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"officially supported": Eclipse or Android Studio ?

I am a little bit puzzled: In Sec. 1.1 someone says: "The officially supported integrated development environment (IDE) is Eclipse using the Android Development Tools (ADT) Plugin, though IntelliJ IDEA IDE (all editions) fully supports Android development out of the box" but when I visit the "Building Your First App" intro on https://developer.android.com/ it refers me to the community edition Android Studio. I am a newbie in Android development, so I would appreciate any clarification. Additionally Android Studio is labeled on its download page as "The official Android IDE" on 14. Jan. 2015. Treutwein (talk • contribs)

Proposed merge of Android NDK into Android software development

Don't need a separate article for the NDK Joseph2302 (talk) 21:51, 25 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Joseph2302 However, it would feel more encyclopedic if it did. The article itself needs some improvement in the fact that it is missing a lot of sections, images but you didn't link to which policy or guideline it broke so I do Not Support. SoyokoAnis - talk 13:24, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

WP:REDUNDANTFORK, no need for a separate article. Joseph2302 (talk) 13:29, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Joseph2302 @SoyokoAnis I don't see how WP:REDUNDANTFORK applies to this issue. The content about the NDK is not covered in the Android software development software. The NDK meets the WP:GNG. Personally, I don't think the Android software development article should exists. I think the separate tools should have their own article (such as the Android SDK, fastboot and Android Debug Bridge) and that the remaining of the software development article should be merged into a development paragraph of the main Android article. PhotographyEdits (talk) 14:54, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]