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Offtopic: is the experience as good on Windows and Linux as on OSX? I'm planning on selling the MBP (too expensive to keep hardware up-to-date in third-world co

by swah 11y ago

Offtopic: is the experience as good on Windows and Linux as on OSX? I'm planning on selling the MBP (too expensive to keep hardware up-to-date in third-world countries).

wjoe 11y ago
Works fine on Linux. The IDE is Java based and it packages all the necessary tools with it so it should work fine anywhere.
- georgemcbay 11y ago
  Eclipse is Java based and packages all the necessary tools with it but it is extremely debatable whether that means it "works fine" anywhere... But to address the grandparent post a bit more directly, in my experience Android Studio runs great under both Windows and Linux, I've used it frequently on both with no complaints. The instant run feature this new canary build has will be welcome since the deploy->run cycle has always been just slow enough to feel like a bottleneck to me, though I never faulted Android Studio for this.
  - karussell 11y ago
    What has this to do with Eclipse? Android studio is IntelliJ based.
    - rhodysurf 11y ago
      Theyre both written in Java
      - bitmapbrother 11y ago
        Which means nothing.
    - georgemcbay 11y ago
      Is it really so hard to understand? I was responding to a specific comment which was: "Works fine on Linux. The IDE is Java based and it packages all the necessary tools with it so it should work fine anywhere." Eclipse fits all those criteria (IDE is Java based and it packages all the necessary tools with it). But I would argue Eclipse doesn't "work fine" anywhere, it is a bloated, slow piece of crap (equally, everywhere), thus those criteria are not really that useful in determining if something "works fine" somewhere.
      - macavity23 11y ago
        As a ten year (now-cured) Java/J2EE developer, I whole-heartedly agree with you that Eclipse is a bloated, slow piece of crap. IntelliJ is much better, very quick and responsive. It's actually a great demonstration of how Java apps don't NEED to be slow PsOS. I'm an iOS guy and didn't know about Android Studio, and the prospect of going back to Eclipse has kept me from even thinking about Android dev. Now I might well give it another try.
drewvolpe 11y ago
I've used Android studio on both Linux and OSX, and there's no difference. Both work great.
- ja27 11y ago
  Same here. Only differences I've hit are fonts and most of the time I can't get adb to work on OSX.
runevault 11y ago
I've never gotten the Emulator to work in Windows (8.1), and from what I gather after some googling I did at the time it is at best challenging to do. I'm hoping the talk of new emulators as part of the instant run stuff will have Windows sorted out and not be a 3rd (or worse) class citizen again.
nice_byte 11y ago
Currently the emulator is faster on Linux (because it can take advantage of KVM), but the new version should improve performance on Windows AFAIK
- pjmlp 11y ago
  The Windows emulator used to take advantage of HAXM.
krschultz 11y ago
I had issues with fonts in Android Studio & IntelliJ on Linux, but other than that it is totally fine. I know there are font work arounds, I've messed around with it a few times and sometimes gotten it working and sometimes not.
- vickychijwani 11y ago
  In IntelliJ 15 there's a new setting Settings > Appearance and Behavior > Appearance > Antialiasing > Editor. Set that to "Greyscale". Fixed all font issues on 2 different Linux boxes (Fedora 20 and Debian unstable). I use Consolas.
scardine 11y ago
If you have 8GB or more of RAM you should be fine on either OS. 4GB is doable if you refrain from opening too many browser tabs.
izzle49 11y ago
it uses swing so linux font rendering is terrible. You can use openjdk font fix patches but that is very slow
- karussell 11y ago
  Font is fine for me. Only sometimes I had trouble in the last years. Stackoverflow is your friend then.
duiker101 11y ago
I use it on all 3 platforms, works great on all of them.

by swah 11y ago

Offtopic: is the experience as good on Windows and Linux as on OSX? I'm planning on selling the MBP (too expensive to keep hardware up-to-date in third-world countries).

wjoe 11y ago

Works fine on Linux. The IDE is Java based and it packages all the necessary tools with it so it should work fine anywhere.

georgemcbay 11y ago
Eclipse is Java based and packages all the necessary tools with it but it is extremely debatable whether that means it "works fine" anywhere... But to address the grandparent post a bit more directly, in my experience Android Studio runs great under both Windows and Linux, I've used it frequently on both with no complaints. The instant run feature this new canary build has will be welcome since the deploy->run cycle has always been just slow enough to feel like a bottleneck to me, though I never faulted Android Studio for this.
- karussell 11y ago
  What has this to do with Eclipse? Android studio is IntelliJ based.
  - rhodysurf 11y ago
    Theyre both written in Java
    - bitmapbrother 11y ago
      Which means nothing.
  - georgemcbay 11y ago
    Is it really so hard to understand? I was responding to a specific comment which was: "Works fine on Linux. The IDE is Java based and it packages all the necessary tools with it so it should work fine anywhere." Eclipse fits all those criteria (IDE is Java based and it packages all the necessary tools with it). But I would argue Eclipse doesn't "work fine" anywhere, it is a bloated, slow piece of crap (equally, everywhere), thus those criteria are not really that useful in determining if something "works fine" somewhere.
    - macavity23 11y ago
      As a ten year (now-cured) Java/J2EE developer, I whole-heartedly agree with you that Eclipse is a bloated, slow piece of crap. IntelliJ is much better, very quick and responsive. It's actually a great demonstration of how Java apps don't NEED to be slow PsOS. I'm an iOS guy and didn't know about Android Studio, and the prospect of going back to Eclipse has kept me from even thinking about Android dev. Now I might well give it another try.

drewvolpe 11y ago

I've used Android studio on both Linux and OSX, and there's no difference. Both work great.

ja27 11y ago
Same here. Only differences I've hit are fonts and most of the time I can't get adb to work on OSX.

runevault 11y ago

I've never gotten the Emulator to work in Windows (8.1), and from what I gather after some googling I did at the time it is at best challenging to do. I'm hoping the talk of new emulators as part of the instant run stuff will have Windows sorted out and not be a 3rd (or worse) class citizen again.

nice_byte 11y ago

Currently the emulator is faster on Linux (because it can take advantage of KVM), but the new version should improve performance on Windows AFAIK

pjmlp 11y ago
The Windows emulator used to take advantage of HAXM.

krschultz 11y ago

I had issues with fonts in Android Studio & IntelliJ on Linux, but other than that it is totally fine. I know there are font work arounds, I've messed around with it a few times and sometimes gotten it working and sometimes not.

vickychijwani 11y ago
In IntelliJ 15 there's a new setting Settings > Appearance and Behavior > Appearance > Antialiasing > Editor. Set that to "Greyscale". Fixed all font issues on 2 different Linux boxes (Fedora 20 and Debian unstable). I use Consolas.

scardine 11y ago

If you have 8GB or more of RAM you should be fine on either OS. 4GB is doable if you refrain from opening too many browser tabs.

izzle49 11y ago

it uses swing so linux font rendering is terrible. You can use openjdk font fix patches but that is very slow

karussell 11y ago
Font is fine for me. Only sometimes I had trouble in the last years. Stackoverflow is your friend then.

duiker101 11y ago

I use it on all 3 platforms, works great on all of them.