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Ricardo Gabriel
Asked: 2020-12-25 14:39:49 +0800 CST 2020-12-25 14:39:49 +0800 CST

Does Eclipse still support Android development?

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I am installing Eclipse neon, I am more of a web and Java developer, not Android, but the eclipse installer gives me the option to install eclipse to develop Android applications and I understood that it was no longer possible, I really do not develop Android apps because Android Studio is too heavy, going back to eclipse might change that.

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    NO , the support for the Eclipse plugin ended, for that reason Android Studio is the official IDE . There will be no plugin updates.

    In fact if there is an adaptation for it to work it is not official.

    We announced that we were ending development and official support for the Android Developer Tools (ADT) in Eclipse at the end of 2015, including the Eclipse ADT plugin and Android Ant build system. With the latest updates to Studio, we've completed the transition.

    You could use the plugin but you would have to use ADT version 21, which is not compatible with new components, it would be a headache, without a doubt the option is to use Android Studio

    @RicardoGabriel if the official site indicates that the official ide is Android Studio and also indicates that support for ADT has ended, I think the option is definitely to use Android Studio.

    Even the version of Eclipse to work with Android is not available:

    http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/neon/M6/eclipse-android-neon-M6-win32-x86_64.zip

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