![]() ![]() While IDEA Ultimate is my daily driver, I do still have Android Studio around. It could help sanity check if the issue is truly with your app, computer, or just Android Studio itself. If something just isn't right with your Android Studio, try IDEA. On the flip side, IDEA asks you up front what you do day to day to help customize your environment right from the start. In Android Studio I choose to disable 10+ of them removing UI clutter and overhead. In my workflow I don't use many (if any) Google plugins. It can be configured without all the bloat If you are building a hybrid app, the web technology support is superior out of the box. I also find it way easier to create simple Java projects using IDEA, which is useful for sketching ideas or building pure Java or Kotlin libraries. ![]() If you find yourself working in multiple languages and frameworks IDEA Ultimate covers you more than Android Studio. It took 6 months for Android Studio to upgrade from IDEA 15 to IDEA 16, which had some fantastic improvements. Its true Android Studio is built using the open source Community edition, however, its often out of date. So beyond the mini history lesson, why does this matter? Because you can still use IntelliJ IDEA Community or Ultimate editions to build your Android apps and there are a couple of good reasons why I do this. However it wasn't until Google I/O 2013 when they released the first version of Android Studio and even then it was a very subtle "we are probably going this direction but still love Eclipse" kind of move. In 2010 I made the switch and its been wonderful ever since. ![]() IDEA from Jetbrains was around and had basic support for Android projects but it wasn't super compelling. When I started in 2009 it was the IDE and tool kit to use. Many Android new comers haven't experience the pain of Eclipse for Android development. ![]()
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