Update the N Preview docs now that Studio 2.1 is stable.

<p>You can now launch the Android Emulator with the Android N Preview AVD.</p>

<p>

For the best experience in the Android Emulator, install

Android Studio 2.1 Preview, which supports the <a

href="http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/emulator">Android Emulator 2.0 Beta</a>

with much faster performance compared to the Emulator in

For the best experience in the Android Emulator, make sure you're using

Android Studio 2.1 or higher, which supports <a

href="http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/emulator">Android Emulator 2.0</a>

with much faster performance compared to the emulator in

Android Studio 1.5.</p>

<p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong>

  If you're currently using Android Studio 2.0 Beta, there's a known issue

  that prevents you from creating AVDs with the N Preview system images, so

  you currently need to use the Android Studio 2.1 preview to create AVDs.

</p>

<p>For more information about creating virtual devices, see <a href=

  "{@docRoot}tools/devices/index.html">Managing Virtual Devices</a>.

</p>

</p>

<p>To start using these features, you need to download and set up Android

Studio 2.1 (preview) and the Android N Preview SDK, which includes the required

Studio 2.1 and the Android N Preview SDK, which includes the required

Jack toolchain and updated Android Plugin for Gradle. If you haven't yet

installed the Android N Preview SDK, see <a href=

"{@docRoot}preview/setup-sdk.html">Set Up to Develop for Android N</a>.</p>

<img src="{@docRoot}preview/images/n-preview-setup.png" width="700" alt="" />

<h2 id="get-as13">Get Android Studio 2.1 (preview)</h2>

<h2 id="get-as13">Get Android Studio 2.1</h2>

<p>The Android N platform adds support for <a

href="{@docRoot}preview/j8-jack.html">Java 8 language features</a>,

use Java 8 language features, you need to use Android Studio 2.1 to

build your app. Otherwise, you don't need to use the Jack compiler, but you

still need to update to JDK 8 to compile against the Android N platform,

as described below.

</p>

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<p>Android Studio 2.1 is currently available as a preview in the canary

release channel. If you already

have Android Studio and don't want to update to the canary channel, you can

download Android Studio 2.1 as a separate installation and use it

for development with Android N, leaving your primary Android Studio

environment unaffected.</p>

as described below.</p>

<p>To download Android Studio 2.1 as a separate installation, follow these

steps (or if you want to receive Android Studio 2.1 as an update to your

existing installation, skip to step 6):</p>

<ol>

  <li>Edit the name of your

  existing Android Studio installation and append the version number. This way,

  when you install the new version, it will not override the existing one.</li>

  <li>Download the appropriate ZIP file for your operating system from the

    <a href="http://tools.android.com/download/studio/canary/latest"

    >canary channel download page</a>.

  </li>

  <li>Unzip the package and move the Android Studio 2.1 contents to the

    appropriate location for applications on your system, then launch it.</li>

  <li>In the setup wizard, click <strong>Next</strong> a couple times to

  reach the SDK Components Setup screen. Here,

  you must set a different path for the <strong>Android SDK Location</strong>.

  It can be any directory you want, but it must not be the default path, which

  is the same directory used by your original version of Android Studio (unless

  you changed that one yourself). The SDK location for Android Studio 2.1

  must be different because the N Preview SDK packages are not compatible with

  versions of Android Studio lower than 2.1.</p>

  </li>

  <li>Continue with the setup wizard until you reach the Android Studio IDE.</li>

  <li>Open the Settings dialog

    (<strong>File &gt; Settings</strong> on Windows/Linux, or

    <strong>Android Studio &gt; Preferences</strong> on Mac). In the left

    panel, select <strong>Appearance &amp; Behavior &gt; System Settings &gt;

    Updates</strong>.

  </li>

  <li>On the Updates panel, select the <strong>Automatically

    check updates for</strong> check box and select

    <strong>Canary Channel</strong> from the drop-down list.

  </li>

</ol>

<p>If you already have Android Studio installed, make sure you have Android

Studio 2.1 or higher by clicking <strong>Help > Check for Update</strong>

(on Mac, <strong>Android Studio > Check for Updates</strong>).</p>

<p>Keep this settings window open for the next step.</p>

<p>If you don't have it, <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/">download Android Studio

2.1 here</a>.</p>

<h2 id="get-sdk">Get the N Preview SDK</h2>

Android N Preview SDK in Android Studio as follows:</p>

<ol>

  <li>While still viewing the Updates panel (step 4 from above),

  select the <strong>Automatically

    check updates for Android SDK</strong> check box and select

    <strong>Preview Channel</strong> from the drop-down list.

  </li>

  <li>Click <strong>Check Now</strong>.</li>

  <li>In the left panel, select <strong>Appearance &amp; Behavior &gt;

  System Settings &gt; Android SDK</strong>.

  <li>Open the SDK Manager by clicking <strong>Tools > Android >

  SDK Manager</strong>.</li>

  <li>Click the <strong>SDK Platforms</strong> tab, then select the

  <li>In the <strong>SDK Platforms</strong> tab, select the

  <strong>Android N Preview</strong> check box.</li>

  <li>Click the <strong>SDK Tools</strong> tab, then select the

<pre>

android {

  compileSdkVersion <strong>'android-N'</strong>

  buildToolsVersion <strong>'24.0.0-rc1'</strong>

  buildToolsVersion <strong>'24.0.0-rc3'</strong>

  ...

  defaultConfig {