tricks · Search Through All Files","duration_in_time":"3:22","identifier":"3950","video_banner_url":"https://files.betamax.raywenderlich.com/attachments/videos/3950/1fd9914d-b989-437b-a34e-7e1a7361e2d9.png","released":true,"has_materials_url":true,"permission_tags":["stream-beginner-videos"]},{"id":10502057,"uri":"rw://betamax/videos/3951","name":"Navigate Everywhere","description":"

In this episode learn how to navigate back and forth between files by showing a popup of your most recently used files. Also, discover how to use a keyboard shortcut to show the current classes methods and properties.

","released_at":"2020-05-28T13:00:00.000Z","searchable":true,"free":false,"created_at":"2020-05-12T12:35:36.967Z","updated_at":"2020-07-07T06:30:36.726Z","duration":166,"difficulty":"beginner","content_type":"episode","platform_id":23,"language_id":18,"editor_id":52,"group_id":595,"ordinal":7,"warnings":[],"related_content_id":null,"popularity":65.0,"labelled_as_new":false,"average_rating":null,"rating_count":0,"professional":false,"episode_title_with_course":"Android Studio Tips and Tricks · Navigate Everywhere","duration_in_time":"2:46","identifier":"3951","video_banner_url":"https://files.betamax.raywenderlich.com/attachments/videos/3951/4f99cad8-6f0a-494b-bd29-1a861ef15013.png","released":true,"has_materials_url":true,"permission_tags":["stream-beginner-videos"]},{"id":10502109,"uri":"rw://betamax/videos/3952","name":"Search Everything","description":"

Use this keyboard shortcut to search actions in addition to files. If you have to remember one command, this is it.

","released_at":"2020-05-28T13:00:00.000Z","searchable":true,"free":false,"created_at":"2020-05-12T12:35:59.250Z","updated_at":"2020-07-07T06:30:36.825Z","duration":129,"difficulty":"beginner","content_type":"episode","platform_id":23,"language_id":18,"editor_id":52,"group_id":595,"ordinal":8,"warnings":[],"related_content_id":null,"popularity":61.0,"labelled_as_new":false,"average_rating":null,"rating_count":0,"professional":false,"episode_title_with_course":"Android Studio Tips and Tricks · Search Everything","duration_in_time":"2:09","identifier":"3952","video_banner_url":"https://files.betamax.raywenderlich.com/attachments/videos/3952/96695c49-4062-45aa-ba13-8a804402a331.png","released":true,"has_materials_url":true,"permission_tags":["stream-beginner-videos"]},{"id":10502142,"uri":"rw://betamax/videos/3953","name":"Find Usages","description":"

Use this keyboard shortcut to search all usages of a method. This is one of the more useful commands as you can find where a method is being used throughout your code.

","released_at":"2020-05-28T13:00:00.000Z","searchable":true,"free":false,"created_at":"2020-05-12T12:36:24.141Z","updated_at":"2020-07-07T06:30:36.893Z","duration":142,"difficulty":"beginner","content_type":"episode","platform_id":23,"language_id":18,"editor_id":52,"group_id":595,"ordinal":9,"warnings":[],"related_content_id":null,"popularity":63.0,"labelled_as_new":false,"average_rating":null,"rating_count":0,"professional":false,"episode_title_with_course":"Android Studio Tips and Tricks · Find Usages","duration_in_time":"2:22","identifier":"3953","video_banner_url":"https://files.betamax.raywenderlich.com/attachments/videos/3953/8a314ab0-d90e-4444-a6c8-411924036394.png","released":true,"has_materials_url":true,"permission_tags":["stream-beginner-videos"]}]},{"id":596,"uri":"rw://betamax/parts/339","content_id":10054540,"ordinal":2,"name":"Mastering the Android Studio Editor","description":"","created_at":"2020-05-12T12:39:43.495Z","updated_at":"2020-05-12T12:39:43.500Z","contents":[{"id":10502397,"uri":"rw://betamax/videos/3954","name":"Move, Rename, Duplicate","description":"

Learn how to easily move, duplicate and delete lines and methods. Edit the same word on multiple lines.

","released_at":"2020-05-28T13:00:00.000Z","searchable":true,"free":false,"created_at":"2020-05-12T12:39:42.825Z","updated_at":"2020-07-07T06:30:37.003Z","duration":152,"difficulty":"beginner","content_type":"episode","platform_id":23,"language_id":18,"editor_id":52,"group_id":596,"ordinal":10,"warnings":[],"related_content_id":null,"popularity":77.0,"labelled_as_new":false,"average_rating":null,"rating_count":0,"professional":false,"episode_title_with_course":"Android Studio Tips and Tricks · Move, Rename, Duplicate","duration_in_time":"2:32","identifier":"3954","video_banner_url":"https://files.betamax.raywenderlich.com/attachments/videos/3954/f5059336-a1c5-4a80-b1f9-1e19a630da9e.png","released":true,"has_materials_url":true,"permission_tags":["stream-beginner-videos"]},{"id":10502434,"uri":"rw://betamax/videos/3955","name":"The Magic of Quick Fix","description":"

Use Android Studio to help fix your code. With Quick Fix, Android Studio will suggest solutions to your problems.

","released_at":"2020-05-28T13:00:00.000Z","searchable":true,"free":false,"created_at":"2020-05-12T12:40:00.393Z","updated_at":"2020-07-07T06:30:37.074Z","duration":177,"difficulty":"beginner","content_type":"episode","platform_id":23,"language_id":18,"editor_id":52,"group_id":596,"ordinal":11,"warnings":[],"related_content_id":null,"popularity":72.0,"labelled_as_new":false,"average_rating":null,"rating_count":0,"professional":false,"episode_title_with_course":"Android Studio Tips and Tricks · The Magic of Quick Fix","duration_in_time":"2:57","identifier":"3955","video_banner_url":"https://files.betamax.raywenderlich.com/attachments/videos/3955/ebee8793-504f-433b-aebc-bdc0a2065436.png","released":true,"has_materials_url":true,"permission_tags":["stream-beginner-videos"]},{"id":10502475,"uri":"rw://betamax/videos/3956","name":"Reformatting","description":"

Reformat either your selection or the whole file to match your code style with a quick shortcut: learn various different ways of formatting code.

","released_at":"2020-05-28T13:00:00.000Z","searchable":true,"free":false,"created_at":"2020-05-12T12:40:16.010Z","updated_at":"2020-07-07T06:30:37.133Z","duration":205,"difficulty":"beginner","content_type":"episode","platform_id":23,"language_id":18,"editor_id":52,"group_id":596,"ordinal":12,"warnings":[],"related_content_id":null,"popularity":62.0,"labelled_as_new":false,"average_rating":null,"rating_count":0,"professional":false,"episode_title_with_course":"Android Studio Tips and Tricks · Reformatting","duration_in_time":"3:25","identifier":"3956","video_banner_url":"https://files.betamax.raywenderlich.com/attachments/videos/3956/e2f4e939-7e8d-4d19-9cce-72edee32905d.png","released":true,"has_materials_url":true,"permission_tags":["stream-beginner-videos"]},{"id":10502521,"uri":"rw://betamax/videos/3957","name":"Window Contexts","description":"

If you ever need to work on different problems with a different set of files, contexts will allow you to save many different sets.

","released_at":"2020-05-28T13:00:00.000Z","searchable":true,"free":false,"created_at":"2020-05-12T12:40:33.166Z","updated_at":"2020-07-07T06:30:37.218Z","duration":159,"difficulty":"beginner","content_type":"episode","platform_id":23,"language_id":18,"editor_id":52,"group_id":596,"ordinal":13,"warnings":[],"related_content_id":null,"popularity":59.0,"labelled_as_new":false,"average_rating":null,"rating_count":0,"professional":false,"episode_title_with_course":"Android Studio Tips and Tricks · Window Contexts","duration_in_time":"2:39","identifier":"3957","video_banner_url":"https://files.betamax.raywenderlich.com/attachments/videos/3957/5271471a-6703-4f45-aa10-4e2c127dd676.png","released":true,"has_materials_url":true,"permission_tags":["stream-beginner-videos"]}]},{"id":597,"uri":"rw://betamax/parts/340","content_id":10054540,"ordinal":3,"name":" Plugins: Power-Ups for Android Studio","description":"","created_at":"2020-05-12T12:41:38.809Z","updated_at":"2020-05-12T12:41:38.823Z","contents":[{"id":10502881,"uri":"rw://betamax/videos/3958","name":"Learn Keyboard Shortcuts","description":"

Install this plugin to help you become a keyboard Ninja: learn how using menus causes a hint to show how you would call this command using the keyboard.

","released_at":"2020-05-28T13:00:00.000Z","searchable":true,"free":false,"created_at":"2020-05-12T12:43:56.903Z","updated_at":"2020-07-07T06:30:37.287Z","duration":156,"difficulty":"beginner","content_type":"episode","platform_id":23,"language_id":18,"editor_id":52,"group_id":597,"ordinal":14,"warnings":[],"related_content_id":null,"popularity":74.0,"labelled_as_new":false,"average_rating":null,"rating_count":0,"professional":false,"episode_title_with_course":"Android Studio Tips and Tricks · Learn Keyboard Shortcuts","duration_in_time":"2:36","identifier":"3958","video_banner_url":"https://files.betamax.raywenderlich.com/attachments/videos/3958/219038d1-ae0d-43f8-b654-c6c8e62a40a3.png","released":true,"has_materials_url":true,"permission_tags":["stream-beginner-videos"]},{"id":10502929,"uri":"rw://betamax/videos/3959","name":"Convert JSON to Data Classes","description":"

Learn how to use this plugin to create Kotlin data classes from JSON. If you already have examples of the data you receive, you can easily create all your model classes.

","released_at":"2020-05-28T13:00:00.000Z","searchable":true,"free":false,"created_at":"2020-05-12T12:44:16.715Z","updated_at":"2020-07-07T06:30:37.389Z","duration":160,"difficulty":"beginner","content_type":"episode","platform_id":23,"language_id":18,"editor_id":52,"group_id":597,"ordinal":15,"warnings":[],"related_content_id":null,"popularity":81.0,"labelled_as_new":false,"average_rating":null,"rating_count":0,"professional":false,"episode_title_with_course":"Android Studio Tips and Tricks · Convert JSON to Data Classes","duration_in_time":"2:40","identifier":"3959","video_banner_url":"https://files.betamax.raywenderlich.com/attachments/videos/3959/55d3d91b-b0ed-4df9-a55e-4738e2b9d188.png","released":true,"has_materials_url":true,"permission_tags":["stream-beginner-videos"]}]},{"id":598,"uri":"rw://betamax/parts/341","content_id":10054540,"ordinal":4,"name":"Miscellaneous Tricks","description":"","created_at":"2020-05-12T12:46:43.744Z","updated_at":"2020-05-12T12:46:43.750Z","contents":[{"id":10503152,"uri":"rw://betamax/videos/3960","name":"Live Templates","description":"

Learn what templates are and how to use current Kotlin templates. Then, learn how to create your own templates and which variables you can use.

","released_at":"2020-05-28T13:00:00.000Z","searchable":true,"free":false,"created_at":"2020-05-12T12:46:42.696Z","updated_at":"2020-07-07T06:30:37.446Z","duration":203,"difficulty":"beginner","content_type":"episode","platform_id":23,"language_id":18,"editor_id":52,"group_id":598,"ordinal":16,"warnings":[],"related_content_id":null,"popularity":95.0,"labelled_as_new":false,"average_rating":null,"rating_count":0,"professional":false,"episode_title_with_course":"Android Studio Tips and Tricks · Live Templates","duration_in_time":"3:23","identifier":"3960","video_banner_url":"https://files.betamax.raywenderlich.com/attachments/videos/3960/3882b422-9e70-4210-a2a8-7e1429ebf817.png","released":true,"has_materials_url":true,"permission_tags":["stream-beginner-videos"]},{"id":10503211,"uri":"rw://betamax/videos/3961","name":"Use Local History","description":"

Learn how to review and restore past changes to a file. Local History can be a life-safer: if you've ever accidentally reverted a file or changed it, Local History will show all the changes made to the file and allow you to put back any previous changes.

","released_at":"2020-05-28T13:00:00.000Z","searchable":true,"free":false,"created_at":"2020-05-12T12:47:15.171Z","updated_at":"2020-07-07T06:30:37.571Z","duration":198,"difficulty":"beginner","content_type":"episode","platform_id":23,"language_id":18,"editor_id":52,"group_id":598,"ordinal":17,"warnings":[],"related_content_id":null,"popularity":69.0,"labelled_as_new":false,"average_rating":null,"rating_count":0,"professional":false,"episode_title_with_course":"Android Studio Tips and Tricks · Use Local History","duration_in_time":"3:18","identifier":"3961","video_banner_url":"https://files.betamax.raywenderlich.com/attachments/videos/3961/3f04510e-5d08-4d70-add1-86cfb09df5f8.png","released":true,"has_materials_url":true,"permission_tags":["stream-beginner-videos"]}]}]}

Get immediate access to all our expert-led videos with a raywenderlich.com subscription!