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Android Studio vs IntelliJ IDEA: What are the differences?
What is Android Studio? 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.
What is IntelliJ IDEA? Capable and Ergonomic IDE for JVM. Out of the box, IntelliJ IDEA provides a comprehensive feature set including tools and integrations with the most important modern technologies and frameworks for enterprise and web development with Java, Scala, Groovy and other languages.
Android Studio and IntelliJ IDEA can be categorized as "Integrated Development Environment" tools.
Some of the features offered by Android Studio are:
- Flexible Gradle-based build system.
- Build variants and multiple APK generation.
- Expanded template support for Google Services and various device types.
On the other hand, IntelliJ IDEA provides the following key features:
- Smart Code Completion
- On-the-fly Code Analysis
- Advanced Refactorings
"Android studio is a great tool, getting better and bet " is the top reason why over 164 developers like Android Studio, while over 271 developers mention "Fantastically intelligent" as the leading cause for choosing IntelliJ IDEA.
Lyft, Asana, and Square are some of the popular companies that use IntelliJ IDEA, whereas Android Studio is used by Lyft, 9GAG, and Asana. IntelliJ IDEA has a broader approval, being mentioned in 815 company stacks & 1065 developers stacks; compared to Android Studio, which is listed in 928 company stacks and 690 developer stacks.
Lightweight and versatile. Huge library of extensions that enable you to integrate a host of services to your development environment. VS Code's biggest strength is its library of extensions which enables it to directly compete with every single major IDE for almost all major programming languages.
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 bet171
- 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 IntelliJ IDEA
- Fantastically intelligent291
- Best-in-class ide240
- Many languages support187
- Java152
- Fast118
- Code analysis77
- Reliable77
- Out of the box integration with maven, git, svn75
- Plugin architecture63
- Integrated version control59
- Code refactoring support10
- Best java IDE9
- Local history6
- Built-in terminal/run tools5
- Integrated Database Navigator5
- All4
- Code Completion4
- Free If you're a Student4
- Cross platform3
- IDE3
- ERD Diagrams3
- Database/Code integration3
- Kotlin3
- Base for Android Studio3
- Free for open-source development, students and teacher3
- Reformating Code2
- Command-line tools2
- Out Of The Box features2
- Android Integration2
- Server and client-side debugger2
- Multicursor support2
- Free2
- Intuitive2
- Vim support2
- Special icons for most filetypes in project list2
- Live Templates2
- Supports many frameworks2
- Scala support2
- Typescript support2
- More than enough languages for any developer2
- Built-in web server2
- Its fake intellisense is better than real IntelliSense1
- Open source1
- So modernised1
- Clean UI1
- Works fine with mac os catalina1
- A lot of plugin1
- Just works1
- Integrated Ssh/Ftp Managers1
- Full support1
- Task managers1
- Diff tools1
- File Watchers1
- Support for various package managers1
- Integrated Code Linting1
- Column Selection Mode1
- Efficient, one Stop solution1
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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 IntelliJ IDEA
- Large footprint required to really enjoy (mem/disc)17
- Very slow11
- Bad for beginners5
- UI is not intuitive4
- Constant reindexing3
- Not nearly as many tools to integrate as vs code3
- Needs a lot of CPU and RAM power2
- Built in terminal is slow1
- Ruby is a plug in1
- Doesn't work that well with windows 10 edu1
- AAD0
