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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 many of them 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
     65 likes

    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

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Dart
    • Flutter
     
  2. 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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    MIT App Inventor vs Android Studio Comments
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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.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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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.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • 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
     55 likes

    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...

    45 Apache Cordova alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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    Apache Cordova vs Android Studio Comments
    Guest
    Positive
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    Good if you are ok using javascript Ave Maria

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • 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
     13 likes

    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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    Basic4Android vs Android Studio Comments
    Sebastian
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    Great IDE if you use Visual Basic.

    • Basic4Android is Free and Open SourceAndroid Studio is also Free and Open Source
  5. B4X icon
     51 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  6. Cosmic IDE icon
     5 likes

    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?

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  7. Android SDK icon
     44 likes

    The Android SDK has the tools, sample code, and docs you need to create great apps.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Appery.io icon
     17 likes

    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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Kodular icon
     19 likes

    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
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
     
  10. make android apk with easily for pascal programmer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. DroidScript icon
     4 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
     
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