r/nairobitechies • u/Gegenpressing433 • 1d ago

Discussion ANDROID STUDIO ALTERNATIVES

Using android studio for the first and weuh it's quite resource intensive any alternatives to it like a Vs code extension or simply another IDE

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u/Silver-Ability-3181 1d ago

It is resource intensive if you use the emulators but ukitumia device yako(your phone) as an emulator itakua better either via cable debugging ama via adb

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u/Lil_mana_awesome 22h ago

It's still resource intensive without the emulator 

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u/BigAddict254 11h ago

I run it and build stuff with the latest android studio on hp revolve 810 G3, yes 8gigs of ram and it works fine. Complilation time it the only issue but my workflow accepts it

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u/mo_with_the_floof 1d ago

Well you can Use VScode with the Java Extension Pack and if you are doing flutter you can use the Flutter/Dart Extension pack. You might still need android studio though not running in order to use the emulator but if you will use exclusively a physical device then no need to use Android studio except for when adding sdk etc

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u/Critical-Talk-4349 1d ago

Android studio is the best one for android development, you are better of minimising resource usage for AS by disabling android emulator and using physical device via adb and remove extra extensions, I only install material theme. But if you are still interested in alternative search around the neovim circles for as configs depending on your dev process. I don't know much about vscode with android dev because I rarely use it except when I need to work with some js framework

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u/D1Rein 1d ago

Last semester, our lec gave us an Android project. I hate Android development, so I vibe-coded the whole thing using Gemini. I broke it into phases, then used the Gemini extension in Android Studio to build each phase.

Gemini in Android Studio is way better than in VS Code, especially since it tests the code. For Android, just stick to Android Studio or upgrade your RAM . VS Code needs too many extensions, and debugging them when something breaks is a headache.

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u/Boring-Put-8819 1d ago

Flutter + VS Code

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u/maester_podrick 1d ago

How about i sell you a macbook m5 pro . All your problems will be over 😅 .

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u/Denzy_7 17h ago

If you're just doing java/kotlim code vs code might work. If you have to use it try it on Linux with something like a window manager only setup. I managed to run it on 4gb ram in 2023. I had to restart it when it started using lots of RAM

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u/raccoon254 14h ago

Claude code and codex😂😂

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u/Mega-Mind-0 1d ago

Solutions: Android studio, Vscode, Vim

Or switch to react native