Quicktip Automatic Saving in Android Studio

The problem this quick tip tries to solve is the lack of native code formatting in android studio. Other than VS Code, Android Studio doesn’t has this implemented.

Solution :)

1. Open the preferences of Android Studio (CMD + ,).
2. Navigate to the Plugin menu.
3. Click on Browse Repostories
4. Search for Save Actions and install that plugin
5. Configure the plugin
   1. Search for Save Actions in the searchbar of the preferences
   2. Tick the options like shown in the screenshot below

Thanks for reading

So this is it. With this you get automatic formatting on save in Android Studio.

And hey this is the first quick tip from hopefully many more to come ^^

Tags

• android studio
• format on save