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2 more ways to get Android Studio
Package managers
- Chocolatey
choco install androidstudio - Homebrew
brew install --cask android-studio
About Android Studio
Android Studio is the official development environment for Android apps. It combines an intelligent code editor with Jetpack Compose design tools that preview layouts on any screen size and inspect animations.
Gemini in Android Studio is an AI assistant that generates and fixes code and answers development questions. Android Device Streaming runs your app on real remote devices from different manufacturers. The current release is Quail 4, with installers for Windows, macOS and ChromeOS.
Strengths
- Official tooling for Android and Jetpack Compose
- Layout previews across screen sizes
- Testing on real devices via Device Streaming
- Built-in Gemini coding assistant
Limitations
- Heavy on memory and disk space
- Focused on Android development
- Gemini and Device Streaming depend on Google services
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree to download from Google.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Developers building native Android apps
- Categories
- Code editors, Developer tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Android Studio
Compare allSoftware that can replace Android Studio for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Visual Studio
Microsoft's integrated development environment for .NET, C++ and Windows development, with a free Community edition.
Visual Studio is Microsoft's Windows-only IDE focused on .NET and C++, with a free Community edition, and lacks Android Studio's official Jetpack Compose and Android tooling.
Apache NetBeans
An open-source IDE for Java, PHP, JavaScript, HTML and other languages from Apache.
Apache NetBeans is a free Apache-licensed Java and PHP IDE for Windows, macOS and Linux, without Android-specific layout previews, Device Streaming or Gemini assistance.
Theia IDE
An open-source IDE for desktop and browser from the Eclipse Foundation that runs VS Code extensions.
Theia IDE is a vendor-neutral Eclipse Foundation IDE for desktop and browser that runs VS Code extensions from Open VSX, without built-in Android tooling.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Android Emulator
Android Studio's emulator that runs Android system images as virtual devices for testing apps on a computer.
Android SDK Platform Tools
Official ADB and fastboot tools for talking to Android devices.
Kotlin
A concise, multiplatform programming language from JetBrains for backend, Android, web and desktop apps.
Gradle
An open-source build automation tool for Java, Kotlin and Android projects, with Kotlin and Groovy build scripts.
Genymotion
An Android emulator for desktop computers and the cloud, aimed at app development, testing and demos.
JetBrains Toolbox App
A free desktop manager for installing, updating and rolling back JetBrains IDEs and opening projects in them.
