IntelliJ IDEA IDE for Android development [closed]

Question

Does anyone have an experience with Android development with intelliJ IDEA IDE? Does it suit all the needs?

Answer 1

IDEA is an excellent IDE overall. Android support is quite good with the exception of the WYSIWYG layout editor which IDEA doesn't have. This isn't a huge problem since I find that the one in Eclipse doesn't work half the time anyhow.

I've been using IDEA for a long time (many years) and happily pay for the commercial license. I find the UI to be more intuitive and more productive than Eclipse. Code completions are smarter, editing is generally smoother, debugging is a bit more reliable (though neither IDEA or Eclipse seems to have flawless integration with adb--probably adb problems).

Eclipse does have slightly better integration with some Android tools such as DDMS which can be hosted in a perspective in Eclipse.

If you find Eclipse confusing and frustrating to get started with, give IDEA a try. IDE choices are highly personal so I can't promise you'll like it better, but since Android support is now included in the community edition of IDEA you've got nothing to lose but some time.

No, I don't work for JetBrains but as a long-time paying customer I can also vouch for the quality of their customer support.