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Currently I am using Eclipse ADT 23.00 and in Google I/0 2014, Android Studio 0.8 beta has been released.
As Android Studio gets closer to a stable version release, Google stated that after release it becomes the official developing environment, so which one is going to be the better option in future?
For future development and upcoming projects it is recommended to use Android Studio in combination with gradle.
I can't emphasize the following enough.
Your IDE is not and should not be your build system.
The real question is ant vs. Maven vs. Gradle, etc.
Once you have a standardized and widely supported command-line build system, developers on a project should be free to use whatever IDE they wish. IDE artifacts should never be checked in to source control.
I've worked with IntelliJ, and then Android Studio when it first came out, on a project with a Maven build, and had no problem on a team where some used Eclipse and some IntelliJ / Android Studio. I found Android Studio to be better in many ways, but then I'd been a long-time IntelliJ user.
Eclipse is hard working machine and i strongly recommend you to change your working directory!
From the rest to workplaces the better one for me is Android Studio.
Firstly it is based on IntelliJ IDEA which i like a lot and yes as you mentioned it is going to the official Android IDE after it's release.
If you are new to Android then I suggest of using Android studio for development since its an official release and will get stable soon.
It has many features that will increase the developer productive such as
Template-based wizards
Lint Tool
etc...
If are comfortable with Eclipse then I suggest to stick with it until Google lunch a full fledge stable Android studio.
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I format my PC and i wanna download again de ADT Bundle Eclipse + Android SDK, but, i don't find it in Google Developers -> enter link description here
What's happened to Eclipse ? Now we can use Android Studio to programming for Android ?
Thanks in Advance! :)
If you look at this part of the docs
Note: If you have been using Eclipse with ADT, be aware that Android
Studio is now the official IDE for Android, so you should migrate to
Android Studio to receive all the latest IDE updates. For help moving
projects, see Migrating to Android Studio.
So, yes you should be using AS instead of Eclipse moving forward. It's not necessary at this time, but it would be a good idea.
But to answer the initial question, you can go here to install the plugin for Eclipse. Or follow the link that puddinman13 mentioned in a comment
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I have looked in different places, but I am not REALLY sure as to what to use. I'll explain:
I'm self-teaching myself, with various books and tutorials. I use Eclipse with the ADT, but it seems now that Google is really pushing people to use AStudio (especially after its recent stable release). I have heard that AStudio has the following benefits:
Gradle Build
Improved Visual Editor
Improved code completion
Amongst many other benefits...
For starters, what are the benefits of AStudio put simply? (For example, what actually IS Gradle building?!)
However, for a novice like myself, would it be beneficial for me to switch to AStudio? (considering that I'm also trying to teach myself some CORE Java)
Sorry if this seems like a repetition, but I was just hoping to recieve information in terminology that I can understand...
Thanks!
Android Studio is the new IDE for developing Android apps. Google decided to change it, and so we must follow. I found an article that compares Eclipse and Studio for you: http://news.dice.com/2014/03/19/googles-android-studio-vs-eclipse-fits-needs/
You want to know what Gradle is?
Gradle can automate the building, testing, publishing, deployment and more of software packages or other types of projects such as generated static websites, generated documentation or anything else.For example, it is possible to simply add a Sonar connection, to check your code.
Also Gradle uses dependency management, which will make it a lot easier to add libraries to your projects, and sharing them with other developers.
Where Eclipse required to have a local copy of a library downloaded on your pc, gradle automates this. Add the library to your graddle file, and it will download the package for you.
Gradle will do this again when your project is transfered to another workstation. So no more cursing about libraries that were not sent to you.
Learning Java can still be done in Eclipse, or transfer to IntelliJ IDEA. AS is powered by IntelliJ, and has the same interface. IntelliJ and AS both get updates frequently, a lot more then what I saw with Eclipse.
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What is the best IDE for java development on mac OSX?
Ive been using Sublime text for all of my web based programming and i´m wondering wich IDE is the best one to use while programming apps for android.
I prefer Android Studio. Its a new Android development environment based on IntelliJ IDEA. It is Similar to Eclipse with the ADT Plugin.
Android Studio is the Google's recommended IDE for Android development.
Android Studio is the official IDE for Android application
development, based on IntelliJ IDEA.
See here: http://developer.android.com/tools/studio/index.html
It used to be the Eclipse based Android Development Tools (ADT).
IntelliJ is now the official IDE for android development.
http://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2013/05/15/intellij-idea-is-the-base-for-android-studio-the-new-ide-for-android-developers/
http://developer.android.com/tools/workflow/index.html
You can use http://netbeans.org/ or http://www.eclipse.org/. Both work on a Mac.
I prefer Eclipse over Netbeans.
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Are there really any tools out there or sdk's that truly support cross-platform java mobile development, and are worth their weight in code?
I would like to rewrite our mobile application with an sdk that would allow usage on IOS (Ipad and Iphone), Android, and Windows Mobile 5 and 6.
If I am asking for the moon, please let me know.
I am traditionally a c# developer, and just moving into learning Java.
I see many different posts about cross-platform development but I wonder where we are as an industry today on this.
You could take a look to the mgwt or the codenameone framework.
For a server-based app built in pure Java but deployed via pure HTML+CSS+JavaScript: Vaadin. But that means your app requires an Internet connection to run.
Tip: Some folks build a bare-bones minimal native app that simply points a web-browser view directly to your site's URL. This allows you to sell/give your "app" in the App Store while actually building a web app that runs cross-platform.
There is no Java present on iOS. So there is no Java-based development kit to build local native apps across iOS, Android, and Windows Mobile.
Google did announce the J2ObjC project to translate Java code to Objective-C for the iOS. But that does not solve all your problems.
Eclipse Tabris is another option but it isn't free (It isn't costly either).
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Does anyone have an experience with Android development with intelliJ IDEA IDE? Does it suit all the needs?
IDEA is an excellent IDE overall. Android support is quite good with the exception of the WYSIWYG layout editor which IDEA doesn't have. This isn't a huge problem since I find that the one in Eclipse doesn't work half the time anyhow.
I've been using IDEA for a long time (many years) and happily pay for the commercial license. I find the UI to be more intuitive and more productive than Eclipse. Code completions are smarter, editing is generally smoother, debugging is a bit more reliable (though neither IDEA or Eclipse seems to have flawless integration with adb--probably adb problems).
Eclipse does have slightly better integration with some Android tools such as DDMS which can be hosted in a perspective in Eclipse.
If you find Eclipse confusing and frustrating to get started with, give IDEA a try. IDE choices are highly personal so I can't promise you'll like it better, but since Android support is now included in the community edition of IDEA you've got nothing to lose but some time.
No, I don't work for JetBrains but as a long-time paying customer I can also vouch for the quality of their customer support.
Does it suit all the needs?
Yes it is!
You can develop android application using IntelliJ Community Edition which is free.
http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/google_android.html
For develop android application a more suitable eclipse, because it has a profiler. Profiler in the IDEA does not work for Android platform.
A set of tools in IDEA for android yet insufficient.
I hope in the near future IDEA will be better....
I'm using intensively Intellij IDEA for Android development - and to my opinion it's better than Eclipse. There are still some drawbacks:
It doesn't support ProGuard obfuscation for Android
For versions < 10 there were some minor bugs with respect to Android SDK 9