Android Studio 2.2 debuts

If your Android developers are a bit excitable today it's probably because Android Studio 2.2 has landed.

Google says there's more than 20 new features in this release, several designed to help you take advantage of new features in Android's Nougat release.

The Alphabet subsidiary singles out the following as the new thing it most wants you to know about.

In this release, we evolved the Android Frameworks and the IDE together to create the Constraint Layout. This powerful new layout manager helps you design large and complex layouts in a flat and streamlined hierarchy. The ConstraintLayout integrates into your app like a standard Android support library, and was built in parallel with the new Layout Editor.

The link above lists and explains plenty more of the new features. You can download the software here.