Figure 8-1, for example, shows a typical editor session with a Java source code file loaded: The Android Studio editor appears in the center of the main window when a Java, Kotlin, XML or other text based file is selected for editing. Experienced programmers will find that some of these features are common to most code editors available today, while a number are unique to this particular editing environment. While not an exhaustive overview of the features of the Android Studio editor, this chapter aims to provide a guide to the key features of the tool. As will become evident in this chapter, these are just a few of the areas in which the Android Studio editor excels. Today the usefulness of a code editor is generally gauged by factors such as the amount by which it reduces the typing required by the programmer, ease of navigation through large source code files and the editor’s ability to detect and highlight programming errors in real-time as the code is being written.

The modern code editor needs to go far beyond the original basics of typing, deleting, cutting and pasting. It should come as no surprise that the majority of a developer’s time spent using Android Studio will typically involve editing code within the editor window.

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