Android Studio is the official Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Android app development, based onIntelliJ IDEA . On top of IntelliJ's powerful code editor and developer tools, Android Studio offers even more features that enhance your productivity when building Android apps, such as:
A flexible Gradle-based build system
A fast and feature-rich emulator
A unified environment where you can develop for all Android devices
Instant Run to push changes to your running app without building a new APK
Code templates and GitHub integration to help you build common app features and import sample code
Extensive testing tools and frameworks
Lint tools to catch performance, usability, version compatibility, and other problems
C++ and NDK support
Built-in support for Google Cloud Platform, making it easy to integrate Google Cloud Messaging and App Engine