Using IntelliJ with Android plugin, rather than us

Question

I wonder if there is any difference between using the Android Studio, Google offer to use, and use the IntelliJ Base IDE, and install the Android plugin?

Would it effect the project and module handling?

Would it effect facets?

Answer 1

As of today, Android studio actually functions, so I guess this would be my immediate solution. plus I'm not even sure the Android plugin would support all the features as Android studio will, and that there would not be any conflicts... better safe then sorry.

Answer 2

This is useful FAQs about Android Studio vs Android Plugin in IntelliJ IDEA. It is clear to me that The EAP (Early Access Preview) of IntelliJ IDEA 13, which includes all of the Android Studio features except for the redesigned new project wizard and the App Engine cloud endpoints integration, is available now.

http://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2013/05/intellij-idea-and-android-studio-faq/

Answer 3

I've been using IntelliJ IDEA 12 for Android projects for a long time. Android studio has a lot of beneficial additional Android integration, such as:

• Inline Lint API checks
• Drawable and string previews
• Better layout editor
• Built in Gradle support
• Better DDMS integration

But you can certainly just use the community edition of IntelliJ 12 for Android projects, and for production projects, I would say it's preferable at this time until Android Studio stabilizes. Also, I believe IntelliJ 13 will essentially include all of the Android functionality that Android Studio does, from what I've heard.