Follow-up on #1: android-developers.blogspot.com/2016/05/android-s…
This week at Google I/O 2016 we launched Android Studio 2.2 Preview.
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This preview includes the following new categories of features:
Design
Layout Editor: A new user interface designer that helps you visually design the layouts in your app. Features like blueprint mode and the new properties panel allow you to quickly edit layouts and widgets faster.
Constraint Layout: A new powerful and flexible Android layout that allows you to express complex UIs without nesting multiple layouts.
Layout Inspector: Debug a snapshot of your app layout running on the Android Emulator or device. Inspect the view hierarchy and corresponding attributes.
So they're trying to improve things in this area