Google officially ends support for Eclipse Android Developer Tools. Explore the implications for developers, Eclipse alternatives, and the future of Android IDEs.

Eclipse is fairly straightforward to setup and start using the Android SDK, you just have to download a package to include the SDK to Eclipses referenced files.

Google officially ended support for the Android Developer Tools plug-in that for a time turned Eclipse into the go-to platform for non-iOS mobile coders.

Google today announced that it will be ending support for its Eclipse Android Developer Tools. They will be replaced by Android Studio 2.2, which is Google's own integrated development environment.

Android mobile developers have reason to celebrate with Google's new Android development environment, which pairs rich layout and build capabilities with IntelliJ IDEA's famous ease.

The integrated development environment or IDE has been stabilized by Google as per the announcement they made in 2013 and now, company feels ready to put all its efforts into Android Studio. Google ...