Android Support Overview

To support Android development, IntelliJ IDEA provides a dedicated Android Support plugin. This plugin is bundled with the IDE and is enabled by default.

Android support in IntelliJ IDEA includes:

• Gradle-based build system for Android applications.
• Smart XML editor that facilitates working with layout, manifest, resources and other XML files.
• A graphical editor for layout files: build the design of your application without having to edit the XML files manually.
• Enhanced navigation between related files: navigate between layout files and the associated activities, or a service and the manifest file, etc. via gutter icons.
• Automatic generation of basic layout files.
• Android-specific code inspections, including integrated Android Lint inspections.
• Possibility to preview your application UI on different devices at the same time.
• Access to SQLite Databases right from the IDE.
• Built-in 9-patch editor.
• Detection of mismatched resource types in Android APIs and your own libraries and APIs with the help of resource type annotations.
• Possibility to automatically rearrange XML attributes according to predefined rules.
• Dedicated Android run/debug configurations.
• Dedicated Android artifacts.