How do i get the most updated api by android?

Question

I would like to use the "new" findViewById that returns T extends View and not just View , what do i need to update to receive that ?

this is the updated Doc :

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html

the new method is already there .

Answer 1

You have to install Android Studio 3.0 Preview/Canary and update all required SDK/Tools.

You have to Target the new API-Level, e.g.:

android {
   compileSdkVersion 'android-O'
   buildToolsVersion '26.0.0-rc2'

    defaultConfig {
        targetSdkVersion 'O'
        ....
    }
}

Note that the Preview is only available from the Google Maven Repository, e.g.:

repositories {
    jcenter()
    maven {
        url 'https://maven.google.com'
    }
}