How to generate javadoc comments in Android Studio

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Can I use shortcut keys in Android studio to generate javadoc comments   If not  what is the easiest way to generate javadoc comments

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I can t find any shortcut to generate javadoc comments  But if you type     before the method declaration and press Enter  the javadoc comment block will be generated automatically   Read this for more information

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Javadoc comments can be automatically appended by using your IDE s autocomplete feature  Try typing     and hitting Enter to generate a sample Javadoc comment               param action          The action to execute      param args            The exec   arguments      param callbackContext The callback context used when calling back into JavaScript      return     throws JSONException

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You can use eclipse style of JavaDoc comment generation through  Fix doc comment   Open  Preference  -   Keymap  and assign  Fix doc comment  action to a key that you want

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Android Studio -  Preferences -  Editor -  Intentions -  Java -  Declaration -  Enable  Add JavaDoc   And  While selecting Methods to Implement  Ctrl Cmd   i   on the left bottom  you should be seeing checkbox to enable Copy JavaDoc

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Here we can some something like this  And instead of using any shortcut we can write  default  comments at class  package  project level  And modify as per requirement         Install JavaDoc Plugin             1 Press shift twice and  Go to Plugins       2  search for JavaDocs plugin      3  Install it        4  Restart Android Studio       5  Now  rightclick on Java file package and goto          JavaDocs  gt  gt  create javadocs for all elements         It will  generate all default comments    Advantage is that  you can create comment block for all the methods at a time

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Here is an example of a JavaDoc comment from Oracle          Returns an Image object that can then be painted on the screen      The url argument must specify an absolute   link URL   The name    argument is a specifier that is relative to the url argument       lt p gt     This method always returns immediately  whether or not the     image exists  When this applet attempts to draw the image on    the screen  the data will be loaded  The graphics primitives     that draw the image will incrementally paint on the screen          param  url  an absolute URL giving the base location of the image     param  name the location of the image  relative to the url argument     return      the image at the specified URL     see         Image      public Image getImage URL url  String name            try               return getImage new URL url  name              catch  MalformedURLException e                return null                 The basic format can be auto generated in either of the following ways    Position the cursor above the method and type       Enter Position the cursor on the method name and press Alt   Enter   click Add JavaDoc

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To generatae comments type     key before the method declaration and press Enter  It will generage javadoc comment   Example            param a    param b     public void add int a  int b          code here     For more information check the link https   www jetbrains com idea features javadoc html

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ALT SHIFT G will create the auto generated comments for your method  place the cursor at starting position of your method

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In Android Studio you don t need the plug in  On A Mac just open Android Studio -  click Android Studio in the top bar -  click Prefrences -  find File and Code Templates in the list -  select includes -  build it and will be persistent in all your project

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In Android studio we have few ways to auto-generated comments    Method I    By typing     and Then pressing Enter you can generate next comment line and it will auto-generate the params  etc  but when you need the hotkey for this check out method II on below      Method II       1 - Goto topMenu   2 - File   Settings   3 - Select Keymap from settings   4 - On the top right search bar search for  Fix Doc   5 - Select the  fix doc comment  from the results and double-click on it  6 - Select Add keyboard shortcut from the opened drop down after double-click  7 - Press the shortcut keys on the keyboard   8 - Goto your code and where you want to add some comment press the shortcut key   9 - Enjoy

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You can install JavaDoc plugin from Settings- Plugin- Browse repositories   get plugin documentation from the below link  JavaDoc plugin document

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Another way to add java docs comment is press   Ctrl   Shift   A     show a popup    type   Add javadocs    Enter   Ctrl   Shirt   A  Command look-up  autocomplete command name

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Just select the Eclipse version of the keycap in the Keymap settings  An Eclipse Keymap is included in Android Studio

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Simply select  i e  click  the method name  then use the key combo Alt Enter  select  Add JavaDoc   This assumes that you have not already added comments above the method  else the  Add JavaDoc  option will not appear

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I m not sure I completely understand the question  but a list of keyboard short cuts can be found here - Hope this helps

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i recommendated Dokka for geneate javadoc with comment and more

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