Android Studio

Score9.3 out of 10

98 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Android Studio are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Wide Device Support: Users have expressed their satisfaction with the wide variety of android devices supported by the platform for app development, encompassing mobile phones, tablets, TVs, and other devices. This extensive compatibility ensures that developers can target a diverse range of hardware configurations effectively.

Great User Interface: The excellent user interface of the platform has been consistently praised by reviewers as a standout feature that significantly enhances the overall user experience. Its intuitive design and smooth navigation contribute to a seamless development process.

Extensive Library Support: Customers highly value the comprehensive library support offered by the IDE, deeming it superior to other Integrated Development Environments available in the market. The robust library resources empower developers to efficiently access and integrate various functionalities into their projects.

Reviews

17 Reviews

From Legacy to Modern Android - Android Studio Specialist 10 Years in Mobile Development

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

February 17, 2026

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Android Studio to write Android app code and develop Android applications. Currently we are using JAVA, Kotling, XML and some webpages to show on UI. Earlier, we were using Eclipse to develop Android projects, but Eclipse is not giving updates to support the latest features, as well as not supporting AI agents like GitHub Copilot, Gemini Code Assist, etc. We resolved that problem via Android Studio.

Pros

Supporting latest api via Android platform
Supporting AI agents like Github Copilot, Gemini Code Assist etc
Providing better documentation and support

Cons

Some time its taking too much time to build app
Apply changes feature not working some time
Breaks ADB connection autometically

Likelihood to Recommend

If anyone is working on the generic android project not on customise android OS project, then Android Studio is the very good option. In case of customised OS, there are some compatibility issues that will come, so I will not prefer it in that case, but for the generic cases, nothing is better than Android Studio. I am using Android Studio for my 10+ running projects and Eclipse only for 1 Android Pax terminal app development.

Pankaj Choudhary

Freelancer Android Developer in Engineering at Freelancer (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

10 years of experience

Verified on LinkedIn

Best tool for Android Apps

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

January 30, 2026

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Android Studio serves as my primary IDE for development of mobile apps. I write the code, test it how it looks on different screens and fix any error, before deploying the app. When it comes to business perspective side, it helps me with quick prototyping and cost efficient MVP development. No doubt, Android Studio is somewhat resource intensive, but it is a best tool for whether it be for a small projects or a large scale business app. Testing and debugging features make it one of the best IDE, and that's for sure.

Pros

It offers advanced code completion, and static analysis which speeds up coding and reduces errors.
Gradle integration helps to easily generate different app versions from a single project without the need of coding for a separate project, for example, if I am supposed to create a two different versions, one meant for free users and other for paid users, Android Studio allows me to do so from a single project, which saves a lot of time.
It provides real time information of CPU, mempry and network usage, which accordingly allows me to easily optimize the app.
Powerful emulator with almost all the device stimulation for testing.

Cons

It is heavy on RAM usage, with low end computers it slows down and often creashes.
Cache often needs to clear manually, in order to resolve syntax errors.

Likelihood to Recommend

Best choice for building complex apps with lots of features or with heavy background services. Also best for testing and code management tools, especially when working in a team.
I won't recommend it for small projects, simple apps and it consumes a lot of RAM, especially when using an older PC or a laptop.

Yaqoob Najar

Manager in Information Technology at Vaadi Outsourcing (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

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A few words about AS.

Rating: 9 out of 10

August 14, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Android Studio is the primary IDE we use to develop our product.

Pros

Seamless integration with Kotlin, the main Android programming language.
Custom plugins support.
Good integration with Gradle, the main Android build system.

Cons

It requires quite a bit of computational power to operate properly -> you need a powerful machine to be able to use it on 100%

Likelihood to Recommend

It is ideal to write Android code, but requires some specific plugins/settings to be able to work with other types of systems/languages (Python, JS, etc.)

Verified User

Engineer in Research & Development (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

The best IDE to develop android apps

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

May 16, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Android Studio is a well-known tool that is used to develop apps for android devices and is widely used to develop, test, debug, and deploy Android apps. It has an inbuilt emulator which supports many device models and configurations. It provides a beautiful development environment where we easily develop and deploy working Android apps.

Pros

We can develop apps for all types of android devices, whether it is mobile, tablet, TV, etc.
It has one of the great user interfaces.
It has more library support than other IDEs.
Well documented and large community.

Cons

Debugging is not that great, it can show some specific details for a better understanding of the issue.
It is a RAM eater tool, its hard to do multitask along with the android studio.
Sometimes after updating the android studio, we have to face so many random issues with the SDK or codes.

Likelihood to Recommend

Android Studio is well suited in the case of any type of android app development. It is also widely used for testing, debugging, and improving the app. It might not be suitable for you if your system has low configurations, like in less than 4 GB ram, it's nearly impossible to build apps.

Lokesh Singh

Jr. App Developer in Information Technology at FlipPaisa (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

Stability in your apps? The best option is Android Studio

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

May 2, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our company is dedicated to the design and manufacture of electronic equipment connected to the cloud using WiFi or GPRS technology. Being interconnected devices we need to design APPs that can be run on all types of mobile phones and tablets. Although there are different market options to develop ANDROID applications in a simple way, the fact of using the native platform gives us the advantage of having total flexibility in addition to the fact that in the face of new versions of the operating system, ANDROID STUDIO will always be updated. With ANDROID STUDIO we have been able to provide our clients with robust and reliable APPs to manage our equipment remotely.

Pros

By using native code you have full access to functionalities.
It supports programming in JAVA and also in KOTLIN according to the preference of the software engineer.

Cons

Perhaps for a novice programmer, the amount of options visible in the interface could be intimidating.
Emulators are usually slow, perhaps their performance could be optimized.
Improve the integration wizard with GOOGLE FIREBASE services.

Likelihood to Recommend

When an APP must be made with access to very specific functions, the use of native code is the only option and that is where ANDROID STUDIO is unbeatable. On the other hand, when the APP is based on standard functionalities, there are other options that can meet the objective in less time and with less qualified personnel.

Jose Perri

Director of Engineering and Product Development in Research & Development at Alarmas Marshall (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

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Final destination for android app development

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

October 12, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Android is an operating system that was designed for handheld devices by Google. I started developing in my college days. And now I am doing it at a professional app development company. We generally develop applications for Android and iOS. For Android apps, we are using the Android Studio platform which is also developed by Google itself. Android Studio allows users to develop all device-compatible apps. And it is always being upgraded by Google developers.

Pros

It's updating regularly and becoming better and better
The device compatibility of apps which are developed by this platform
Installation is so easy and the product is easy to use

Cons

Hot reload doesn't work sometimes
Emulators could be better
System requirements are higher than other tools

Likelihood to Recommend

First of all, Android Studio is so easy to configure and you can use it easily. You will get updates regularly. You can develop apps and can test apps on various devices. The support community is also too good. You can find many solutions on stack overflow and on other sites if you are stuck somewhere between developing. If your system has low capacity then it's less recommendable because Android Studio needs a good system to run well.

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Android Studio Perfect for Any Flutter Developer!

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

July 29, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am the lead developer for a medical device company and we decided to write our app in Flutter. I have found that Android Studio is the best app for Flutter development. We use Android Studio exclusively as our IDE of choice and it fills all of our business needs.

Pros

Perfect for both Android and Flutter development
Has a great set of plugins for specific needs
Has a nice look and feel and a great layout

Cons

More improvement with the Android emulator functionality
More improvement with the database explorer functionality

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.

Verified User

Executive in Engineering (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Why I no longer write cross-platform mobile apps

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

July 29, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Android Studio as my primary development tool for the Android platform. Having previously used other cross-platform tools, such as Xamarin and Adobe Cordova, I have found that nothing beats native Android apps written using the official IDE for the platform. Google and Jetbrains have poured a lot of time, money, and effort into making this the fastest and easiest way to develop apps on Android.

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

Cons

Slow performance on older PCs means that you should develop only on the latest hardware
Project opening involves a long indexing and warm up process, meaning that a quick peek at an old project can result in a wait of a few minutes
Initial build times can be very long, although these have been slowly improving in recent versions of Android Studio

Likelihood to Recommend

Android Studio is the only platform you should consider for Android development. I have found that nothing else comes close in terms of documentation or support. There is always the temptation to develop for Android using a cross platform toolkit, such as Xamarin, but unless your app is incredibly simple, you will find your self wrestling with the toolkit more than actually creating your product.

If you have any Android projects still in Eclipse, you should upgrade these to Android Studio - the backwards compatibility for older versions of Android is very good, with issues only occurring with debugging on older (Lollipop or below) devices.

The only scenario Android Studio is not suitable for is cross-platform development. There is no way to share code between iOS, macOS, or Windows projects with Android Studio, unless you are developing a game in C++. If you wish to develop cross platform mobile apps, I suggest Microsoft Visual Studio.

Peter Chapman

Senior System Architect in Information Technology at Conglomo Limited (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

Best tool for Android app development

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

July 28, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

[Android Studio is] being used mostly by the engineering team, and that too specifically by the Android engineers coding in Kotlin / Java, along with the Product Management and Quality Analyst teams. Since it's an app development tool, it doesn't find any use case with the non technical departments and is only used by technology teams.

Pros

Quick to learn and easy to use
Debugging is super easy
Open source

Cons

Needs high performance system/laptop
Leads to crashes on most basic windows laptops as it takes a lot of RAM
Need to make system level changes to let flutter work with this

Likelihood to Recommend

[Android Studio is] best suited for beginners and even intermediate developers as it offers complete assistance and highlights errors and suggestion to improvise the code. It even predicts the code with a good level of accuracy to help the developer who are new. It's. It well suited for large scale teams as it needs high performing systems as well as it's not the optimum tool for collaboration coding. Though you could integrate with git and make it work, but other solutions might be better for large scale teams.

Verified User

Vice-President in Product Management (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

Android Studio makes it easy for us to get to market quickly

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

July 26, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Android Studio to develop android apps for internal use and external publication. This is a very standard way to build the packages we are using, and it allows us to do all the things we want to do, such as code signing, apk verification, standard and debug builds, etc.

Pros

automated code signing
build
interface to gradle builds

Cons

usability with various packages is always a question mark
so much freedom to alter things that stuff goes non-standard in a hurry

Likelihood to Recommend

It's probably just the best, most standard, easiest to use build system for android that exists. It has a ton of features and doesn't really lack in any. Any stuff it is missing is gradually being added by the community authors, and community support is a really big thing for us.

Tom Kunz

Owner in Engineering at Solid Rock Technologies (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

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Why I no longer write cross-platform mobile apps

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

July 29, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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

Cons

Slow performance on older PCs means that you should develop only on the latest hardware
Project opening involves a long indexing and warm up process, meaning that a quick peek at an old project can result in a wait of a few minutes
Initial build times can be very long, although these have been slowly improving in recent versions of Android Studio

Likelihood to Recommend

Peter Chapman

Senior System Architect in Information Technology at Conglomo Limited (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience