Tag: android studio

How to set up your Android app project to use Material Design with AppCompat

Posted on 28th October, 201424th February, 2020, by Stephen

AppCompat v21.+’s Theme.AppCompat extends Theme.Base.AppCompat which extends Theme.Platform.AppCompat which extends android:Theme.Material on 21+ devices (i.e. Android 5.0 Lollipop) so you only need to extend Theme.AppCompat to use Material theme if you are using the AppCompat v21 (or above) library.

First add compile ‘com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.0’ to the dependancies section of your build.gradle file.

Google release Android Studio based on IntelliJ for Android Development

Posted on 16th May, 201316th May, 2013, by Stephen

The new Android Studio based on the Community Edition of IntelliJ was released yesterday at Google IO. This replaces the ADT Bundle based on Eclipse released last year. It bring a new set of features and tools to make it easier to develop great Android apps. This video provides a walk through of the new features: […]