Binaries: Freeware,[3]Source code:[4][5]Apache License
(However, it ships with some SDK updates that are under a non-free License through its AUR packager. Making it propietary.)
Website
developer.android.com/studio
Android Studio was announced on May 16, 2013, at the Google I/O conference. It 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.[10] The first stable build was released in December 2014, starting from version 1.0.[11] At the end of 2015, Google dropped support for Eclipse ADT, making Android Studio the only officially supported IDE for Android development.[12]
On May 7, 2019, Kotlin replaced Java as Google's preferred language for Android app development.[13] Java is still supported, as is C++.[14]
Featuresedit
The following features are provided in the current stable version:[15][16]
Built-in support for Google Cloud Platform, enabling integration with Firebase Cloud Messaging (Earlier 'Google Cloud Messaging') and Google App Engine[18]
Android Virtual Device (Emulator) to run and debug apps in the Android studio.
Android Studio supports all the same programming languages of IntelliJ (and CLion) e.g. Java, C++, and more with extensions, such as Go;[19] and Android Studio 3.0 or later supports Kotlin,[20] and "all Java 7 language features and a subset of Java 8 language features that vary by platform version."[21] External projects backport some Java 9 features.[22] While IntelliJ states that Android Studio supports all released Java versions, and Java 12, it's not clear to what level Android Studio supports Java versions up to Java 12 (the documentation mentions partial Java 8 support). At least some new language features up to Java 12 are usable in Android.[23]
Once an app has been compiled with Android Studio, it can be published on the Google Play Store. The application has to be in line with the Google Play Store developer content policy.
Version historyedit
The following is a list of Android Studio's major releases:[24]
AMD processor on Windows: Android Studio 3.2 or higher and Windows 10 April 2018 release or higher for Windows Hypervisor Platform (WHPX) functionality.
For an attached webcam to work with Android 8.1 (API level 27) and higher system images, it must have the capability to capture 720p frames.[38]
Referencesedit
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^"Getting Started with Android Studio". Android Developers. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
^"Com.google.AndroidStudio/Com.google.AndroidStudio.appdata.XML at master · flathub/Com.google.AndroidStudio". GitHub.
^"Download Android Studio". Android Developers. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
^"Google Launches Android Studio And New Features For Developer Console, Including Beta Releases And Staged Rollout". VentureBeat. December 8, 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
^"An update on Eclipse Android Developer Tools". June 26, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
^"Google I/O 2019: Empowering developers to build the best experiences on Android + Play". Android Developers Blog. May 7, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
^Sinicki, Adam (August 10, 2019). "I want to develop Android Apps — What languages and program I should use & learn?". Android Authority. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
^Honig, Zach (May 15, 2013). "Google intros Android Studio, an IDE for building apps". Engadget. AOL. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
^"Android Studio Overview". Archived from the original on July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
^Olanoff, Drew (May 15, 2013). "Google Launches Android Studio And New Features For Developer Console, Including Beta Releases And Staged Rollout". TechCrunch. AOL. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
^"Android Studio BETA". Google. May 15, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
^Google Go language IDE built using the IntelliJ Platform: go-lang-plugin-org/go-lang-idea-plugin, Go Language support for IDEA based IDEs, February 23, 2019, retrieved February 23, 2019, Supported IDEs [..] Android Studio 1.2.1+
^"Get Started with Kotlin on Android | Android Developers". developer.android.com. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
^"Use Java 8 language features | Android Developers". developer.android.com. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
^"android-retroflow: Backport of Java 9 (JEP 266) reactive-streams Flow and SubmissionPublisher API for Android Studio 3.0 desugar toolchain, forked from [..]". retrostreams. October 22, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
^"Android's Java 9, 10, 11, and 12 Support". Jake Wharton. November 27, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2019. Hopefully by the time Java 12 is actually released D8 will have implemented desugaring for Java 11's nestmates. Otherwise the pain of being stuck on Java 10 will go up quite a bit!
^"Android Studio Release Notes". Android Developers Official Website. August 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
^"Google Android Studio 3.4 Now Available, Here's What's New - Appetiser". April 25, 2019.