Matt’s Tidbits #6 — Useful Android Studio plugins

My last post covered some helpful keyboard shortcuts. This time around I’m going to write about some useful Android Studio plugins!

• .ignore — Provides syntax highlighting for many different types of “ignore” files, lets you toggle showing/hiding these files, and much more!
• Advanced Java Folding — Do you like Kotlin, but are stuck writing in Java? This plugin applies many Kotlin syntax features to java code in the Android Studio Editor — magically making it look like you’re reading Kotlin, but it’s actually Java underneath!
• Android Butterknife Zelezny —This helpful plugin can automatically generate Butterknife bindings from a selected XML layout file.
• Android DPI Calculator — Allows you to compute relative pixel sizes for different densities.
• Android Parcelable code generator — Automatically generates the “Parcelable” boilerplate for you!
• Android Resource Usage Count — Displays an icon next to each resource in XML layout files that indicate how many times it’s used.
• DTO generator — Generates Java data model classes from JSON input.
• Key Promoter X — Helps you learn Android Studio keyboard shortcuts!

And, because sometimes it’s ok to have a little fun:

• Nyan Progress Bar — Turns all of the progress bars in Android Studio into NyanCat (without sound)!
• Snake — Play a game of snake inside of Android Studio!

What’s your favorite Android Studio plugin? Leave a comment and let me know! Also, please follow me on Medium if you’re interested in being notified of future tidbits.

This tidbit was originally delivered on 10/13/2017.