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Yeah - Eclipse is often referred to as the monstrous, slow, feature-full beast. But Android Studio is significantly further down that track than the ADT was on
by Groxx 10y ago
Yeah - Eclipse is often referred to as the monstrous, slow, feature-full beast. But Android Studio is significantly further down that track than the ADT was on Eclipse.
AS is an enormous RAM hog, for instance. I have the space, so I prefer that - unused is just wasted. But it's wholly incapable of running on lower-end hardware that can run Eclipse just fine.
- pjmlp 10y agoI used to bash Eclipse, but AS made me change my mind to never use InteliJ, unless I really have to. Unless this is a side-effect of Google's doing. My PC runs VS 2015, Eclipse and Netbeans just fine.
- Zigurd 10y agoI'm curious: Is this an effect of complexity in Android programming, or has IntelliJ gotten bloated and complex?
- Groxx 10y agoBloated and complex is definitely fitting for IntelliJ, IMO. It handles its complexity pretty well from a user standpoint, but (like many mature IDEs) it has mind-boggling feature-creep. And then you add Android's quirks on top of that. I mean, I mostly like it that way - I'm not saying that's a bad thing. The more my IDE can do for me the better, and there's rarely a reason to remove those abilities. But it has costs.