I started playing around with Google's new product, Android Studio (currently version 0.20). Previously, the provided a plug-in for Eclipse to assist in Android development. The new tool is based in the IntelliJ IDE.
The integration with IntelliJ is a lot nicer than the previous integration with Eclipse. For one, it's just one download, instead of having to get Eclipse and the ADT separately. They provide some handy wizards to get you started as well.
I tested Android Studio out by crafting a small note-taking app. I used their blank layout template, and just ran from there. The GUI editor is much improved from what I remember the Eclipse version having. It's approaching Visual Studio in style, especially in being able to assign method as the click handlers for buttons. This makes it a little easier on the developer.
Running in emulation is relatively painless, and they include a good number of template VM's to try. Granted, the VM's can still take a while to load even on a good workstation, but the overall creating and VM and launching is simple enough.
Overall, I look forward to playing around more with the IDE. It's nice having a more fully integrated environment, and it'll be interesting to see what other features they add.
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