Android Studio vs Google App Maker

Overview

Android Studio

Stacks25.5K

Followers20.3K

Votes361

Google App Maker

Stacks177

Followers237

Votes0

Android Studio vs Google App Maker: What are the differences?

Android Studio: Android development environment based on IntelliJ IDEA. Android Studio is a new Android development environment based on IntelliJ IDEA. It provides new features and improvements over Eclipse ADT and will be the official Android IDE once it's ready; Google App Maker: * Low-code application development for G Suite*. App Maker lets you develop powerful apps with relative ease. Create a model to manage your data, build a UI in the visual editor, use Apps Script to write some scripts, and you're on your way.

Android Studio belongs to "Integrated Development Environment" category of the tech stack, while Google App Maker can be primarily classified under "Web App Builders".

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Advice on Android Studio, Google App Maker

William

Sep 10, 2019

Needs advice

The problem I have is whether to choose Android Studio or Visual Studio? I have to develop a simple app for a school project that can work on both iPhone and Android.

The most important factors for me are Android and iOS compatibility. Although note that i would like to become a Software Engineer when i finish my course. (I'd like to work for Apple, just saying!)

After that id like easy integration for Google Ads and such if i do develop another app that people actually use to support development. (I'd also like to stick with one easy programming language that's compatible with a wide variety of platforms since i'm a beginner and have only ever used Pascal)

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Detailed Comparison

Android Studio	Google App Maker
Android Studio is a new Android development environment based on IntelliJ IDEA. It provides new features and improvements over Eclipse ADT and will be the official Android IDE once it's ready.	App Maker lets you develop powerful apps with relative ease. Create a model to manage your data, build a UI in the visual editor, use Apps Script to write some scripts, and you're on your way.
Flexible Gradle-based build system.;Build variants and multiple APK generation.;Expanded template support for Google Services and various device types.;Rich layout editor with support for theme editing.;Lint tools to catch performance, usability, version compatibility, and other problems.;ProGuard and app-signing capabilities.;Built-in support for Google Cloud Platform, making it easy to integrate Google Cloud Messaging and App Engine.	-
Statistics
Stacks 25.5K	Stacks 177
Followers 20.3K	Followers 237
Votes 361	Votes 0
Pros & Cons
Pros 176 Android studio is a great tool, getting better and bet 103 Google's official android ide 37 Intelligent code editor with lots of auto-completion 25 Its powerful and robust 5 Easy creating android app Cons 4 Huge memory usage 4 Slow emulator 2 Using Intellij IDEA, while Intellij IDEA have too 2 Complex for begginers 2 No checking incompatibilities	No community feedback yet
Integrations
Android SDK	G Suite Google Cloud SQL

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