I\'m using Android Studio 2.1 and there is no Blank Activity option. I\'ve seen people asking about this, and the general advice was \"make one yourself\". The thing is tha
I had the same question so I've compared the old blank activity template (according to a video tutorial I watched) with the 'empty' and the 'basic' activities templates of the new Android Studio.
The empty activity has only 2 options: "Activity Name" and "Layout Name".
Meanwhile Basic activity has 4 options, just like the "blank activity" template of the old Android Studio version as you can see below:
So, I would go with the basic template and manage the extra code until I need it.