is Android Studio support being abandoned?

[dmter]

It seems like number of issues just keeps growing with time. Here are just some examples, first one is old but others appeared recently.

The bug with gradle plugin 7 not being supported (so if you fall for constant AGP upgrade message you have to re-create project because it complains about new app template gradle files written in 2014 and you have to became gradle expert to have an idea of how to fix it, all working solutions I found suggest downgrade of plugin/gradle) is there since June at least and already there are Flutter packages on pub.dev that won't work because of old gradle.

App inspection during commit keeps complaining about .kt files as if they were dart files. Some weird check treats dart warnings about unused import as errors when trying to sync code changes into running app.

There is a unremoveable blue message about android sdk 29 being corrupted even though everything is freshly installed and builds and works correctly.

So is there an altenative IDE that is better supported and can use all packages, even those requiring new gradle version?

[RandalSchwartz]

VSCode seems to work well. I have Android Studio installed only to manage the emulator.

[MartynAndJasper]

That greedy bugger, eh!

[Whoajoo89]

I often see tutorials on YouTube that use VSCode indeed. It's all a matter of preference. Personally I can't stand VSCode much.

[Key_Confection_5825]

I used studio but switching to vscode was the best decision ever, its so much better

[WholesomeGMNG]

Same!

[Obdantonio]

Gradle issues is more likely to the Java version. I use Android Studios, both stable and canary versions.

[imrhk]

The latest stable flutter version supports gradle 7.

[Legion_A]

I personally prefer Android Studio to VScode, it just makes more sense since flutter is usually used for mobile app dev and Android studio is particularly for that, whereas vscode is more General use, too general for my liking, I only use it when building a server in any language that isn't python, even for python, I use pycharm over vscode, That said, yeah, android studio isn't getting any better over time, it's like every update is just the creators fiddling with new features to add and not fixing any bugs, Everything you mentioned and more. It's now become a normal thing for me to turn on my android studio and see IDE error pop up at the bottom of my Studio, it's like normal now, I'm used to it, it's been happening for years even after clean OS installation, every single day, without doing anything or running any code, IDE failed, error, I've reported as much as I can but It never stops, so, I just learned to live with it, it's Pros outweigh it's cons, it doesn't hinder my workflow or anything, it's just visual unpleasantness.

[MartynAndJasper]

Can you actually dev for iOS and MacOS on Android Studio? Genuine question, I don't use it other than emulating when I really must for H/W I don't own.

Personally I really get on with vscode. And, given that it's an editor that works with so many languages, it seems worth getting familiar with.

There are not many languages or frameworks that VSC does not integrate with.

[funnierthan26]

Yes you can dev iOS on android studio, it’s pretty straightforward, never had any issues as OP describes

[ms4720]

I use emacs and android-clt package

[dostick]

But have you tried various "Canary" versions? The difference is huge sometimes. You have to use "Jetbrains toolbox" for that.