> How does the Android Studio compares with Xcode? Android Studio is a massively better IDE (being based on IntelliJ) with significantly better code inspection

> How does the Android Studio compares with Xcode? Android Studio is a massively better IDE (being based on IntelliJ) with significantly better code inspection, refactoring and linting tooling. Android itself has a better build system, being based on (kinda) industry standard Gradle which can be more easily automated and plugged into a CI. Doing automation based on Xcode is pure hell. It also has a better dependency management system with scriptable and pluggable components which you can use to improve you build. Xcode is also seriously behind on testing with seriously buggy and problematic test runners which also love to fail with random code signing dialogs on CI nodes. Where Android Studio lags behind is in performance (Gradle tends to be a dog) and the emulator (which is still slower than iOS Simulator, but more correct in its functionality). It can also be more buggy (especially when it comes to using tools like profilers) and can lag QoL features (like a good clickety click UI designer). In general, for larger projects run by companies, Android Studio has been a better experience than Xcode. For pure beginners, Xcode is more friendly until you hit the wall of trying to automate things.