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> The thing I hate most about IDEs is when they insinuate themselves into a project's development workflow so deeply that you can't make do without them.

Isn't this the case with Android Studio? Is it even possible to do Android development without Android Studio?

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Is it even possible to do Android development without Android Studio?

Oh yes: https://www.lambdanative.org/

You can build an app from the command line with Gradle: https://developer.android.com/studio/build/building-cmdline

That said, it would be quite difficult to write anything substantial without Android Studio.

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