Android Studio vs Eclipse: What are the main differences?
- 1. Android Studio vs Eclipse: What are the main differences? Pana Papageorgiou Co-Founder | Backend Engineer | Mobile Engineer Email: [email protected] http://www.avocarrot.com
- 2. Build Tools • Android Studio utilizes the fast growing Gradle build system • Eclipse uses the robust Apache Ant build system • Gradle includes a Groovy DSL (Domain-Specific Language) that allows for scripted builds • Ant uses an XML based build system that many Java developers may already be familiar with Android Studio vs Eclipse: What are the main differences?
- 3. Advanced Code Completion/Refactoring • Both IDEs feature the standard Java code auto completion • Android Studio has deeper support for specific Android code completion and refactoring • Android Studio is based on IntelliJ which features a more “intelligent” auto completion algorithm and predicts better what you want to do • Android Studio is definitely superior in this area. Android Studio vs Eclipse: What are the main differences?
- 4. User Interface Design • Android Studio features a completely redesigned user interface design tool • It is clearly a big improvement compared to Eclipse’s cluttered UI designer • Android Studio’s UI tool has more customization options and is more responsive • Eclipse’s UI tool is somewhat limited and you have to use XML code to do a lot of things Android Studio vs Eclipse: What are the main differences?
- 5. Project Organization • Eclipse uses Workspaces to organize your code • If you want to switch to a new Workspace, you have to restart Eclipse • Android Studio uses Modules to organize your code • Modules have their own Gradle build files and can declare their own dependencies Android Studio vs Eclipse: What are the main differences?
- 6. IDE Performance/Stability • Eclipse is a purely Java based software • In order to run Eclipse reliably you need to have more than decent amounts of RAM and CPU • Failure to meet this criteria often leads to Eclipse crashing and becoming unresponsive • Android Studio is still in beta • Android Studio has the occasional bugs here and there but seems much faster and robust than Eclipse Android Studio vs Eclipse: What are the main differences?
- 7. Conclusion • I would personally say that Android Studio clearly has the edge over the two • It will blow Eclipse completely out of the water when it comes out of beta • It can be a painful process to move to the new Gradle build system used by Android Studio but it’s totally worth it. • Android Studio will soon become the de facto standard for developing Android applications Android Studio vs Eclipse: What are the main differences?
- 8. What side will you take in the Android Studio vs Eclipse battle? Read the original blog and comment at: http://www.avocarrot.com/blog/android-studio-vs-eclipse-main-differences/ Email: [email protected] http://www.avocarrot.com