{"id":2661,"date":"2019-03-13T17:47:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T12:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/?p=2661"},"modified":"2025-02-24T12:48:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T07:18:03","slug":"top-android-development-tools-that-every-developers-toolbox-should-include","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/top-android-development-tools-that-every-developers-toolbox-should-include","title":{"rendered":"Top Android Development Tools That Every Developer\u2019s Toolbox Should Include"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/top-android-development-tools-that-every-developers-toolbox-should-include\/#Top_Amazing_Tools_that_Mobile_Developers_Can_Use_for_Android_App_Development\" title=\"Top Amazing Tools that Mobile Developers Can Use for Android App Development\">Top Amazing Tools that Mobile Developers Can Use for Android App Development<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/top-android-development-tools-that-every-developers-toolbox-should-include\/#Android_Studio\" title=\"Android Studio:\">Android Studio:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/top-android-development-tools-that-every-developers-toolbox-should-include\/#VYSOR\" title=\"VYSOR:\">VYSOR:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/top-android-development-tools-that-every-developers-toolbox-should-include\/#Android_Debug_Bridge\" title=\"Android Debug Bridge:\">Android Debug Bridge:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/top-android-development-tools-that-every-developers-toolbox-should-include\/#Eclipse\" title=\"Eclipse:\">Eclipse:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/top-android-development-tools-that-every-developers-toolbox-should-include\/#Genymotion\" title=\"Genymotion:\">Genymotion:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/top-android-development-tools-that-every-developers-toolbox-should-include\/#IntelliJ_IDEA\" title=\"IntelliJ IDEA:\">IntelliJ IDEA:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/top-android-development-tools-that-every-developers-toolbox-should-include\/#Sign_up_our_Newsletter\" title=\"Sign up our Newsletter!\">Sign up our Newsletter!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Mobile app development is core to business if you want to capture the market and remain competitive.\u00a0 If you have an idea and you are looking forward to create an app as a developer, then it\u2019s time to declutter your toolbox and keep the only most essential app development tools there. However, there are so many tools out there that it can easily make your head spin.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>&#8220;As per statistics, Google Play store has over 2.8 million android applications available, which is higher than what Apple App stores have. Since there are more Android mobile devices in the market today than any other OS, the demand for apps are also going to increase in the coming future.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In this post, we have listed some of the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/android-development\/\">best android development<\/a><\/span> tools that are right for your business and can be within the budget. With these tools Android developers will be able to churn out their apps faster and more efficiently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Top_Amazing_Tools_that_Mobile_Developers_Can_Use_for_Android_App_Development\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Top Amazing Tools that Mobile Developers Can Use for Android App Development<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Android_Studio\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Android Studio:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This is an official Integrated Development Environment for <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/android-development\/\">android application development<\/a><\/span> which is created by IntelliJIDEA. It has always been on top of the list of preferred tools. Android Studio offers code editing, testing and debugging tools all with an easy to use drag and drop interface.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It can be loaded for free and is supported not only by Google, but also by an active and huge community of android developers.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"VYSOR\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">VYSOR:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This tool mirrors the real device on your PC and this turns into a powerful tool if you are a developer who hates to create the apps on emulators, but crave to use its advantages. Vysor helps to mirror all your live app demos on the big TV screens or projectors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">So, if you think that this feature will match your own workstyle, streamline your work processes and help to create a better app with ease, then it is best to go for it.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Android_Debug_Bridge\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Android Debug Bridge:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Android Studio includes ADB, which is a bridge or a command line tool of communication between the Android devices and other computers that can be used while developing and overall debugging of the application.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 40px auto; border: 2px solid #065beb; padding: 20px 25px; border-radius: 6px; background: 0;\">\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 62%;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Are You Looking for Android Development Solutions?<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 36%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a style=\"padding: 10px 22px; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.3em; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: middle; cursor: pointer; color: #ffffff; background-color: #065beb; -moz-border-radius: 3px; -webkit-border-radius: 3px; border-radius: 3px; display: block;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/android-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Call us today!<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It is by connecting an Android device to the development PC and by giving a series of terminal commands, the developer can make certain modifications as needed for both the devices.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Eclipse\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Eclipse:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Eclipse was there before Android Studio and the tool was the officially preferred IDE for android development. Google no more offers its support for Eclipse, but many developers still use the tool to create Android and cross platform applications as it works very well with different programming languages.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Fabric: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This is used to develop the Twitter\u2019s mobile application. It allows the developers to create better mobile apps by providing them with a range of options and kits that they can pick and choose from. The kits include everything from beta testing to advertising and marketing tools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>In January 2017, Google purchased Fabric from Twitter. Many big brands like Spotify, Square, Yelp, Groupon have used Fabric to develop their mobile applications.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Genymotion\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Genymotion:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Genymotion is another Android emulator that helps the developers preview and test an application on more than 3000 device scenarios. The tool is popular among game developers, because it has some pre-installed standard Android graphics and images that are useful in the testing process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Genymotion is a cross platform development tool that supports many different environments and languages.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Related Blog:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"\/blog\/android-vs-ios-platform-wars-and-the-results\">Android Vs iOS: Platform Wars and the Results<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"IntelliJ_IDEA\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>IntelliJ IDEA:<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This is a popular Android app development tool from the developers at JetBrains and it is designed to increase the programmer\u2019s productivity. It comes will a full suite of features and is extremely fast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The tool is a Java IDE and gives smart code completion, framework specific support, detecting matches, richness patrons, language injections and etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>With literally hundreds of tools available for Android development, each developer has their own preferences for what tools they would use based on the particular application that they are creating.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The pool of tools helps the developers save time while producing high quality apps for the users.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"newsletter_form\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sign_up_our_Newsletter\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sign up our Newsletter!<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"es_form_container\">\n<form class=\"es_shortcode_form\" data-es_form_id=\"es_shortcode_form\">\n<div class=\"es_lablebox\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><label class=\"es_shortcode_form_email\">Email *<\/label><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"es_textbox\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><input id=\"es_txt_email\" class=\"es_textbox_class\" maxlength=\"60\" name=\"es_txt_email\" required=\"\" type=\"email\" value=\"\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"es_button\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><input id=\"es_txt_button\" class=\"es_textbox_button es_submit_button\" name=\"es_txt_button\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile app development is core to business if you want to capture the market and remain competitive.\u00a0 If you have an idea and you are looking forward to create an app as a developer, then it\u2019s time to declutter your&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[243,167],"tags":[246,785,308],"class_list":["post-2661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-app-development","category-mobile-apps-development-india","tag-android-app-development","tag-android-app-development-company","tag-app-development"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2661"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10463,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2661\/revisions\/10463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}