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docs: Moved the "Multi-API Level Rendering" feature of Studio to Layout 

Editor page.
Removed "Dynamic Layout Preview" section from Studio index page.
Added Layout Editor tab to the "Tools Help" TOC.
Bugfix :25973267

Change-Id: I17726597d1d76c59718f2076a1a508dbd8f96350
parent 689b0ba6

docs/html/images/tools/as-api-level-preview.png

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docs/html/sdk/installing/studio-layout.jd

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<p>Within the graphical editor, you can rearrange your app's UI by dragging widgets to

the desired location.</p>



<h3>Multi-API Version Rendering</h3>



<p>Android Studio supports multi-API version rendering. When you click the Android version icon <img src="{@docRoot}images/tools/as-api-level-preview.png" style="vertical-align:bottom;margin:0;height:19px" /> in the <b>Design</b> view,

Android Studio allows you to preview your Android layouts across multiple Android API levels.

</p>



<p><img src="{@docRoot}images/tools/studio-api-version-rendering.png" /></p>

    <p class="img-caption"><strong>Figure 7.</strong> Multi-API version rendering.</p>



<h3>Taking a snapshot</h3>



<p>When you run your app on a connected device, you can take a snapshot of it by clicking

docs/html/tools/studio/index.jd

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<p>Run <strong>Analyze &gt; Inspect Code</strong> to validate the configured annotations. </p>



<p>For a complete list of the supported annotations, either use the auto-complete feature to display

the available options for the <code>import android.support.annotation.</code> statement or

the available options for the <code>import android.support.annotation</code> statement or

view the contents of the

{@link android.support.annotation Support-Annotations}

library. </p>
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<p>For more details about Android annotations, see

<a href="{@docRoot}tools/debugging/annotations.html">Improving Code Inspection with Annotations</a>.







<h3>Dynamic layout preview</h3>

<p>Android Studio allows you to work with layouts in both a <em>Design View</em> </p>

<p><img src="{@docRoot}images/tools/studio-helloworld-design.png" alt="" />

</p>

    <p class="img-caption"><strong>Figure 6.</strong> Hello World App with Design View.</p>



<p>and a <em>Text View</em>. </p>



    <p><img src="{@docRoot}images/tools/studio-helloworld-text.png" alt="" />

    <pclass="img-caption"><strong>Figure 7.</strong> Hello World App with text view.</p>



<p>Easily select and preview layout changes for different device images, display

densities, UI modes, locales, and Android versions (multi-API version rendering).

    <p><img src="{@docRoot}images/tools/studio-api-version-rendering.png" /></p>

    <p class="img-caption"><strong>Figure 8.</strong> Multi-API version rendering.</p>





<p>From the Design View, you can drag and drop elements from the Palette to the Preview or

Component Tree. The Text View allows you to directly edit the XML settings, while previewing

the device display. </p>





<h3>Log messages</h3>

<p>When you build and run your app with Android Studio, you can view adb and device log messages

(logcat) by clicking <strong>Android</strong> at the bottom of the window.</p>

docs/html/tools/tools_toc.cs

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      <li><a href="<?cs var:toroot ?>tools/help/hierarchy-viewer.html">Hierarchy Viewer</a></li>

      <li><a href="<?cs var:toroot ?>tools/help/hprof-conv.html">hprof-conv</a></li>

      <li><a href="<?cs var:toroot ?>tools/help/jobb.html">jobb</a></li>

      <li><a href="<?cs var:toroot ?>sdk/installing/studio-layout.html">Layout Editor</span></a></li>

      <li><a href="<?cs var:toroot ?>tools/help/lint.html">lint</span></a></li>

      <li><a href="<?cs var:toroot ?>tools/help/logcat.html">logcat</a></li>

      <li><a href="<?cs var:toroot ?>tools/help/mksdcard.html">mksdcard</a></li>