What Is Android Studio?
Android Studio is an IDE for developing Native Android & Flutter apps for mobile applications. Android application is free & Open-source for everyone. Android Studio IDE developed by JetBrains specially for Android application development. This IDE is available for Windows, Mac and Linux based Operating systems. In the past, Eclipse IDE developed Android applications as the primary IDE for native android application development.
When did the journey start?
May 16, proclaimed android studio 2013 at the Google I/O Conference. It was in the early access preview stage, starting from version 0.1. In 2019, Kotlin replaced Java as Google's preferred language for Android app development.
Android Studio Features
- Gradle based build support
- Android Specific refactoring and quick fixes
- Lint tools for capturing performance
- Built in support for integrating Google cloud platform enabling the firebase integration features
- AVD Support (Android Virtual device) run your developed app in virtual android device
- Support for building android wear apps
- Many of Built-in templates available
System Requirements for Android Studio
Operating System: Windows / Mac/ Linux
RAM: 8G Minimum (16 GB Recommended),
Storage: 4 GB HDD or SSD(Recommended)
JDK: JDK >8
Stable & Fast internet connection
Screen Resolutions: 1280 X 800 (Dual Monitor is Recommended for make work flow easy)
Processor: 64 Bit AMD or Intel
* Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager (for AVD)