Android Studio Bumblebee (v.2021.1.1) has finally reached a stable version, bringing a series of important news for developers, some of which promise to save them precious time. Among the improvements introduced, support for Apple Silicon and wireless ADB pairing via QR code stand out.
Android Studio Bumblebee (v.2021.1.1): the news of the update
As mentioned, therefore, Android Studio Bumblebee makes new tools available to developers to design and build their own apps for Android. If among the numerous changes compared to the last major update of Android Studio in 2021 those mentioned at the beginning stand out, the first reports indicate that the new ADB over Wi-Fi via QR code function may still have some bugs.
Since this is a major update – it contains test equipment with Gradle, improved window integration for the emulator in the IDE, new platform tools and builds tools specially optimized for Apple Silicon (by the way, you have seen our review of Apple MacBook Pro 14 with M1 Pro ?), a new device manager and more – it is impossible to bring back the changelog in its integral form.
In any case, developers and onlookers can find out all the details left out here in the Android Studio release notes. Here it is important to shed some light on the main innovations, some of which may be familiar to developers who have already used the canary and beta releases of Bumblebee.
Android Studio’s new Device Manager replaces the previous AVD manager with a unified UI for physical and virtual devices, making workflow more consistent. The second edition concerns the aforementioned possibility of wireless debugging by scanning a very convenient QR code – it works from Android 11 onwards – and you will find more details for the configuration at this link.
Furthermore, by default, Android Studio now includes interactive previews, which allow developers to simulate the use of certain functions much more quickly, albeit with some limitations. Returning briefly to the Apple processors, although the same Android Studio has implemented support for the M1 since last year, Only with this new update l his work was really brought to fruition through the optimization of important elements such as the SDK platform tools and build tools.
All developers can download the new version of Android Studio Bumblebee directly from the integrated Android Studio updater or from the official website at this link.