Defined as a “large update focused on accelerating your app development on Android,” the new release of Android Studio 3.0 includes three significant features:
“A new suite of app profiling tools to quickly diagnose performance issues, support for the Kotlin programming language, and a new set of tools and wizards to accelerate your development on the latest Android Oreo APIs.”
The most important features of Android Studio 3.0 are the following:
DEVELOPMENT
Kotlin Language
Java 8 Language
Layout Editor Improvements
Adaptive Icon Wizard
XML Fonts & Downloadable Fonts
Android Things
Intellij Platform Update 2017.1
BUILD
Instant App Support
Build Speed Improvements
Google's Maven Change
OPTIMIZATION
CPU Profiler
Memory Profiler
Network Profiler
APK Analyzer Improvements
TESTING AND DEBUGGING
Emulator Google Play System Images
Emulator OpenGL ES 3.0 Support
Emulator Proxy Support
App Bug Reporter
Android Wear Rotatory
Android Emulator Quick Boot (Canary)
APK Debugging
Layout Inspector
Device File Explorer
