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Android Studio vs Phabricator: 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; Phabricator: Open Source, Software Development Platform. Phabricator is a collection of open source web applications that help software companies build better software.
Android Studio belongs to "Integrated Development Environment" category of the tech stack, while Phabricator can be primarily classified under "Code Review".
Some of the features offered by Android Studio are:
- Flexible Gradle-based build system.
- Build variants and multiple APK generation.
- Expanded template support for Google Services and various device types.
On the other hand, Phabricator provides the following key features:
- reviewing code before it hits master
- auditing code after it hits master
- hosting Git/Hg/SVN repositories
"Android studio is a great tool, getting better and bet " is the primary reason why developers consider Android Studio over the competitors, whereas "Open Source" was stated as the key factor in picking Phabricator.
Google, Lyft, and 9GAG are some of the popular companies that use Android Studio, whereas Phabricator is used by Facebook, Dropbox, and Coursera. Android Studio has a broader approval, being mentioned in 928 company stacks & 691 developers stacks; compared to Phabricator, which is listed in 52 company stacks and 12 developer stacks.
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)

First of all - Android Studio and Visual Studio are IDE's. Tools to create code. What you are asking is programming framework. I assume that when you are talking about Android Studio you mean Native Android Development and by Visual Studio you mean Xamarin.
If you want to create crossplatform app then Native Android Development is NOT a way to go. Xamarin might work for you, BUT - you'd rather recommend you to go with Flutter. It's much more performant than Xamarin, programming model is friendlier for developer and technology seems just more refined. It's also officially supported by google, so no worries about support.
Pros of Android Studio
- Android studio is a great tool, getting better and bet174
- Google's official android ide103
- Intelligent code editor with lots of auto-completion37
- Its powerful and robust25
- Easy creating android app5
- Amazing Layout Designer3
- Great Code Tips3
- Great tool & very helpful3
- Easy to use2
- Built in Emulator2
- Keyboard Shortcuts are Amazing Out of the box2
Pros of Phabricator
- Open Source33
- Code Review29
- Supports Git/Hg/SVN25
- Bug Tracking18
- Audit Source Code17
- Unlimited Repo Support11
- Software Engineering Platform10
- Super fast task creation10
- Flexible Project Management9
- Project Management8
- Self hosted5
- Building Better Software4
- Best Integration with Gitlab2
- Complete set for collaborating on software development2
- Powerful, Complete, Fast, Reliable and Open Source1
- Straightforward code review process1
- Workflow1
- Very effective system, does all PM & code org needed1
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Cons of Android Studio
- Slow emulator4
- Huge memory usage4
- Complex for begginers2
- No checking incompatibilities2
- Using Intellij IDEA, while Intellij IDEA have too1
- Lags behind IntelliJ IDEA1
- Slow release process1