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Re: Introducing Android Studio

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, May 15, 2013, 5:34 PM UTC

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Re: Introducing Android Studio

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Post by rozap » Wed, May 15, 2013, 5:34 PM UTC

This is exciting. My biggest headaches with Android stem entirely from Eclipse.

Re: Introducing Android Studio

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Post by rubinelli » Wed, May 15, 2013, 5:35 PM UTC

smackfu wrote: post #26

Is Eclipse worse or something when doing Android dev? It seems just fine to me doing normal Java dev, but to hear people talk it is the worst IDE ever invented.

It's much of the same, really. You'll only notice you are doing Android development when you debug and it starts an emulator instead of a Swing app or web server.

Re: Introducing Android Studio

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Post by tracker1 » Wed, May 15, 2013, 5:36 PM UTC

smackfu wrote: post #26

Is Eclipse worse or something when doing Android dev? It seems just fine to me doing normal Java dev, but to hear people talk it is the worst IDE ever invented.

Given I've had a lot more experience with the FlexBuilder fork than mainline Eclipse, I always found it incredibly frustrating compared to VS. Now, VS doesn't have all the features that are in other IDEs, but getting out of the gate is downright painful by comparison.

I've used WebStorm (also based on IntelliJ) for NodeJS dev, and like it a lot. I still like VS more, but VS is so slow and buggy by comparison, it's hard to use these days. So I can imagine that this new variant will be very useful, and far better than Eclipse for the same work.

YMMV of course.

Re: Introducing Android Studio

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Post by pjmlp » Wed, May 15, 2013, 5:37 PM UTC

smackfu wrote: post #26

Is Eclipse worse or something when doing Android dev? It seems just fine to me doing normal Java dev, but to hear people talk it is the worst IDE ever invented.

I hate its workspace concept with passion.

Most IDEs just use some kind of project file, or are able to use directly build tools. But Eclipse always has to create this workspace full of metadata that it likes to corrupt every now and then!

Re: Introducing Android Studio

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Post by musashibaka » Wed, May 15, 2013, 5:42 PM UTC

I would not be surprised if Google now acquires Jetbrains.

Re: Introducing Android Studio

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Post by thorum » Wed, May 15, 2013, 5:44 PM UTC

mtgx wrote: post #3

This sounds great. Google should've built their own IDE for Android a long time ago. It even has live code updates, and it can show how the app looks on different form factors. TC has a summary on it: http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/15/google-launches-android-stu...

"It's an IDE based on IntelliJ."

I'm in.

Re: Introducing Android Studio

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Post by veeti » Wed, May 15, 2013, 5:45 PM UTC

dasmoth wrote: post #11

Any indications of when this will be released?

There'll be a session about the new tools in a few hours, so there'll probably be more news then.

Re: Introducing Android Studio

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Post by joeblau » Wed, May 15, 2013, 5:48 PM UTC

smackfu wrote: post #26

Is Eclipse worse or something when doing Android dev? It seems just fine to me doing normal Java dev, but to hear people talk it is the worst IDE ever invented.

I wouldn't say Eclipse is worse for Android dev, but I've defiantly seen 12+ year Eclipse Java developers hanging over my shoulder as I power though IntelliJ saying things like "How did you do that?" and "What IDE are you using?" I would say IntelliJ can make you more productive out of the box, whereas you may need plugins and some config to do the same features.

I have the Ultimate Edition, but I would definitely check out the Community Edition if all you're doing is Java.

Re: Introducing Android Studio

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Post by warrenmiller » Wed, May 15, 2013, 5:52 PM UTC

Is this to replace Eclipse or just be an option?