Android Studio

Android Studio is the official<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> integrated development environment (IDE) for developing for the Android platform. It was announced on May 16, 2013 at the Google I/O conference. Android Studio is freely available under the Apache License 2.0.<ref name=AndroidPlugin/>

Android Studio was in early access preview stage starting from version 0.1 in May 2013, then entered beta stage starting from version 0.8 which was released in June 2014.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The first stable build was released in December 2014, starting from version 1.0.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Based on JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA software, Android Studio is designed specifically for Android development.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is available for download on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and replaced Eclipse Android Development Tools (ADT) as Google's primary IDE for native Android application development.

Features

New features are expected to be rolled out with each release of Android Studio. The following features are provided in the current version:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

• Gradle-based build support.
• Android-specific refactoring and quick fixes.
• Lint tools to catch performance, usability, version compatibility and other problems.
• ProGuard integration and app-signing capabilities.
• Template-based wizards to create common Android designs and components.
• A rich layout editor that allows users to drag-and-drop UI components, option to preview layouts on multiple screen configurations.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Support for building Android Wear apps
• Built-in support for Google Cloud Platform, enabling integration with Google Cloud Messaging and App Engine.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

System requirements

	Windows	OS X	Linux
OS version	Microsoft Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/2003/XP (32 or 64 bit)	Mac OS X 10.8.5 or higher, up to 10.10 to up 10.10.2 up 10.10.3 on 10.10.5 (Yosemite)	GNOME or KDE or Unity desktop on Ubuntu or Fedora or GNU/Linux Debian
RAM	2 GB RAM minimum, 4 GB RAM recommended
Disk space	500 MB disk space
Space for Android SDK	At least 1 GB for Android SDK, emulator system images, and caches
JDK version	Java Development Kit (JDK) 7 or higher
Screen resolution	1280x800 minimum screen resolution

Android Studio vs. Eclipse ADT comparison

Feature	Android Studio	Eclipse ADT
Build system	Gradle	Apache Ant
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