Android Studio vs Eclipse with ADT (2015) [closed]

Answer 1

There's a question already here which answer this perfectly.

To add my bits, Android Studio is the one which is getting the latest update and is going to be the only official IDE for the future, so I think everyone should move to Android Studio. Android Studio is far better, stable and lightweight IDE. Eclipse has been crashing on me since I started Android Development, while Android Studio had a lot less crashing. On top of that we have a very good integration of Maven for libraries in Android Studio.

The future is here with Gradle, ANT is a thing of past.

Answer 2

Android Studio's primary problems:

1. Very slow compilation for debugging. For some of my project Eclipse - 11 sec AS 5 min!
2. String completion is unusable. For example, completion without parameters. No completion for some operators, for example if, else, for etc.
3. AS dramatically slows the PC down: mouse and keyboard are periodically freezing.
4. Project structure is intricated.

So, how to continue using Eclipse if new version of Google Play Services (V30 and higher) is not available for Eclipse but only for AS? This is info how to prepare AS libs (Analytic, ADS, etc) for Eclipse.

Answer 3

Eclipse is far more superior to AS. It is much easier to use, more intuitive, much less buggy (even though alot buggier than VISUAL Studio, but we're comparing to AS), and will probably make your work more productive. It's 2016 now and I'm planning to keep using Eclipse as long as it's possible.