AndroidCSOfficial/android-code-studio

What it is

Android Code Studio is an IDE that runs on Android devices and is meant for developing real, Gradle-based Android applications directly on the phone or tablet. It is a fork of AndroidIDE, maintained by AndroidCSOfficial, and the original developer is credited in the README Android Code Studio credits.

Its main pieces include a Java/XML/Kotlin editing environment with language servers, Gradle builds, JDK 11 and JDK 17, a terminal with common packages, SDK/NDK management via that terminal, a real-time log reader, a layout UI designer with drag-and-drop and attribute editing, an asset studio, Git integration, and a project-aware AI assistant features.

Getting started

1. Download the APK from the project's GitHub Releases page. The README explicitly recommends installing only from trusted sources and only lists GitHub Releases.
2. Follow the getting-started guide to install the required build tools.
3. Open or create a Gradle-based Android project and use the terminal and SDK Manager to prepare the toolchain.

The README's download button currently points to a release page under another account (Mohammed-baqer-null), not the AndroidCSOfficial repository shown here installation. Check that the package you install is the one you intend to use before proceeding.

Constraints

• The project must use Android Gradle Plugin 7.2.0 or newer; older projects have to be migrated.
• The SDK Manager is available through the built-in terminal, but some tools such as the NDK cannot be installed this way because they are not built for Android.
• The app is in beta and may be unstable.
• It is licensed under GPL-3.0 license.

HotRepo's take

Android Code Studio appeared on the Java daily chart on 2026-11-02 at position 16, with 1 star added that day and 1,387 stars and 245 forks in total. That is a single snapshot, so it supports only that day's placement, not a trend. The more practical observation is structural: the project offers a substantial on-device toolchain, but the README's only install path is an APK whose release link sits on a different account from the repository, and the binary's relationship to the source here is not described. Readers should verify the download source against the repository's own releases before installing.