Google first announced Android Studio, built on the popular IntelliJ IDEA Java IDE, at its I/O Developer conference in May 2013. The company’s pitch was very simple: This is the official Android ...

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“We feel that version 8 offers a tremendous value to the Mac community,” Mastronardi told MacCentral. “Cocoa support is something that developers have been asking for as part of the IDE.” ...

The Microsoft Open Technologies group previewed the MS Open Tech Tools Plugin for Microsoft Services, an initial preview of a new plugin for JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA Java IDE and Android Studio ...

Google warned potential users that work on Android Studio has not been completed — this is version 0.1 of the IDE — and several features have not been completed, or remain buggy.

JetBrains, which has provided its IntelliJ Idea Java IDE as a commercial product, now is offering a preview of a free, open source version of the IDE.

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