Android development without Android Studio

You will need to download the Android SDK without Android Studio bundled . Go to Android SDK and navigate to the SDK Tools Only section. Copy the URL for the download that’s appropriate for your build machine OS.

So technically, you don’t need an IDE at all . Basically, every project has at least a build. gradle file that contains the instructions to build it. You only have to launch Gradle with the appropriate command to compile your app.22 May 2017

IntelliJ IDEA, Visual Studio, Eclipse, Xamarin, and Xcode are the most popular alternatives and competitors to Android Studio.