Now and then I try to teach myself some Android programming, but I don't do Android regularly.
I'm currently on Android Studio Giraffe | 2022.3.1 Patch 1. When starting a new project, the New Project dialog currently looks like this:
How do I know which ones are templates for old-style Android projects from before Jetpack Compose, and which ones are for Jetpack Compose projects?
Do the purple ones mean one and the green ones mean the other?
Usually when I talk about old-style Android I use terms like "Views project" to contrast with "Jetpack Compose project". But I guess I've been using the term "Views" wrong, or the colours are not a differentiator, since there are both Green and Purple templates using the word "Views".
There's nothing in the dialog itself. There's no hover-text. I can't right-click on the templates. A quick Google didn't answer it. Maybe it's hidden in plain sight. Maybe it's totally arbitrary?
The first one is for Jetpack Compose Activity, it has Compose Logo. Rest all are XML based Views Activity.
Purple Color is for Material Design 3 whereas Green is for Material Design 2.
In Android Studio Dolphin, it was explicitly mentioned.