Google has officially announced in a blog that it is stopping support and development for Android Developer Tool (ADT) in Eclipse.
In May 2013, during the Google I/O, Katherine Chou, Google's Product Manager, announced Android Studio, which is an integrated development environment (IDE) that is used for developing on the Android platform. The first stable built of Android Studio was released in December 2014.
Android Studio offers better app development experience to Android developers. Google has received positive feedback regarding Android Studio from many impressed developers and it has become the official Android IDE.
The latest Android Studio offers developers with comprehensive and powerful tools to develop a variety of apps on the Android platforms. Google revealed that it is now putting more focus on Android Studio, which will result in stopping the support and development for ADT in Eclipse.
"To that end and to focus all of our efforts on making Android Studio better and faster, we are ending development and official support for the Android Developer Tools (ADT) in Eclipse at the end of the year. This specifically includes the Eclipse ADT plugin and Android Ant build system," stated an Android developers blog post.
The bog post also revealed that if developers have not yet migrated their projects from Eclipse to Android Studio then it is the right time for migrating. Developers will be able to complete their projects in Android Studio. Check out the full migration guide to Android Studio.
The changes will take effect from the end of this year; however, the remainder of the standalone performance tools such as Trace Viewer, DDMS and more will be migrated and integrated to Android Studio in the next few months. Developers are encouraged to shift their projects from Eclipse ADT to Android Studio as soon as possible.
Google also announced that some Android tools that are currently integrated in Eclipse will still continue and will be available via the company's Eclipse Foundation.
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