Likelihood to Recommend Android Studio is a great mobile development IDE. I have found it is the best for both Android and Flutter development. It is created by JetBrains, so any developer used to their products, such as
IntelliJ IDEA , will find themselves right at home with this IDE. It is very intuitive so it is a good choice for people needing to learn an IDE quickly.
Read full review The Welkin Suite is a great IDE compared to the alternatives out there. If you need to code in Salesforce and you want a mostly seamless environment, then The Welkin Suite is the best option available, in my opinion. I have also been using it for Apex Tests and find that the tools are really good for measuring code coverage and highlighting those areas that are uncovered.
Read full review Pros Support for developing in either the emulator or a device means I can quickly diagnose platform specific issues The support for Kotlin and Java is stellar, with projects easily containing both types of code with ease Hot reload support means that I can quickly test changes without waiting for a length build and optimization process Excellent cross platform support means I can develop on macOS, Windows, or Linux without losing functionality between platforms Read full review Local History - Without having to setup GitHub this has been a time saver! AutoComplete Saves the entire project at once Read full review Cons Android Studio needs a very high amount of RAM and a high-end processor to run smoothly, which can't be affordable for everyone. Updates in Gradle files can sometimes come up with a hectic improvement in whole code, which can lead us to improve some code and consume precious time. Multitasking is very difficult in Android Studio due to its heavy consumption of resources. Read full review It would be nice if IDE feature releases were timed to coincide with Salesforce releases (i.e. make Lightning Web Components available on the day they become available in Salesforce instances). The IDE can be a bit buggy especially when you have several windows of the IDE open to different Salesforce instances at the same time on one machine. Sometimes, when you click to retrieve your data too soon, before the program has a chance to ask you to connect to the instance, it can cause the IDE to freeze. Read full review Support Rating Overall support for Android Studio is quite good. As the project is maintained by Google itself, frequent updates are usually made to Android Studio to keep the IDE update and bug-free. Many community forums are also available to help developers across the world if they face any issue.
Read full review In general, when you need support there is someone there to give you an answer. I think there could be an improvement in this area, but it's hard to provide a substantial amount of support for a product that is charging roughly $15 a month. Do I feel I get more than $15 worth of support value when I need to request it? Yes.
Read full review Alternatives Considered Android Studio is the best possible offering to make android based apps. It's a product by Google and the official integrated development environment for android app development. That's why it is able to offer the easiest to learn and simplest coding environment to developers. But it needs higher performance and is at times slower as compared to
Flutter , etc. So that's the only drawback, but overall it's better than most tools for app development.
Read full review Read full review Return on Investment The APPs developed with ANDROID STUDIO take a long time to develop, however this extra expense is compensated by the low rate of claims that our technical service must attend. By working with native code, you do not depend on external library providers and their associated cost. Jose Perri Director of Engineering and Product Development
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