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Android Studio vs Eclipse: What are the differences?
Developers describe Android Studio as "Android development environment based on IntelliJ IDEA". Android Studio is a new Android development environment based on IntelliJ IDEA. It provides new features and improvements over Eclipse ADT and will be the official Android IDE once it's ready. On the other hand, Eclipse is detailed as "IDE for Java EE Developers". Standard Eclipse package suited for Java and plug-in development plus adding new plugins; already includes Git, Marketplace Client, source code and developer documentation Click here to file a bug against Eclipse Platform..
Android Studio and Eclipse belong to "Integrated Development Environment" category of the tech stack.
"Android studio is a great tool, getting better and bet " is the top reason why over 164 developers like Android Studio, while over 123 developers mention "Does it all" as the leading cause for choosing Eclipse.
According to the StackShare community, Android Studio has a broader approval, being mentioned in 916 company stacks & 670 developers stacks; compared to Eclipse, which is listed in 248 company stacks and 138 developer stacks.
I originally chose IntelliJ over Eclipse, as it was close enough to the look and feel of Visual Studio and we do go back and forth between the two. We really begin to love IntelliJ and their suite of IDEs so we are now using AppCode for the IOS development because the workflow is identical with the IntelliJ. IntelliJ is super complex and intimidating at first but it does afford a lot of nice utilities to get us produce clean code.
Pros of Android Studio
- Android studio is a great tool, getting better and bet172
- Google's official android ide100
- Intelligent code editor with lots of auto-completion35
- Its powerful and robust25
- Easy creating android app5
- Amazing Layout Designer3
- Great tool & very helpful3
- Great Code Tips3
- Built in Emulator2
- Keyboard Shortcuts are Amazing Out of the box2
- Easy to use2
- Cc1
Pros of Eclipse
- Does it all130
- Integrates with most of tools74
- Easy to use62
- Java IDE60
- Best Java IDE30
- Open source8
- Great gdb integration2
- Hard for newbews2
- Lightweight1
- Great code suggestions1
- Professional1
- Good Git client allowing direct stage area edit1
- Extensible1
- Works with php0
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Cons of Android Studio
- Huge memory usage4
- Slow emulator4
- No checking incompatibilities2
- Complex for begginers2
- Lags behind IntelliJ IDEA1
- Slow release process1
Cons of Eclipse
- 2000 Design8
- Bad performance6
- Hard to use2
