Android Studio Alternatives

Microsoft Visual Studio

Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft. It is used to develop computer programs for Microsoft Windows, as well as web sites, web applications and web services. Visual Studio uses Microsoft software development platforms such as Windows API, Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Store and Microsoft Silverlight. It can produce both native code and managed code.

Features:

• Code completion
• Embedded debugger
• IDE
• Intellisense
• NET Support
• C support
• Compiler
• Exe Compiler
• F# Support
• Form designer
• NETCore Support
• Nuget
• Support for MS SQL Server
• VB.NET support
• Autocompletion
• Automatic content formatting
• Azure integration
• C# Scripting
• Color coding
• Developer Tools
• Functions
• IDE
• Refactoring
• Vim key mapping
• Web Development

PhoneGap

PhoneGap is an open source development tool for building iPhone, Android, Blackberry and other mobile apps with JavaScript. It's an HTML5 app platform that allows you to author native applications with web technologies and get access to APIs and app stores. PhoneGap leverages web technologies developers already know best... HTML and JavaScript.

Apache Cordova

Apache Cordova is a set of device APIs that allow a mobile app developer to access native device function such as the camera or accelerometer from JavaScript. Combined with a UI framework such as jQuery Mobile or Dojo Mobile or Sencha Touch, this allows a smartphone app to be developed with just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. When using the Cordova APIs, an app can be built without any native code (Java, Objective-C, etc) from the app developer.

MIT App Inventor

App Inventor for Android is an application originally provided by Google and now maintained by the MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It allows anyone, including people unfamiliar with computer programming, to create software applications for the Android operating system.

Features:

• Visual Programming
• Blocks
• Building blocks
• Cloud coding
• Configurable
• FOSS
• Online Editing
• Scratch-Block programming
• Source code history
• Web-Based

Thunkable

Thunkable is a powerful drag-and-drop app builder made by two of the first MIT engineers on MIT App Inventor. The platform is geared for the more professional user who may want higher quality, robust apps for their business, community or just themselves. It has two main components: Designer: Allows you to create an app UI by adding different UI components to your screen, such as buttons, TextBoxes, GoogleMaps, etc.

Features:

• Drag n drop
• Mobile apps
• Visual Programming
• AdMob adverts
• Camera capturing
• Configurable
• Google Maps integration
• Integrated into iOS
• Material design

Kodular

Kodular (formerly Makeroid) is a modern app builder which lets users to create stunning Android applications without having any special knowledge of programming. It is a complete suite which allows people start programming without spending years learning a coding language. Kodular primarily provides Kodular Creator. It is a drag-and-drop Android app creator.

Features:

• Material design
• AdMob adverts
• Drag n drop
• Google Maps integration
• Live Push Notifications
• Visual Programming
• Browser based
• No coding required
• Android Development
• Beginner friendly
• Blocks
• No coding required
• Push Notifications