Android Studio Settings for Kotlin (MacOS Settings)
Better workflow , testing and debugging capability on your Kotlin Projects
Note: (Hide) CMD + H and (Minimize) CMD + M should be remapped using macos keyboard settings
Karabiner elements is required for Hyper Keys and Custom Tab Key
1. Download and Import android-studio-settings.zip
2. Install Plugins
IdeaVim
IdeaVim-EasyMotion
Key Promoter X
Ace Jump
3. Load `Masterpowers` keymap
Move the Downloaded file to your Home Directory ~/.ideavimrc
5. Learn The Keymap The Easy Way
Top Left Sidebar Tool Windows
Tool Window Keys (CMD+Fn Keys) Leftsidebar
Description
CMD +F1 Project
CMD +F2 Commit
CMD +F3 Bookmarks
CMD +F4 Resource Manager
CMD +F5 Build Variants
Top Right Sidebar Tool Windows
Tool Window Keys (CMD+Fn Keys) RightSidebar
Description
CMD +F12 Notifications
CMD +F11 Gradle
CMD +F10 Key Promoter X
CMD +F9 Device Manager
CMD +F8 Running Devices
Bottom Left Sidebar Tool Windows
Tool Window Keys (OPT+Keys) Leftsidebar Bottom
Description
OPT +G Git
OPT +B Build
OPT +S Services
OPT +P Problems
OPT +E Log Cat
OPT +D Debug
OPT +F Find
OPT +R Run
Fn Keys
Mainly used for refactoring and documentation
Keyboard Shortcuts
Description
F1 Quick Documentation
F2 Rename
F3 Refactor this
F4 Change Signature
F5 Load Changes
F11 SDK Manager
F10 Project Structure
Previews
Keyboard Shortcuts
Description
SHIFT +F1 Editor
SHIFT +F2 Editor and Preview
SHIFT +F3 Preview
Runner
Keyboard Shorcuts
Description
CMD +R Run Context Configuration
CMD +SHIFT +R Run
CMD +T External Tools
Note: External Tools Command Available depends on what you configure on my machine i have the ff:
Et. al.
Nav Menus Top Right
Keyboard Shorcuts
Description
OPT +F1 Make Modules
OPT +F2 Attach Debugger to Android Process
OPT +F3 Sync Project With Gradle Files
Debugging
Keyboard Shorcuts
Description
CMD +B Toggle Breakpoint
OPT +K Resume/Pause Program
OPT +L Step Into
OPT +H Step Out
OPT +J Step Over
CMD +SHIFT +S Stop
Errors / Warning
Keyboard Shortcut
Description
OPT +P Tool Windows -> Problems
OPT +SHIFT +I Inspect Code with Editor Settings
] +E (vim)Go To Error
[ +E (vim)Go To Previous Error
TAB +E Error Description
Note: Tab is mapped to CTRL +OPT +CMD using karabiner elements
Quickly Jump from One Place to Another
Note : This are all vim keys binded using .ideavimrc
Keyboard Shortcut
Description
S Ace Word Start Action
leader +leader +w Search Word Forward
leader +leader +b Search Word Backward
leader +leader +f Search Char Forward
leader +leader +F Search Char Backward
Multi-Cursor / Selections
Keyboard Shortcut
Description
CMD +G Find Next / Move to Next Occurrence
CMD +SHIFT +G Find Previous / Move to Previous Occurrence
CMD +D Add Selection for Next Occurrence
CMD +SHIFT +D Unselect Occurrence
CMD +SHIFT +L Select All Occurrence
Code Completions
Keyboard Shortcut
Description
OPT +/ Cyclic Expand Word
OPT +SHIFT +/ Cyclic Expand Backward
OPT +Space Basic
OPT +ENTER Type Matching
Type Hinting, Quick Fixes, Formatting
Keyboard Shortcut
Description
gp Parameter Info
gt Expression Type Info
CMD +. Show Context and Show Quick Fixes
CMD +SHIFTT +I Reformat Code
OPT +SPACE Insert Live Template
OPT +W Surround with
CMD +K Code Generate
CMD +L Complete Current Statement
GoTo
Keyboard Shortcut
Description
gd (Vim)Go to Declaration or Usages
gD (Vim)Go to TypeDeclaration
gu (Vim)Find Usages
gi (Vim)Go to Implementations
CMD +U Go to Super Method
SHIFT +K (Vim)Quick Definition
F1 Quick Documentation
AI Assistant
Keyboard Shortcut
Description
OPT +SHIFT +E Explain Code (Gemini)
SHIFT +F2 Copilot Chat
Finders
Keyboard Shortcut
Description
CMD +F Find
CMD +E Recent Files
CMD +SHIFT +F Find in Files
CMD +H Replace
CMD +SHIFT +H Replace in Files
SHIFT +SHIFT Search Everywhere
CMD +P Go To File
CMD +SHIFT +P Run any Command
CMD +O Go to Symbol
CMD +SHIFT +O Go To Class
OPT +A Go to Action
OPT +T Go to Test
CMD +Y File Structure
Bookmarks
Keyboard Shortcut
Description
leader +[0-9] Go to Bookmark by number
leader +[a-z] Go to Bookmark by letter
' +[a-z] Toggle Bookmark by lettes
' +[0-9] Toggle Bookmark by number
Code Selections
Keyboard Shortcut
Description
OPT +DOWN Shrink Selection
OPT +UP Expand Selection
Move Statements
Keyboard Shortcut
Description
OPT +SHIFT +J Move Statement Down
OPT +SHIFT +K Move Statement Up
Move Lines
Keyboard Shortcut
Description
CMD +SHIFT +J Move Line Down
CMD +SHIFT +K Move Line Up
Split Panes
Keyboard Shortcut
Description
s +p Horizontal Split
v +s ++p Vertical Split
Moving Across Panes
Keyboard Shortcut
Description
CTRL +H Move to Left Pane
CTRL +J Move Down Pane
CTRL +K Move to Right Pane
CTRL +L Move Up Pane
Tab Switching
Keyboard Shortcut
Description
CMD +[1-9] Select Tab [1-9]
CMD +[ Select Previous Tab
CMD +] Select Next Tab
TAB +[ Navigate Tab Back
TAB +] Navigate Tab Forward
Comments
Keyboard Shortcut
Description
CMD +/ Comment with Line Comment
CMD +SHIFT +/ Comment with Block Comment
Code Folding
Keyboard Shortcut
Description
CMD +(-) Folding Collapse
CMD +(+) Folding Expand
CMD +SHIFT +(-) Collapse All
CMD +SHIFT +(+) Expand All
File Manipulation
Shortcut Keys
Description
CMD +N New
CMD +SHIFT +N New Directory
Note: New has Different ways to create Files including Directory
File Editing
Shortcut Keys
Description
CMD +S Save all
CMD +X Cut
CMD +V Paste
CMD +Z Undo
CMD +SHIFT +Z Redo
Notifications
Keyboard Shortcut
Description
CMD +F12 Tool Windows -> Notification
CMD +SHIFT +F12 Clear all Notifications
Context Menus
Keyboard Shortcut
Description
OPT +SHIFT +C Show Color Picker
CMD +M Show Context Menu
OPT +SHIFT +D Select Available Devices
VCS
Keyboard Shortcut
Description
OPT +A Amend
OPT +C Commit File
OPT +SHIFT +A Add to .gitignore
CMD +SHIFT +A Add to VCS
CMD +SHIFT +U Rollback
CMD +SHIFT +M Move to other Changelist
Git History
Keyboard Shortcut
Description
OPT +SHIFT +R Compare with Revisions
CMD +SHIFT +Y Show History / Diff
CMD +J Next Difference
CMD +K Previous Difference
Linear Tasks
Linear Keys
Description
CMD +\ Open Tasks
CMD +SHIFT +\ Switch Tasks
Press SHIFT +SPACE
Select
IdeaVim: Track Action IDs We can add custom bindings to our ~/.ideavimrc
nmap S < action>( AceWordStartAction)