# Announcing the Apollo Kotlin plugin for Android Studio and IntelliJ IDEA

DevFeed: [Announcing the Apollo Kotlin plugin for Android Studio and IntelliJ IDEA](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/announcing-the-apollo-kotlin-plugin-for-android-studio-and-intellij-idea-23145.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/announcing-the-apollo-kotlin-plugin-for-android-studio-and-intellij-idea>)

Author: Benoit Lubek

Published: 2023-06-20T12:22:59Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Apollo Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/apollo-blog.md>)

Topics: [Android Studio](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android-studio.md>), [IntelliJ IDEA](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/intellij-idea.md>), [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>), [Code generation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-generation.md>), [Gradle](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gradle.md>), [Library](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/library.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ide.md>)

Tags: [android-studio](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-studio.md>), [apollo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo.md>), [code-generation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-generation.md>), [gradle](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gradle.md>), [gradle-plugin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gradle-plugin.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [intellij-idea](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/intellij-idea.md>), [issue-tracker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/issue-tracker.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [library](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/library.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [navigation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/navigation.md>), [plugin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/plugin.md>), [preview](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/preview.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>)

## AI overview

Apollo introduced a preview plugin for Android Studio and IntelliJ IDEA that improves Apollo Kotlin development with automatic background code generation, migration helpers, and navigation between Kotlin and GraphQL definitions.

## Source excerpt

We're happy to introduce an Apollo Kotlin plugin for Android Studio and IntelliJ IDEA, to help you work with the library and improve your productivity. This preview release can be tried out today. Features On-the-fly code generation Apollo Kotlin is a strongly-typed client library that generates models from your GraphQL queries. This works thanks to a Gradle plugin that triggers the code generation at build time.