Best tool for Android Apps
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.
Return on Investment
8
Return on Investment
- Positive Impact: No license fee, saves a lot of money upfront.
- Positive Impact: Faster project delivery, because errors are cached quickly while typing code allowing to fix the code at the same time, and this eliminates the need of fixing bugs which saves time. Saves 20% of my time.
- Negative Impact: Not works well on low end laptops with RAM less than 16GB.
Return on Investment
8
Alternatives Considered
Flutter by Google and React Native
Return on Investment
Snipe-IT, Microsoft Visual Studio Code
