Write your own Android Studio Plugin and automate everything
summary
Concrete how to build an Android Studio plugin that uses Kotlin and the Gradle IntelliJ plugin to generate code, ship live templates, and wire into Jira so branches and tickets update automatically. It explains using localPath vs IDE version, copying template FTLs from the plugin JAR into {.android/templates/other}, merging Gradle files, and persisting settings. The demo creates a full app in ~2 minutes, uses Kotlin and Gradle IntelliJ plugin, automates Jira moves and branch creation.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Start
- 1:01Stop wasting time on things that don't add value
- 1:46Writing a plugin is easy...
- 15:43Plugin Structure
- 15:54Plugin Components
- 16:12Project level components
- 19:11Actions
- 21:05Extensions and extension points
- 21:31You are still writing code!
- 22:50Java Swing Forms
- 29:56Live Templates
- 36:07What happens when you upgrade to Android Studio 3.5?
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