


The last setup step that you may encounter involves allocating RAM for an emulator if your computer supports hardware acceleration.Īfter Android Studio is installed, you are prompted to import settings from a previous version of Android Studio. You may want to make a note of where the SDK is installed because other platform tools, such as the Android Device Bridge, are located in the SDK folder. Next, you are asked to provide an install location for Android Studio and the Android SDK. You can accept the defaults and click Next. When you click Next, you are taken to another screen that asks you to choose which components you would like to install. When you open the installer, you are presented with a dialog to set up Android Studio. Because the following steps vary between OS X and Windows, we discuss each platform separately. Installing Android StudioĪfter the installer has finished downloading, it is time to run it. Once you have clicked the green download button, you are taken to another page where you need to accept Android Studio's terms and conditions before the download starts. This page also lists the system requirements for the current version of Android Studio.

It automatically detects your operating system so that you can download the proper version of Android Studio. You can get the installation file for Android Studio by visiting the official Android Studio download page. Once you have installed the JDK, you can move on to downloading Android Studio. Once your download has finished, you can open the installer for the JDK and continue through the guided installation. You can do so by going to Oracle's JDK download page, accepting the license agreement, and downloading the JDK for your computer's operating system. Before you install Android Studio, you need to install version 7 of the Java Development Kit (JDK) on your computer.
