Comment by pjmlp
8 years ago
No you are the one ignoring what I am saying, as apparently you are not doing Android development.
1 - InteliJ Android plugin is not the same as Android Studio, it lags a few versions behind;
2 - The free C and C++ plugins are not the same as the parts from CLion that Google integrated into Android Studio;
3 - Additionally the mixed Java/Kotlin and NDK debugging is also taken from CLion
So if you want to be behind the curve of what Android developers use daily, by all means use pure InteliJ with the plugins you are suggesting.
> No you are the one ignoring what I am saying, as apparently you are not doing Android development.
Great, you could’ve checked my profile, or googled who I am, but apparently you didn’t. Spoiler: I do. A lot.
> 1 - InteliJ Android plugin is not the same as Android Studio, it lags a few versions behind;
Which is irrelevant, because Android Studio itself is also splittered into several versions, and many devs simply use the beta, and others use IDEA directly, and yet others simply copied the plugin over.
The plugin in IDEA Ultimate is up-to-date with the latest stable version of Android Studio, btw.
> 2 - The free C and C++ plugins are not the same as the parts from CLion that Google integrated into Android Studio;
No, but they differ insignificantly, I’ve been using both options daily, and both work just the same and fine.
> 3 - Additionally the mixed Java/Kotlin and NDK debugging is also taken from CLion
That’s something I don’t know anything about, as I mostly use a custom solution for that purpose.
Ok, fare enough. You win. :)
It’s true that there are major differences between 3.0.0-beta6 and IDEA-CE, but 2.3.4 and IDEA-CE are basically the same.
And the open C++ plugin is actually the same that powers CLion (if you have CLion installed, I recommend looking at the plugin list)