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Android

Posted by Anurag Chandela
Anurag Chandela
1,085 Points

Which tool to use ?

I am starting with my second project the blog reader app in android but in the first project (Fun Facts) the tool used was the android studio and now in the second project tool used is eclipse. So, should I continue using Android studio or should I download Eclipse for the second project??

3 Answers

Andrew Molloy
Andrew Molloy
37,259 Points

There's no issues having both installed. Ideally we'd want to stick with Android Studio since that's the future anyway really. I'd say try to use Android Studio if you can, you should be familiar enough by now to follow along with the second project. Any specific problems come back to the forum and I think it would be of benefit for everyone. I assume future Android project courses and updates to existing courses will stick with Android Studio anyway.

Ben Jakuben
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Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Jakuben
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher

Sorry for the confusion here! I'm about to add an explanation video to all the projects that still use Eclipse. It'll take me some time to refresh everything.

The important thing to learn are the Android programming concepts. The tool is really just a tool. I'd recommend trying to do the lessons using Android Studio, but Eclipse works great still, so it's up to you how.

rll
rll
4,166 Points
rll
rll
4,166 Points

Android studio is more stable than Eclipse, even at this point. When I switched for this course, I only had one single head scratcher error. WIth Eclipse, it was clean, build, wait, clean, build, wait, etc. I like Eclipse, but AS is the way to go.