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Android Studio vs JetBrains Rider: What are the differences?
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; JetBrains Rider: A cross-platform .NET IDE based on the IntelliJ platform and ReSharper. It supports .NET Framework, the new cross-platform .NET Core, and Mono based projects. This lets you develop a wide array of applications including .NET desktop applications, services and libraries, Unity games, Xamarin apps, ASP.NET and.
Android Studio and JetBrains Rider 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, JetBrains Rider provides the following key features:
- live code inspection
- fast
- responsive
According to the StackShare community, Android Studio has a broader approval, being mentioned in 928 company stacks & 692 developers stacks; compared to JetBrains Rider, which is listed in 6 company stacks and 5 developer stacks.
The problem I have is whether to choose Android Studio or Visual Studio? I have to develop a simple app for a school project that can work on both iPhone and Android.
The most important factors for me are Android and iOS compatibility. Although note that i would like to become a Software Engineer when i finish my course. (I'd like to work for Apple, just saying!)
After that id like easy integration for Google Ads and such if i do develop another app that people actually use to support development. (I'd also like to stick with one easy programming language that's compatible with a wide variety of platforms since i'm a beginner and have only ever used Pascal)
First of all - Android Studio and Visual Studio are IDE's. Tools to create code. What you are asking is programming framework. I assume that when you are talking about Android Studio you mean Native Android Development and by Visual Studio you mean Xamarin.
If you want to create crossplatform app then Native Android Development is NOT a way to go. Xamarin might work for you, BUT - you'd rather recommend you to go with Flutter. It's much more performant than Xamarin, programming model is friendlier for developer and technology seems just more refined. It's also officially supported by google, so no worries about support.
Pros of Android Studio
- Android studio is a great tool, getting better and bet175
- Google's official android ide103
- Intelligent code editor with lots of auto-completion37
- Its powerful and robust25
- Easy creating android app5
- Amazing Layout Designer3
- Great Code Tips3
- Great tool & very helpful3
- Easy to use2
- Built in Emulator2
- Keyboard Shortcuts are Amazing Out of the box2
Pros of JetBrains Rider
- ReSharper for VS bundled4
- Runs on Linux3
- NuGet package manager3
- Debug & Trace support3
- SQL editing tools2
- Refactoring support2
- Free for Open Source projects2
- 64-bit process2
- Solution-wide refactoring2
- Intellisense2
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Cons of Android Studio
- Slow emulator4
- Huge memory usage4
- Complex for begginers2
- No checking incompatibilities2
- Using Intellij IDEA, while Intellij IDEA have too1
- Lags behind IntelliJ IDEA1
- Slow release process1
Cons of JetBrains Rider
- Costs money3
- Cheaper2
