Android Studio

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Developer(s) Google Operating system Windows, macOS, Linux		Written in Java

Stable release 2.2.3 / December 6, 2016; 2 months ago (2016-12-06) Preview release 2.3 RC 1 / February 17, 2017; 12 days ago (2017-02-17) Repository android-review.googlesource.com

Android Studio is the official integrated development environment (IDE) 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.

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. The first stable build was released in December 2014, starting from version 1.0.

Based on JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA software, Android Studio is designed specifically for Android development. It is available for download on Windows, macOS and Linux, 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 stable version:

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

Support for building Android Wear apps

Built-in support for Google Cloud Platform, enabling integration with Google Cloud Messaging and App Engine

An Android Virtual Device that is used to run and debug apps

References

Android Studio Wikipedia

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