Useful Eclipse Keyboard Shortcuts for Developing Android Apps
Part of the Android Application Development For Dummies Cheat Sheet
You’ll most likely spend most of your Android development career in the Eclipse IDE. The following table shows a few keyboard shortcuts that can help you save a lot of time.
| Action | Keyboard Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Create a new file in the current package | Alt+Shift+N |
| Organize the import statements | Ctrl+Shift+O |
| Navigate to the source definition | F3 |
| Rename an object | Alt+Shift+R |
| Search through Java files | Ctrl+H |
| Jump to a particular type | Ctrl+Shift+T |
| Find declarations | Ctrl+G |
| Find references to a select object | Ctrl+Shift+G |
| Navigate left | Alt+left-pointing arrow |
| Navigate right | Alt+left-pointing arrow |
| Navigate among the tabs | Shift+Page Up or Shift+Page Down |
| Run your app | Ctrl+Shift+F11 |
