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Use menus and toolbars

Use menus and toolbars

- [Instructor] Android Studio is based on IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition, and it inherits the menus and toolbars organization that that product has. In Android Studio, the default menu is based on a combination of the IntelliJ IDEA interface and custom features that are appropriate for Android. So for example, in IntelliJ IDEA, the tools menu has AVD manager and SDK manager. Those are Android-specific and they don't appear in IntelliJ IDEA unless you're running the Android plugin in that product. Many of the items on the menu have associated keyboard shortcuts and you'll see those keyboard shortcuts documented on the menu itself. You can also reorganize the menu if you like. Go to the preferences or settings dialog to appearance and behavior and then menus and toolbars. And this is where you would add new items, remove items, or reorganize the menu to your liking. There are a couple of other toolbars that appear up…

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