I'm not following the complaint here. The Project Structure dialog edits the build.gradle files. If you are happy editing them by hand, then you are of course welcome to do so. Nothing has changed, just don't use the dialog if it doesn't work for you.
For me, if I have to add a signing configuration, I have to go see what the dsl is. The dialog does the same thing without having to know the DSL. I don't dispute that it could be prettier, but it clearly solves a problem, even though it may not be a problem for you. On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Alex <[email protected]> wrote: > In the early days of Android Studio, as I recall, the Project Structure > Dialog was mostly empty. This was a good thing; everything could be > accomplished by editing the DSL by hand. > > Now when I navigate through the various pages (in AS 0.8.8) : Properties / > Signing / Flavors / Build Types / Dependencies I only see a worthless ocean > of free form text input boxes that duplicate existing DSL and provide no > pedagogical support whatsoever. > > This is the same mistake made in the Eclipse ADT's Manifest editor, which > is also completely useless ocean of edit boxes and fails to provide a > better alternative to just editing the AndroidManifest.xml by hand. > > I would at least like an option to disable this. IMHO the build files > should be the one and only place for specifying project structure and build > behavior. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "adt-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "adt-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
