Using IntelliJ with Android plugin, rather than using Android Studio

Question

I wonder if there is any difference between using the Android Studio, Google offer to use, and use the IntelliJ Base IDE, and install the Android plugin?

Would it ef

Answer 1

I've been using IntelliJ IDEA 12 for Android projects for a long time. Android studio has a lot of beneficial additional Android integration, such as:

• Inline Lint API checks
• Drawable and string previews
• Better layout editor
• Built in Gradle support
• Better DDMS integration

But you can certainly just use the community edition of IntelliJ 12 for Android projects, and for production projects, I would say it's preferable at this time until Android Studio stabilizes. Also, I believe IntelliJ 13 will essentially include all of the Android functionality that Android Studio does, from what I've heard.