title: Ant versus Eclipse builds for Android: Strengths of Each?
body: <p>I've used Eclipse and vim variously as development environments for Android applications and found both the Eclipse plugin and the command-line SDK tools to be of similar capability.</p>
  
  <p>Since I haven't explored either in its entirety, however, I'd like to ask:</p>
  
  <p><strong>What advantages are there to using Eclipse over the command-line tools and vice-versa?</strong></p>
  
  <p>I could see:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>(Eclipse) nice GUI for debugging</li>
  <li>(ant/adb/android) more amenable to automation</li>
  <li>(hybrid) you can have it all, can't you!?</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I'm especially interested in specific features that may be a deal-breaker for one and move a developer in the direction of the other.</p>