From Android Studio to intelliJ IDEA

Question

I've installed Android Studio and now I need IntelliJ IDEA, can I convert/extend Android Studio to IntelliJ IDEA community edition? Is the installation of IntelliJ IDEA community edition the only way to having both?

Answer 1

While I'd strongly recommend getting Ultimate Edition, you should be able to use Community Edition to develop on Android.

Provided that you have the Android plugin installed, it should be a matter of importing your existing project into IntelliJ.

You can't convert one into another since they're different programs/platforms, but IntelliJ can generally run what the other IDEs out there can with plugin support.