Visual

1. Material Colors theme for Android Logcat

To change Android Studio Logcat you need to go to: Preferences (Settings on Windows / Linux machines) → Editor → Color Scheme → Android Logcat and change the foreground color for every type of log. You need to also uncheck an option Inherit values from: Console -> Error output .

My material colors:

Assert #BA68C8

Debug #2196F3

Error #F44336

Info #4CAF50

Verbose #BBBBBB

Warning #FF9800

2. Prevent Android Studio Logcat from clearing the log for the current application when it crashes.

To do that you need to go to the Android Monitor panel and choose Edit filter configuration on the right side dropdown.

3. Apply a proper code style to your IDE (IntelliJ / Android Studio).

Go to Preferences → Code Style → Java and in a Scheme dropdown you can choose your code style (or set up a new one).

2 styles which are especially worth to mention:

Square Java Code Styles with Android

Google Java Code Style

You can import the theme as shown on the gif below:

If you work with Kotlin, I recommend to use Kotlin style guide from Predefined Style option. To change that go to:

Code Style -> Kotlin -> Set from… -> Predefined Style -> Kotlin style guide

4. Use split screen for increasing efficiency.

To turn this feature on, you need to right mouse click on the tab of your main screen and choose Split Vertically / Horizontally feature.

But to be as efficient as possible we need to set up a custom keyboard’s shortcut. To do that go to Preferences → Keymap and search for Split Vertically . Then open a context menu and click Add Keyboard Shortcut .

In my case, for vertical split view I added control + alt + v .

It is shown on a gif below. You can define the shortcut for a horizontal split view as well.

5. Distraction Free Mode.

You can enable it by going to: View → Enter Distraction Free Mode

In the distraction-free mode, the editor occupies the entire IntelliJ IDEA frame, without any editor tabs and tool-window buttons. The code is center-aligned. [IntelliJ Idea Viewing Modes]

6. Use Live Templates

you can use a shortcut: cmd + j (Windows / Linux: ctrl + j ).

you can use many already defined templates, like for Toasts or if conditions.