Android Studio

Android Studio

Developer(s) Google, JetBrains
Stable release 3.2.1 (October 2018 (2018-10)[1]) [±]
Preview release 3.2 RC3 (September 10, 2018 (2018-09-10)[2]) [±]
Repository
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Written in Java, Kotlin and C++
Operating system Windows, macOS, Linux[3]
Size 927 to 1007 MB [3]
Type Integrated development environment (IDE)
License Freeware[4] +Source code[5][6]
Website developer.android.com/studio/index.html

Android Studio is the official[7] integrated development environment (IDE) for Google's Android operating system, built on JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA software and designed specifically for Android development.[8] It is available for download on Windows, macOS and Linux based operating systems.[9][10] It is a replacement for the Eclipse Android Development Tools (ADT) as primary IDE for native Android application development.

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.[11] The first stable build was released in December 2014, starting from version 1.0.[12] The current stable version is 3.2.1, which was released in October 2018.[13]

Features

The following features are provided in the current stable version:[14][15]

  • Gradle-based build support
  • Android-specific refactoring and quick fixes
  • Lint tools to catch performance, usability, version compatibility and other problems
  • ProGuard integration and app-signing capabilities
  • Template-based wizards to create common Android designs and components
  • A rich layout editor that allows users to drag-and-drop UI components, option to preview layouts on multiple screen configurations[16]
  • Support for building Android Wear apps
  • Built-in support for Google Cloud Platform, enabling integration with Firebase Cloud Messaging (Earlier 'Google Cloud Messaging') and Google App Engine[17]
  • 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 (programming language), and C++; and Android Studio 3.0 or later supports Kotlin [18] and "Java 7 language features and a subset of Java 8 language features that vary by platform version."[19] External projects backport some Java 9 features.[20]

System requirements

Version 3.x[21]

Criterion Description
OS version Microsoft Windows 7/8/10 (32-bit or 64-bit), 64-bit required for native debugging
Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) or higher, up to 10.13 (macOS High Sierra)
GNOME or KDE desktop Linux (64 bit capable of running 32-bit applications)(GNU C Library (glibc) 2.19+)
RAM 3 GB RAM minimum, 8 GB RAM recommended; plus 1 GB for the Android Emulator
Disk space 2 GB of available disk space minimum,

4 GB recommended (500 MB for IDE + 1.5 GB for Android SDK and emulator system image)

Java version Java Development Kit (JDK) 8, use of bundled OpenJDK is recommended [22]
Screen resolution 1280×800 minimum screen resolution

Version 2.x[21]

Criterion Description
OS version Windows 7 or later
Mac OS X 10.9.5 or later
GNOME or KDE desktop Linux
RAM 8 GB RAM recommended; plus 1 GB for the Android Emulator
Disk space 500 MB disk space for Android Studio, at least 1.5 GB for Android SDK, emulator system images, and caches
Java version Java Development Kit (JDK) 8, use of bundled OpenJDK (Version 2.2 and later) is recommended [22]
Screen resolution 1280×800 minimum screen resolution.

Version 1.x

Criterion Description
OS version Mac OS X 10.8.5 or later
GNOME, KDE or Unity desktop on Ubuntu or Fedora or GNU/Linux Debian
Windows XP or later
RAM 3 GB RAM minimum, 4 GB RAM recommended
Disk space 500 MB disk space
Space for Android SDK At least 1 GB for Android SDK, emulator system images, and caches
JDK version Java Development Kit (JDK) 7 or higher
Screen resolution 1280×800 minimum screen resolution

Version history

The following is a list of Android Studio's release versions.[13]

Android Studio version history
VersionRelease Date
0.1.xMay 2013
0.2.xJuly 2013
0.3.2Oct 2013
0.4.2Jan 2014
0.4.6March 2014
0.5.2May 2014
0.8.0June 2014
0.8.6August 2014
0.8.14October 2014
1.0December 2014
1.0.1December 2014
1.1.0February 2015
1.2.0April 2015
1.2.1May 2015
1.2.2June 2015
1.3.0July 2015
1.3.1August 2015
1.3.2August 2015
1.4.0September 2015
1.4.1October 2015
1.5.0November 2015
1.5.1December 2015
2.0.0April 2016
2.1.0April 2016
2.1.1May 2016
2.1.2June 2016
2.1.3August 2016
2.2.0September 2016
2.2.1October 2016
2.2.2October 2016
2.2.3December 2016
2.3.0March 2017
2.3.1April 2017
2.3.2April 2017
2.3.3June 2017
3.0October 2017
3.0.1November 2017
3.1March 2018
3.1.1April 2018
3.1.2April 2018
3.1.3June 2018
3.1.4August 2018
3.2September 2018

References

  1. ↑ https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/index.html
  2. ↑ "Android Studio 3.2 Release Candidate 3 available". Android Studio Release Updates. September 10, 2018. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Download Options". developer.android.com. Google. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Terms and Conditions". developer.android.com. Google. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Build Overview". android.com.
  6. ↑ "Building Android Studio". android.com.
  7. ↑ "Android Studio website".
  8. ↑ Ducrohet, Xavier; Norbye, Tor; Chou, Katherine (May 15, 2013). "Android Studio: An IDE built for Android". Android Developers Blog. Google. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Getting Started with Android Studio". Android Developers. Google. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
  10. ↑ Haslam, Oliver (May 16, 2013). "Download Android Studio IDE For Windows, OS X And Linux". Redmond Pie. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Download Android Studio". Android Developers. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Google Launches Android Studio And New Features For Developer Console, Including Beta Releases And Staged Rollout". VentureBeat. December 8, 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  13. 1 2 "Android Studio Release Notes". Android Developers Official Website. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  14. ↑ Honig, Zach (May 15, 2013). "Google intros Android Studio, an IDE for building apps". Engadget. AOL. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
  15. ↑ Dobie, Alex (May 15, 2013). "Android Studio unveiled at Google I/O keynote". Android Central. Mobile Nations. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ "Android Studio BETA". Google. Google. May 15, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Get Started with Kotlin on Android | Android Developers". developer.android.com. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  19. ↑ "Use Java 8 language features | Android Developers". developer.android.com. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  20. ↑ "android-retroflow: Backport of Java 9 (JEP 266) reactive-streams Flow and SubmissionPublisher API for Android Studio 3.0 desugar toolchain, forked from [..]". retrostreams. 2017-10-22. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  21. 1 2 "Refer 'System Requirements' section". Android Studio Official Website. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  22. 1 2 "Configure Android Studio | Android Developers". Android Developers. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
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