If you haven’t heard of Mermaid yet, take a look at the examples to get an idea of what is possible with Mermaid. Install it - Android Studio will restartĪfter restarting Android Studio, the Markdown plugin will be fully functional.Įnable Mermaid in the Markdown Preferences to support Mermaid diagrams in your Markdown documents.

In the dialog press … and select the folder you extracted the JBR to (in case of the folder ~/Library/Java/… it might be easier to open it in the Finder and drag and drop it into the dialog) Open menu Help > Find Action… ( ⇧ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + A) and search for “Choose Runtime…” and execute In Android Studio open Preferences… > Plugins and install the plugin “Choose Runtime” (no restart required)

Extract the Content to ~/Library/Java/JetBrainsRuntimeįile =jbr_jcef-11_0_11-osx-圆4-b1341.60.tar.gzĭir =~/Library/Java/JetBrainsRuntime/ $ mkdir -p $dir tar -xzf $file -C $dir -strip-components =1.

So here are the steps to change the JBR in Android Studio:ĭownload a current JBR (e.g. Change JBR in Android Studio to fix Markdown plugin JetBrains even provides a Guide to change JBR, but it does not fit well with Android Studio Arctic Fox.

So the solution would be for Google to bundle Android Studio with a JBR that integrates JCEF.įortunately, the JBR can be changed and JetBrains makes the JBRs available for download. Also, a commenter in this issue mentions that JetBrains changed the plugin dependencies to require JCEF - Java Chromium Embedded Framework - which is pre-bundled in the JDK (aka JBR - JetBrains Runtime) with IntelliJ IDEA versions starting in 2020.2. Some research shows that the Markdown plugin does not work properly as of Android Studio 4.1.Ī comment on a more recent jetbrains issue notes that it is not an IntelliJ issue, but an Android Studio issue that is still not fixed. The IntelliJ IDEA 2020.3 Doku (Android Studio Arctic Fox 2020.3.1 is based on that version) shows some nice shortcuts and screenshots.īut after installing the Plugin you will see the editor with some nice coloring but no extra toolbar and no preview pane.Īlso the Markdown preferences only show an error message. When editing a Markdown file, Android Studio suggests installing the Markdown Plugin. You can find a slightly adapted tutorial for this Android Studio version in my post: Fix Markdown Plugin in Android Studio Chipmunk 2021.2.1 Update : Chipmunk has this problem again. Change JBR in Android Studio to fix Markdown plugin.

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