Android Studio is the official IDE for developing Android applications, based on IntelliJ IDEA. It provides an easier workflow to develop Android applications compared to using Eclipse.
Opening an Android Cordova application is very simple:
Download Android Studio from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html, as shown in this screenshot:
Select Import project (Eclipse ADT, Gradle, etc.), as shown in the following screenshot:
Select the location where the
android
platform is stored (phonegap-cookbook/chapter12/hello/platforms/android
).Your application is ready and can be run directly from Android Studio.
Note
For more information about building using Android Studio, visit http://developer.android.com/tools/building/building-studio.html.