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Mario S
Mario S

Reputation: 1984

Could Android Studio and Intellij IDEA Ultimate be installed on the same computer?

I would like to learn to develop Android apps and I need your advice before broke my current installation.

I have IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate 15 installed on my computer (Ubuntu 15). Well, I have some doubts:

  1. Is IntelliJ IDEA + Android plugin the same as Android Studio?
  2. If they are different, can I install both in the same computer?
  3. Could a project created on IntelliJ be opened on Android Studio, and vice versa?

TIA,

Edit: The questions 1 and 3 were solved thanks to the yUdoDis' comment. Their projects are compatible, and although they are practically the same, they have some differences that could be important.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1379

Answers (1)

Peter
Peter

Reputation: 5164

Android Studio and IDEA Ultimate (IU)/Community are not the same. AS is based on the Intellij Platform, but they are different.

That means:

  • There are plugins for AS that do not run on IU (like JRebel for Android) and vice versa.
  • You can of course install both IDEs on your system. They have different folders for storing their data.
  • IU + Android Plugin is not the same as Android Studio. They have different release plans. So the features are not automatically in sync.

Upvotes: 1

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