[SOLVED] Android Studio 2.0 Instant Run Not Working

Android Studio 2.0 Instant Run Not Working

This new feature, Instant Run, is not working always as described. I just modify a paint color in text and Instant Run, it restarts activity! But after modifying some other code, Instant Run works pretty well. Am I missing something?

Solution

Instant Run looks like a great tool in our arsenal, just keep in mind it is a new addition to Android Studio 2.0, which is still in Preview (Canary channel), hence there might be some hiccups. As Google says though, they plan to improve it over the coming months. As of this writing, here's what's supported:

+--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|           Code Change                |         Instant Run Support             |
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Change instance method implementation| Supported                               |
| Change static method implementation  |                                         |
| Add or remove a class                |                                         |
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Add, remove, or change               | Supported but requires an Activity      |
| a string resource                    | restart.                                |
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+

And here are some code changes that Instant Run does not currently support:

Add/remove/change annotations
Add/remove/change an instance field
Add/remove/change a static field
Add/remove a static method signature
Change a static method signature
Add/remove an instance method
Change an instance method signature
Changing which parent class the current class inherits from
Change the list of implemented interfaces
Changing static initializer of a class

I've had similar experience testing Instant Run, but this is to be expected at this stage. Hey, it didn't even work few times for Dave Burke during Android Dev Summit ;)