Other Settings of Note

Another thing that some developers like to customize is the hotkey bindings for various operations (e.g., the aforementioned Ctrl-Alt-L to reformat the code in the current editor). There is a “Keymap” category in Settings that lets you see what all those key bindings are:

Settings Dialog, Keymap Screen
Settings Dialog, Keymap Screen

If you double-click on an action, you will be able to clear existing bindings or set up new ones:

Settings Dialog, Keymap Screen, After Double-Click on Action
Settings Dialog, Keymap Screen, After Double-Click on Action

Also, Android Studio likes to use a lot of memory. If you have a large project, you may start running out of memory.

In the IDE main window, in the status bar, you can see the amount of heap space Android Studio is using, and what the overall limit is:

Android Studio Status Bar, Showing 440MB of 1981MB Heap Space Used
Android Studio Status Bar, Showing 440MB of 1981MB Heap Space Used

If you find that you are coming close to hitting the limit, you can adjust the amount of heap space that Android Studio is allowed to request from the OS:

Settings Dialog, Memory Screen
Settings Dialog, Memory Screen
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