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Android

Posted by Attila Vago
Attila Vago
Courses Plus Student 15,286 Points

When will all the Android courses be updated to the Android Studio version?

Are there any news about this matter? I know there is not a massive difference between Eclipse and Android Studio, but given the fact that this something very new to me, I would prefer to learn in a less confusing manner (did the first updated course and loved it), so what and when in the future can we expect all the courses to be updated?

Aurelian Spodarec
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Points

Hi, i dont know anything about app developement but as i saw on lynda.com and here so in other places, most of them uses eclipse . I think its better in some way so i think they will continue using eclipse since its very powerful i think .

2 Answers

Attila Vago
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Attila Vago
Courses Plus Student 15,286 Points
Attila Vago
Attila Vago
Courses Plus Student 15,286 Points

Aurelian, android development used to happen traditionally in an IDE like Eclipse, via the SDK Google provided. Now that has moved into a separate software called Android Studio. Obviously, just like in Eclipse, Android development is still Java based and not C, C was never an Android thing. C, or rather Obj-C is an Apple thing, although it's now moving to Swift. What Android Studio brings to the table is a targeted environment built for exactly one thing: Android Development.

Aurelian Spodarec
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Points

ow okay , i learned a new thing today . I saw new course Swift , maybe treehouse will get use it cople of months but one thing in head .

You cant program in xcode (apple apps) on windows , you need mac. So if that it You cant pprogram on iMac Android Apps in Java maybe?

Attila Vago
Attila Vago
Courses Plus Student 15,286 Points

Ok, let me put this is as simply as possible:

  • Android Development: can be done on: Mac, Windows, Linux | uses: Android Studio | language: Java
  • iOS Development: can be done on Mac only | uses xCode | language: Obj-C or Swift
Aurelian Spodarec
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Points

a okay :p i get it now . Bdw i have a question, what mac would you recomend me to buy? i will do apps too but now im in webdevelopement and graphics.

I was thinking about 16GB of memory | 1TB Fusion | around 3.4Gzh i7

It costs 2k . its alot for me but do you think its worth it ? or theres not much difference between 8GB and 16GB? or anyhting?

Attila Vago
Attila Vago
Courses Plus Student 15,286 Points

Okay, this is very off-topic now, but what you need is a MacBook Pro 15" Retina with 256GB of SSD, quad core CPU and 16GB of RAM. Costs £1600 @ the Apple Store.

Aurelian Spodarec
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Points

well uh i saw name "Mac" and i remembered of it so i asked about it :p today is the day i gonna order it and i need to be sure what i need . Thank you

Attila Vago
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Attila Vago
Courses Plus Student 15,286 Points
Attila Vago
Attila Vago
Courses Plus Student 15,286 Points

Neah, no way. Lynda and even Google themselves have moved to Android Studio. Check their latest courses and blog-posts. Eclipse has nothing to do with Android itself. It's a multi-purpose IDE, while Android Studio, a bit (or a lot) like xCode for Apple, is designed specifically to tackle Android development. And for good reason. Android Studio is good, and faster than Eclipse (or at least that's my experience). The issue is that pretty much everywhere only the introductory courses are in Android Studio (except Udacity, which is the official Android Course, and tackles more than the very basics), but I was curious when this update will happen on Treehouse as I prefer their teaching style compared to Udacity or Lynda.

Anyway, thanks for sharing your view on the matter.

Aurelian Spodarec
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Points

Hm well, since i read what you write , in Android Studio you program in like Java i guess and dont use C ? if yes or something like that , as you wrote eclipse can handle more of it , it may be because Android Studio is better for the android developement and its easier and all that stuff for the deveoper that provides more useful and less complicated things than in eclipse . Thats what i think for now .