I love IntelliJ, but it makes a lot of sense for Google to make their own branded IDE for Android development. Android applications are written in Java, but th

I love IntelliJ, but it makes a lot of sense for Google to make their own branded IDE for Android development. Android applications are written in Java, but they also have a specific structure and conventions, build and deploy stories, distinct debugging and sdks, etc. Not to mention Google can build great Android layout editors, lint checkers, and other integrations such as the 2.0 flagship feature, Instant Run. Yes, of course you can build Android with standard IntelliJ, but for making Android development more accessible AS is a great direction. Trying to get the old Ant + Eclipse + random tools in the sdk work together was very challenging, and - at least thus far - AS has been tracking IntelliJ pretty closely so I don't feel out of place. Not to mention IntelliJ doesn't have to be tied to the (very large) community of Android developers; Jetbrains can continue building their product to be more of a neutral all-around (fantastic) development environment.