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We’ve received a large number of questions related to yesterday’s announcement of Android Studio, and we’ve decided to compile the answers in a FAQ post.

Where do I get Android Studio?

Android Studio is available for download at the developer.android.com site.

Is Android Studio a fork of IntelliJ IDEA?

No. Android Studio and the Android plugin for IntelliJ IDEA are built from the same code, and all of the changes in Android Studio are, and will continue to be, available in IntelliJ IDEA releases.

When can I get the Android Studio features in IntelliJ IDEA?

The EAP of IntelliJ IDEA 13, which includes all of the Android Studio features except for the redesigned new project wizard and the App Engine cloud endpoints integration, is available now. The remaining features are going to be integrated in the coming weeks.

Will the new features of Android Studio be available for users of IntelliJ IDEA 12?

No. The new features (especially the Gradle support) depend on the major changes that were done in the version 13 platform, and we do not have any plans to backport them.

If I’m already a user of IntelliJ IDEA, do I need to switch to Android Studio for Android development?

No. Android Studio is focused specifically on Android development and provides streamlined environment and project setup, but otherwise all of its features are available in IntelliJ IDEA.

If I rely on features that are only available in IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate (such as additional version control plugins), will I be able to use Android Studio?

No, these additional features will not be available in Android Studio. You should continue using IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate.

Are Android Studio projects compatible with IntelliJ IDEA?

Yes, the two IDEs use the same project format.

Is it planned to support NDK development in Android Studio or IntelliJ IDEA?

We have recently announced that we’re starting work on an IDE for C++, and we plan to eventually support NDK development as part of that effort. As for NDK development support in Android Studio, Google hasn’t announced anything so far.

Where do I report bugs?

If you’re using Android Studio, please report bugs to the AOSP issue tracker. IntelliJ IDEA issues, as before, should be reported through YouTrack.

Feel free to ask other questions and provide the feedback here and on our discussion forum.

Even though IntelliJ IDEA 12 is already out, there’s still some updates that we need to do for the previous release, IntelliJ IDEA 11.1. The RC build for the last bugfix update, version 11.1.5, is now available, and includes two major changes: support for Android Development Tools release 21 and support for IntelliJ IDEA subscription licenses (introduced with the IntelliJ IDEA 12 release). A couple of additional fixes are listed in the release notes.

The new build is available for download on the IntelliJ IDEA 11 EAP page.

We’ve just published a new Release Candidate build for IntelliJ IDEA 12. We’ve fixed the evaluation license issue (for real this time), along with a few other issues listed in the release notes.

As usual, please send feedback to the issue tracker.

As the development of IntelliJ IDEA 12 progresses, we’ve released a new EAP build. You can check out the list of new features, improvements and bugfixes in the new build, download it, or upgrade from within the IDE using the “Check for updates” feature.

Today we’ve released a new update for IntelliJ IDEA 11, version 11.1.2. Noteworthy changes in this update include:

• BuildConfig.java support in the Android plugin;
• Adobe AIR Native Extensions support;
• Improved compatibility with GNOME 3 and Ubuntu 12.04;
• Improved Subversion 1.7 support;
• Improved Perforce integration performance;
• Many bugfixes related to Maven, Android, JavaScript, Flex and other areas of the IDE.

You can download the new update or install it directly from the IDE using the “Check for Updates” action. The complete release notes are also available.

Today we’ve released the next EAP build of IntelliJ IDEA 11.1.2. Among the usual amount of bugfixes, noteworthy changes are support for BuildConfig.java (added in a recent release of Eclipse ADT) in the Android plugin, an updated version of SVNKit for better Subversion 1.7 support and a workaround for a JDK 6 bug that caused mouse events to be received with incorrect coordinates on some GNOME 3 versions.

You can download the new build from the EAP page or update from the IDE using “Check for updates”.

Today we’re beginning the Early Access Preview for the next bugfix update of IntelliJ IDEA, version 11.1.2. The new build includes many bugfixes, in particular related to Android, Perforce, JavaScript and Flash/Flex integration. You can download the new build from the EAP page or update from the IDE using “Check for updates”.

After we released IntelliJ IDEA 11.1, a critical bug was discovered in the SVNKit library, which could lead to changes being committed to the wrong branch after you switched your working copy to a different branch. We’d like to make the fix available to our users as soon as possible, and we’re doing this today by releasing the IntelliJ IDEA 11.1.1 bugfix update (build 117.117). In addition to the SVNKit fix, it also fixes a problem which caused plugins to get stuck in the “Downloaded” state without any possibility to install them, and a number of other minor issues.

If you’re already running IntelliJ IDEA 11.1, you can upgrade to the new build using the “Check for updates” action. Otherwise, please download the complete installer.

Today’s RC build is most likely the last one before the final 11.1 release. Besides the issues listed in the release notes, changes worth noting are a new build of SVNKit and a new checkbox under Settings | Appearance allowing to disable the use of mnemonics under Mac OS X (and allowing to use Alt-letter keyboard shortcuts for entering special characters in any context).

Looking forward to your feedback!

We’d like to apologize for a major problem which was introduced in yesterday’s RC build and led to incorrect font antialiasing settings being used in the editor on Windows and Linux platforms. We understand that the problem made the build unusable for a large part of our EAP users, and we’d like to get the fixed build out as fast as possible.

The RC3 build (117.46) is now available for download on the EAP page. If you’re interested in the complete list of fixes, you can check out the release notes.