Skip to content
Dev Tools Library

Android Studio

Google's official IDE for Android apps.

AppFree
Open site(opens in a new tab)

Free IntelliJ-based IDE with emulators, a layout editor and performance profiling tools for Android.

When to use

To build, debug and publish Android apps, the official path.

When to avoid

For anything outside the Android ecosystem; it uses a lot of memory.

Alternatives

They do a similar job. Compare before choosing.

  • JetBrains IDEs

    IntelliJ, WebStorm, PyCharm: deep refactoring and analysis.

    AppFreemium

  • Xcode

    Apple's official IDE for iOS and macOS.

    AppFree

Related

From the same area, with a close purpose.

  • Apache NetBeans

    Free Apache IDE for Java and other languages.

    AppOpen source★ 3.1K

  • Eclipse IDE

    Classic open source IDE for Java, extensible through plugins.

    AppOpen source★ 171

  • Visual Studio

    Microsoft's full IDE for .NET and C++ on Windows.

    AppFreemium