title: Difference between Android Studio and IntelliJ IDEA with plugins?
body: <p>We have an existing Java code base where we use IntelliJ IDEA for development.</p>
  <p>We are building an Android application where we will be sharing code and other resources with the pre-existing code and resource base.</p>
  <p>As Android Studio seems mainly to be a modified version of IntelliJ my question is are there totally specific features Android Studio has that are indispensable? Incompatible?<br />
  &quot;Standard&quot; vs IntelliJ IDEA Community or Ultimate?<br />
  Are the two interchangeable with a proper plugin set?</p>
  <p>If we were to use IntelliJ IDEA with the various Android support plugins, are these plugins the same as what comes with Android Studio?<br />
  With this set of plugins will the programs virtually interchangeable?</p>
  <p>(I did notice &quot;ant&quot; support is not in Android Studio. Though all I need is some ability to invoke executables from the IDE with a set of menu configurable entries for various commands - I now use the IntelliJ ant support to do this because it was available.)</p>
  <p>Will IntelliJ always be lagging releases being Android Studio as it is Google's &quot;Official&quot; Tool.</p>
  <p>If they are significantly incompatible, what is the easiest way to use common resources and tools between the two systems?</p>