Yet another android layout inspector
More stable Android Layout inspector than Android Studio Layout Inspector. Allows you to switch between displaying dimensions in PX and DP (only for new layout captures, not for opened files)
Download
Find YALI in AS plugins repository.
OR
- Download latest release
- Preferences -> Plugins -> Install plugin from Disk...
- Select android-layout-inspector-plugin-{VERSION}.jar
Getting started
Why Yet another android layout inspector?
Because AS layout inspector sometimes cannot download layouts for some reasons. Also you can switch to DP dimension mode.
Measure distance between two element
- Select first element by Mouse click - it will be select by red square
- Select second element by Mouse click + Ctrl(Cmd) - it will be select by yellow square.
In the status bar will shown distance between first and second
Measure distance with ruler
- Press Shift and move mouse to see where will be first point of ruler (black rectangle)
- Mouse click + Shift to start ruler mode
- Mouse drag + Shift to change ruler size You will see ruler size in current units in status bar
Hotkeys
Files
Ctrl + o - Open file dialog
Ctrl + n - Record new layout
Layout tree
Ctrl + c - Copy node name
Ctrl + Shift + c - Copy node ID
Mouse click + Ctrl - Select element to measure distance from selected to current.
Mouse drag + Shift - Measure ruler.
Mouse right click - Show distance from selected view to current point.
Properties table
Ctrl + c - Copy property value
Find
Ctrl + f - Open find dialog (type text and press Enter)
Layouts
z - reset zoom to 100% f - fit zoom to layout panel width
License
Yet another android layout inspector is released under the Apache License, Version 2.0.