# Language Injections in Android Studio / IntelliJ IDEA 💉

DevFeed: [Language Injections in Android Studio / IntelliJ IDEA 💉](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/language-injections-in-android-studio-intellij-idea-27883.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://riggaroo.dev/language-injections-in-android-studio-intellij-idea/>)

Author: Rebecca Franks

Published: 2021-01-20T09:19:12Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Rebecca Franks - @riggaroo](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/rebecca-franks-riggaroo.md>)

Topics: [Android Studio](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android-studio.md>), [Syntax Highlighting](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/syntax-highlighting.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ide.md>), [IntelliJ IDEA](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/intellij-idea.md>), [SQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sql.md>), [glsl](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/glsl.md>), [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [android-studio](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-studio.md>), [glsl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/glsl.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ide.md>), [idea](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/idea.md>), [intellij-idea](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/intellij-idea.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [language-injection](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/language-injection.md>), [opengl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opengl.md>), [sql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sql.md>), [studio](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/studio.md>), [syntax-highlighting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/syntax-highlighting.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how language injection in Android Studio and IntelliJ IDEA enables embedded code such as SQL or GLSL to receive syntax highlighting, validation, suggestions, and separate-editor support. It also describes using annotations and the GLSL Support Plugin for Kotlin string literals.

## Source excerpt

Android Studio is a powerful IDE with a multitude of features that I'll probably never discover. However, when I do discover a feature of the IDE that I've been dreaming about, I get irrationally excited about it (and often times write a blog post such as this one). One feature that really piqued my interest [...] The post Language Injections in Android Studio / IntelliJ IDEA 💉 appeared first on Rebecca Franks - @riggaroo.