Determine target hardware phone for Android Studio

[Thomas_Hauck]

I am looking for an inexpensive Android phone where I can test
the Java code that I develop using Android Studio.

Question: Is it easy to port Java code to the phone “Motorola XT1022 Moto E” from Android Studio?

I own a “iphone 5s” and want to purchase an Android phone
without being locked into a 1 or 2 year agreement.

I have programmed using Mac, Objective C, on an iphone.

Now I want to do the same using PC, Android Studio, and specific phone hardware.
I am looking for target hardware (phone recommendation) to run my code.

Thanks in Advance

[ChrisChinchilla]

Hi @Thomas_Hauck you don’t need to port Android Studio code to different devices. Any Android phone can be used for testing, you just connect it with a USB lead and the IDE will guide you through the rest of the process.

Really the ‘best’ devices are the Nexus devices, but Motorola are perfectly fine.

[Thomas_Hauck]

Hi Chris,

Thank you for your reply.
I acquired a Motorola Moto E running Android 5.1
I am able to communicate with Moto E using INSIGNIA Micro USB cable from PC Laptop.

Question 1: When you say the IDE will guide you through the rest of the process,
do you mean this IDE
http://developer.android.com/index.html ?

Question2: Which low-end "Nexus: device would you recommend for Android Testing?

Thank You,
Tom Hauck
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[ChrisChinchilla]

Yup, that’s the official Android IDE now.

You can get hold of a cheap Nexus 4 or 5 these days pretty easily

[Thomas_Hauck]

Thank you for the useful information.

Best Regards,
Tom