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Android Studio is a rebranded version of the Community Edition of IntelliJ IDEA which was free and open source for some time already. The idea probably is to g
by biafra 13y ago
Android Studio is a rebranded version of the Community Edition of IntelliJ IDEA which was free and open source for some time already.
The idea probably is to get the people to use (and love) it and then when they want the non-free features, to buy it.
And with Android Studio: Probably Google is paying a bit for the development.
- yole 13y agoGoogle is not paying anything for the development of Android Studio. Instead, they've put their own development team to work on the Android features in Android Studio, which we then integrate into our distribution of IntelliJ IDEA.
- biafra 13y agoThanks for clearing that up! And thanks for such a great IDE! So if I'am using Android Studio I am a bit ahead (Android specific) feature wise that by using the latest EAP of IntelliJ IDEA?