Android Studio is the official integrated development environment (IDE) for Google’s Android operating system, built on JetBrains’ IntelliJ IDEA software and designed specifically for Android development. … Android Studio was announced on May 16, 2013 at the Google I/O conference.

Is Android studio based on IntelliJ?

IntelliJ IDEA is the base for Android Studio, the new IDE for Android developers. We are happy to confirm that Android Studio, the new IDE for Android development that Google is developing in cooperation with JetBrains, is based on the IntelliJ Platform and the existing functionality of IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition.

Who is the founder of Android studio?

Original Company. As with all histories, we start from the beginning. In 2003 Rich Miner, Nick Sears, Chris White, and Andy Rubin founded a company called Android Inc. The name came from Andy Rubin’s nickname when he worked at Apple.