Install Android Studio

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Set up Android Studio in just a few clicks. First, check the system requirements. Then download the latest version of Android Studio.

The Android Emulator lets you test your apps across a wide range of device configurations and Android API levels without needing a physical device. For this reason, it's the preferred method for testing your Android apps. To learn more, see Run apps on the Android Emulator.

However, you can also use Android Studio without the Emulator by using a modern physical Android Device or the Android Device Streaming Service to deploy and test apps.

If your system has limited resources, you might consider our cloud-based IDE solution, Android Studio on IDX, which offers a powerful development environment without the need for high-end local hardware.

Minimum for Android Studio, and Android Studio with the Android Emulator.

The minimum requirements listed allow you to get started with Android Studio and typically apply to the following use cases:

• Creating and supporting smaller projects and samples.

• Creating a single Android Virtual Device (AVD).

• Deploying an app to a single AVD, to a local physical device, or to Android Device Streaming devices. This doesn't include XR AVDs.

Recommended to run Android Studio and the Android Emulator.

These are the recommended system specifications to run Android Studio and the Android Emulator. This typically covers the following use cases:

• Professional development on larger, more complex codebases.

• Creating multiple Android Virtual Devices (AVD), including XR devices.

• Running multiple AVDs simultaneously, including XR devices.

Windows

Here are the system requirements for Windows:

To install Android Studio on Windows, follow these steps:

• If you downloaded an EXE file (recommended), double-click to launch it.

• If you downloaded a Zip file:

  1. Unpack the Zip.
  2. Copy the android-studio folder into your Program Files folder.
  3. Open the android-studio > bin folder.
  4. Launch studio64.exe (for 64-bit machines) or studio.exe (for 32-bit machines).
  5. Follow the Setup Wizard in Android Studio and install any recommended SDK packages.

The following video shows each step of the setup procedure for the recommended .exe download:

Android Studio notifies you with a dialog when new tools and other APIs become available. To manually check for updates, click Help > Check for Update.

Mac

Here are the system requirements for Mac:

To install Android Studio on your Mac, follow these steps:

1. Launch the Android Studio DMG file.
2. Drag Android Studio into the Applications folder, then launch Android Studio.
3. Choose whether to import previous Android Studio settings, then click OK.
4. Complete the Android Studio Setup Wizard, which includes downloading the Android SDK components that are required for development.

The following video shows each step of the recommended setup procedure:

Android Studio notifies you with a dialog when new tools and other APIs become available. To manually check for updates, click Android Studio > Check for Updates.

Linux

Here are the system requirements for Linux:

To install Android Studio on Linux, follow these steps:

1. Unpack the .tar.gz file you downloaded to an appropriate location for your applications, such as within /usr/local/ for your user profile or /opt/ for shared users.

   For a 64-bit version of Linux, first install the required libraries for 64-bit machines.

2. To launch Android Studio, open a terminal, navigate to the android-studio/bin/ directory, and execute studio.sh.
3. Select whether you want to import previous Android Studio settings, then click OK.
4. Complete the Android Studio Setup Wizard, which includes downloading the Android SDK components that are required for development.

Tip: To make Android Studio available in your list of applications, select Tools > Create Desktop Entry from the Android Studio menu bar.

Required libraries for 64-bit machines

If you are running a 64-bit version of Ubuntu, you need to install some 32-bit libraries with the following command:

sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 lib32z1 libbz2-1.0:i386

If you are running 64-bit Fedora, the command is:

sudo yum install zlib.i686 ncurses-libs.i686 bzip2-libs.i686

The following video shows each step of the recommended setup procedure:

Android Studio notifies you with a dialog when new tools and other APIs become available. To manually check for updates, click Help > Check for Update.

ChromeOS

For the system requirements to support Android Studio and the Android Emulator, see Android development in the ChromeOS documentation.

To install Android Studio on ChromeOS, follow these steps:

1. Install Linux for ChromeOS.
2. Open the Files app and locate the DEB package in the Downloads folder under My files.

3. Right-click the DEB package and select Install with Linux (Beta).

   

   • If you have installed Android Studio before, select whether you want to import previous Android Studio settings, then click OK.

4. Complete the Android Studio Setup Wizard, which includes downloading the Android SDK components that are required for development.

5. Once the installation is complete, launch Android Studio from the Launcher or from the ChromeOS Linux terminal. In the default installation directory /opt/android-studio/bin/studio.sh, run studio.sh.

Android Studio notifies you with a dialog when new tools and other APIs become available. To manually check for updates, click Help > Check for Update.