Thread by @camaelon

1/11 We just released #AndroidStudio 3.6 canary 10 -- and we added some neat tweaks to the design tools in those latest canaries that you may want to check! (and also, we would *love* to get feedback on ^_^)

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2/11 Note that while canary releases are great to see the latest -- it's bleeding edge :) and you may encounter issues. If so, please file them on issuetracker.google.com (under Android Studio > Design Tools), so that we can make sure to fix them!

3/11 Back to those new features -- First, we now allow you to very easily (and quickly!) switch the way you can edit your XML layouts. Simply toggle between the three buttons on the top-right of the panel :)

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4/11 Here's a quick video showing the new split view mechanism in action

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5/11 We also changed the zoom panel to move it on the bottom right of the screen, with easier controls

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6/11 Here's a video showing the new zoom panel in action

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7/11 We also improved and streamlined a lot the resource picker panel, taking advantage of the new #ResourceManager functionalities added in #AndroidStudio 3.4

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8/11 Another improvement: in the #NavigationEditor we now use the same attribute panel as the #LayoutEditor, giving you a lot of new functionalities (surfacing warnings, etc.)

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9/11 Finally, we also added a new Visualization panel that let you quickly see how your layout behaves with different form factors -- very handy :)

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10/11 Here's a video of the new Visualization panel in action -- note also the new color picker -- and see how changes are reflected in real time!

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11/11 That's all for now!

Please try #AndroidStudio 3.6 canary 10 -- we hope to release all those features in the final 3.6 stable release.

We'd love to hear from you -- file bugs or feature requests on issuetracker.google.com !

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