Where can I find the Android Studio templates for Activity and gradle script?

Question

I am using the new appCompat v22.1, and I would like to change the templates used by Android Studio.

Currently, the Android Studio templates create Activities that extend ActionBarActivity which has been deprecated in v22.1. I would like to switch to AppCompatActivity without changing the code each time.

Is it possible to change them without waiting for the next Android Studio update?

Answer 1

Yes it can be done:

Activity templates are located here: [ANDROID_STUDIO_DIR]\plugins\android\lib\templates\activities

1. find the template you want to change

2. open \XXXActivity\root\src\app_package\XXXActivity.java.ftl, find and replace import of ActionBarActivity and ActionBarActivity with AppCompatActivity.