Third-party plugins

There is a large and growing number of third-party plugins available, making it difficult to select a fair sample. The following sections covers a small collection of plugins selected primarily for their general-purpose usefulness.

ADB Wi-Fi

This is a JetBrains plugin and so can be found using the Browse Repositories... button of the Plugins screen of the Settings dialog:

The plugins dialog

This plugin simply allows us to debug our apps using a shared Wi-Fi connection. Despite its simplicity, this app is more than a cable-saving convenience, as it allows live debugging of many of the device's sensors that would be greatly restricted by being tethered to the host machine. Fitness and augmented reality...