Getting started with Android Studio
Most frequent question among programmers(Beginners) today is whether it's right time to switch to Android Studio or still we should stick to traditional third party IDE Eclipse. well , Today I will concentrate my discussion on whether it's right time to switch to Android Studio or you should wait for more stable version of Android Studio.
Let me break your confusion in to parts.So, Basically you are confused what to do , ask these questions from yourself :-
Why Android Studio?
Trust me sooner or later , you are goining to start using Android Studio because Android Studio is now one and only official IDE for Android Application development. Google have already made it clear that " they have stop releasing updates for Eclipse ".
Whether Eclipse is dead for development ?
No , Eclipse is not entirely dead because it is still best for other developments like java etc . But Eclipse is dead for Android development as there will be no updates by Google in future.
Why Eclipse Is Dead for android development ?
Want to develop an app and use over 3 projects in your workspace? Then, you have to clean your project and restart Eclipse every 2 or 3 minutes. If want to upgrade Ant, you have to spend some more hours to get back your project to life. In case you want to make your app public than you need to close all other active apps as Eclipse will crash frequently. So, android developers were looking for a more stable IDE and were pretty happy when Google announced Android Studio (AS) in 2013, and Eclipse gradually started to lose its market share and became outdated within one year.
If Android Studio will be suitable for my project containing third party plugins (Ant,Fabric,Maven,GitHub,etc)
Let me clue you in,I will say Android Studio is at it's best when it comes to use of plugins. It's gradle built tool insure that you should not be worried about jar and all that importing different packages or libraries. It will do all that for you and that by using 2 or 3 lines of code.
What are the features of Android Studio?
Android studio is cool and having many great features.These are the feature which is available on Android Studio but not in Eclipse
1. Maven-based build dependencies
2. Build variants and multiple-APK generation (great for Android Wear).
3. Advanced Android code completion and refactoring.
FINAL CALL
So, you are not yet convinced. that's why you want to read final call too. Ha ha ha .... just switch to android studio . Trust me , you goona love Android Studio .At first may be ,you can feel Eclipse was better ,But i will say spend some time with Android Studio , Let it grow on you (just like initial episodes of Breaking Bad ) , you will start loving Android Studio for sure.
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