Android Studio

Android Studio: A powerful development environment for writing, debugging and testing Android applications

Android Studio is Google’s Integrated Development Editor that lets programmers seamlessly design and test Android applications. It’s based on JeBrain’s IntelliJ IDEA, a generic IDE with an amazing set of tools for writing and testing code. Android Studio is just as rich, but also includes functionalities needed to develop Android software.

This development environment also includes the Gradle engine, capable of automating tasks for increased productivity, custom builds and more versatility. This package bundles the IDE, the most recent Android SDK tools, the Android platform needed for compilation and the Android system image that works as an emulator.

The looks of Android Studio resembles IntelliJ and it has an interactive interface that lets you quickly use its function and handle the code in an elegant manner. Among some of the best features there is application signing, several wizards that can guide you through basic Android designs, a set of Lint tools for testing version compatibility and support for the Google Cloud Platform, that lets you add components like Google Cloud Messaging to your apps.

Furthermore, Android Studio supports static code analysis that lets you find bugs faster, by thoroughly examining your project.