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      <li><a href="#project-structure">Project and File Structure</a></li>

      <li><a href="#build-system">Android Build System</a></li>

      <li><a href="#debug-perf">Debug and Performance</a></li>

    </ol>

  <h2>See also</h2>

  <ol>

    <li><a class="external-link" href="http://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/IntelliJIDEA/FAQ+on+Migrating+to+IntelliJ+IDEA">IntelliJ FAQ on migrating to IntelliJ IDEA</a></li>

  </ol>

<a class="button" href="{@docRoot}sdk/index.html" style="margin:15px">

  Get Android Studio

</a>

</div>

</div>

<p>Android Studio is the official IDE for Android application development,

<p>Android Studio is the official IDE for Android app development,

based on <a class="external-link" href="https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/" target="_blank">IntelliJ IDEA</a>.

On top of the capabilities you expect from IntelliJ,

Android Studio offers:</p>

<ul>

  <li>Flexible Gradle-based build system</li>

  <li>Build variants and multiple <code>apk</code> file generation</li>

  <li>Build variants and multiple APK file generation</li>

  <li>Code templates to help you build common app features</li>

  <li>Rich layout editor with support for drag and drop theme editing</li>

  <li>{@code lint} tools to catch performance, usability, version compatibility, and other problems</li>

  <li>ProGuard and app-signing capabilities</li>

  <li>Lint tools to catch performance, usability, version compatibility, and other problems</li>

  <li>Code shrinking with ProGuard</li>

  <li>Built-in support for

  <a href="http://developers.google.com/cloud/devtools/android_studio_templates/">Google Cloud Platform</a>,

  making it easy to integrate Google Cloud Messaging and App Engine</li>

  <li>And much more</li>

</ul>

<p>If you're new to Android Studio or the IntelliJ IDEA interface, this

page provides an introduction to some key Android

Studio features.</p>

<p>For specific Android Studio how-to documentation, see the pages in the <a href=

<p>This page provides an introduction to some key Android Studio features. For

specific Android Studio how-to documentation, see the pages in the <a href=

"{@docRoot}tools/workflow/index.html">Workflow</a> section, such as <a href=

"{@docRoot}sdk/installing/create-project.html">Managing Projects from Android Studio</a> and

<a href="{@docRoot}tools/building/building-studio.html">Building and Running from Android

Studio</a>. For a summary of the latest changes to Android Studio, see the

<a href="{@docRoot}tools/revisions/studio.html">Android Studio Release Notes</a>.</p>

"{@docRoot}sdk/installing/create-project.html">Managing Projects from Android

Studio</a> and <a href="{@docRoot}tools/building/building-studio.html">Building

and Running from Android Studio</a>. For a summary of the latest changes to

Android Studio, see the <a href="{@docRoot}tools/revisions/studio.html">Android

Studio Release Notes</a>.</p>

<h3 id="other-views">Other Android Studio views</h3>

<p>When you use the <em>Project</em> view in Android Studio, you

should notice that the project structure appears different than you may be used to in Eclipse. Each

instance of Android Studio contains a project with one or more application modules. Each

application module folder contains the complete source sets for that module, including

instance of Android Studio contains a project with one or more app modules. Each

app module folder contains the complete source sets for that module, including

{@code src/main/} and {@code src/androidTest/} directories, resources, build

file and the Android manifest. For the most part, you will need to modify the files under each

module's {@code src/main/} directory for source code updates, the gradle.build file for build