Configuring Android Studio

There are many things that you can configure about the operation of Android Studio. Most of those are in the Settings dialog, available from the “File” menu on Windows and Linux and via “Android Studio” > “Preferences…” on macOS.

In there, you will find a category tree on the left with over 100 different groups of settings that you can configure.

We will not look at all of them here. You would get bored.

Searching for Settings

The search field at the top of the category tree can help you find settings buried in the overall set of Settings:

For many of the categories that have settings that refer to your searched-for keyword, the particular setting(s) will be highlighted, to help draw your eye to the relevant values.