Set up Android Studio in just a few clicks. First, check the system
requirements. Then
download the latest version of Android Studio
.
Windows
Here are the system requirements for Windows:
Requirement
|
Minimum
|
Recommended
|
OS
|
64-bit Microsoft Windows 8
|
Latest 64-bit version of Windows
|
RAM
|
8 GB RAM
|
16 GB RAM or more
|
CPU
|
x86_64 CPU architecture; 2nd generation Intel Core or newer, or AMD CPU
with support for a Windows
Hypervisor Framework
.
|
Latest Intel Core processor
|
Disk space
|
8 GB (IDE and Android SDK and Emulator)
|
Solid state drive with 16 GB or more
|
Screen resolution
|
1280 x 800
|
1920 x 1080
|
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:
- Unpack the
.zip
.
- Copy the
android-studio
folder into your
Program Files
folder.
- Open the
android-studio > bin
folder.
- Launch
studio64.exe
(for 64-bit machines) or
studio.exe
(for 32-bit
machines).
- 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:
As new tools and other APIs become available, Android Studio notifies you
with a pop-up. To manually check for updates, click
Help >
Check for Update
.
Mac
Here are the system requirements for Mac:
Requirement
|
Minimum
|
Recommended
|
OS
|
MacOS 10.14 (Mojave)
|
Latest version of MacOS
|
RAM
|
8 GB RAM
|
16 GB RAM or more
|
CPU
|
Apple M1 chip, or 2nd generation Intel Core or newer with support for
Hypervisor Framework
.
|
Latest Apple Silicon chip
|
Disk space
|
8 GB (IDE and Android SDK and Emulator)
|
Solid state drive with 16 GB or more
|
Screen resolution
|
1280 x 800
|
1920 x 1080
|
To install Android Studio on your Mac, follow these steps:
- Launch the Android Studio DMG file.
- Drag and drop Android Studio into the Applications folder, then launch
Android Studio.
- Choose whether to import previous Android Studio settings,
then click
OK
.
- 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:
As new tools and other APIs become available, Android Studio notifies you
with a pop-up. To manually check for updates, click
Android Studio
> Check for Updates
.
Linux
Here are the system requirements for Linux:
Requirement
|
Minimum
|
Recommended
|
OS
|
Any 64-bit Linux distribution that supports Gnome, KDE, or Unity DE;
GNU C Library (glibc) 2.31 or later.
|
Latest 64-bit version of Linux
|
RAM
|
8 GB RAM
|
16 GB RAM or more
|
CPU
|
x86_64 CPU architecture; 2nd generation Intel Core or newer, or AMD
processor with support for AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) and SSSE3.
|
Latest Intel Core processor
|
Disk space
|
8 GB (IDE and Android SDK and Emulator)
|
Solid state drive with 16 GB or more
|
Screen resolution
|
1280 x 800
|
1920 x 1080
|
To install Android Studio on Linux, follow these steps:
- Unpack the
.zip
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
.
- To launch Android Studio, open a terminal,
navigate to the
android-studio/bin/
directory,
and execute
studio.sh
.
- Select whether you want to import previous Android Studio settings,
then click
OK
.
- 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:
As new tools and other APIs become available, Android Studio notifies you
with a pop-up. 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:
- Install
Linux for ChromeOS
.
- Open the
Files
app and locate the DEB package in the
Downloads
folder under
My files
.
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
.
Complete the Android Studio
Setup Wizard
, which includes downloading the
Android SDK components that are required for development.
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
.
As new tools and other APIs become available, Android Studio notifies you
with a pop-up. To manually check for updates, click
Help >
Check for Update
.