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The best Android Development alternative to Android Studio is Flutter, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Android Studio and 19 are Android Development Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Android Development Tool alternatives to Android Studio are MIT App Inventor, Apache Cordova, Basic4Android and B4X.

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  1. Flutter icon
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    Build apps for any screen. Flutter transforms the app development process. Build, test, and deploy beautiful mobile, web, desktop, and embedded apps from a single codebase.

    45 Flutter alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Dart
    • Flutter
     
    • Flutter is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Android Studio.

    • Flutter is Free and Open SourceAndroid Studio is also Free and Open Source
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    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...

    51 MIT App Inventor alternatives

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    • Online
     
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    Comments about MIT App Inventor as an Alternative to Android Studio
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    Easy to build the UI, then 1 click and you can start programming with "Code Blocks" that are super simple to use. You can then run it instantly with a downloadable emulator or just downloading the APK.

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    It's an open source project that allows you to build an application pretty quickly. It may just look like Scratch, but it's pretty powerful.

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    • Most users think MIT App Inventor is a great Android Studio alternative.

    • MIT App Inventor is the most popular Web-based alternative to Android Studio.

    • MIT App Inventor is Free and Open SourceAndroid Studio is also Free and Open Source
    • MIT App Inventor is LightweightAndroid Studio is not according to our users
  3. Apache Cordova icon
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    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...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Good if you are ok using javascript Ave Maria

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Apache Cordova is a great Android Studio alternative.

    • Apache Cordova is Free and Open SourceAndroid Studio is also Free and Open Source
    • Apache Cordova is LightweightAndroid Studio is not according to our users
  4. Basic4Android icon
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    Basic4android is Simple and powerful RAD tool for developing native Android applications without time-consuming Java / Eclipse programming .

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    • Windows
     
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    Great IDE if you use Visual Basic.

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    • Basic4Android is Free and Open SourceAndroid Studio is also Free and Open Source
  5. B4X icon
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    Cross platform development tools for native iOS, Android, desktop and server applications. B4X is a Rapid Application Development (RAD) tool for real world apps. The programming language is a modern version of Visual Basic.

    71 B4X alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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    • Almost everyone thinks B4X is a great Android Studio alternative.

    • B4X is the most popular iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Android Studio.

    • B4X is Freemium and ProprietaryAndroid Studio is Free and Open Source
  6. Cosmic IDE icon
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    There are a lot of cases where you want to quickly test some Java code but don't have your computer open besides you. You open your browser and search for some website for this purpose. But you're neither guaranteed to have internet all the time (do you?

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  7. Appery.io icon
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    Appery.io is a low-code app development platform that makes creating hybrid mobile apps, web apps, and progressive web apps (PWAs) easy.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Kodular icon
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    Much more than a modern app creator without coding It allows people to create apps without coding using a simple drag-and-drop app creator. It also provides a free Play Store alternative, and an Extensions IDE for advanced users.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
     
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  9. DroidScript icon
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    DroidScript is an IDE that runs on Android devices for coding, testing and building apps to run on Android. Code is written in javascript with objects and methods for layout, controls, sensors, camera, web, files, etc.

    13 DroidScript alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
     
  10. FAB Builder icon
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    FAB Builder is a cutting-edge Code Generation / Low Code platform that simplifies and accelerates the development of web and mobile applications. Combining low-code capabilities with seamless integration for MERN stack, MEAN stack, React, Node.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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