Install and configure android studio in windows machine

If you're new to Android Studio, this tutorial will get you started. Here i'll show you how to download, install, and run the Android Studio in your windows machine. After that, we'll spend most of our time actually using Android Studio to develop mobile app.

Get started with Android Studio

 

Android Studio is Google's officially supported IDE for developing Android apps. Based on IntelliJ IDEA, Android Studio is freely available under Apache License 2.0. The most recent version, 3.3, includes the following features: 
  • Kotlin programming language support.
  • Build-in Java 8 features.
  • Android device file explorer.
  • Instant app support.
  • Android profiler (Measure app perfomance - Memory, CPU, Network).
  • Fast build times.
  • Improved layout editor.
  • Improved Layout Inspector.
  • Gradle sync speed improved.
  • Defautly AAPT2 is enabled.
  • Downloadable fonts and XML.
  • Support for Android Things.
  • App link assistant.
  • Indexing assistant for firebase app.

Steps to install Android Studio

Instaling Android Studio and Android SDK is not that much difficult. If you have a high speed internet connection, then it takes 30 minutes to 1 hour. I recomment you to use a high speed internet connection for installing. It saves your time.

Note : Before installing the Android Studio and SDK, check the JDK is installed in your system. If the JDK version is less than 7, then update the JDK to 8 or above. If the JDK is not installed in your sysyem, you need to install the Java Development Kit (JDK). Please make sure that the installed JDK version is at or above 1.8. You can use this command "javac -version" for checking the JDK version. Download JDK from the given link : Link 

After the JDK installation, check that environment variable JAVA_HOME is set to the JDK installation directory via command "Set JAVA_HOME", Otherwise follow the given steps:

  • First find the JDK installed path in your machine.  Normally the default path is "c:\program files\java\jdk-x-x", "x" means version number. Copy the file path.

  • To set the JAVA_HOME Environmental Variable in windows, Launch Control Panel -> System and Security -> System -> Advance system security -> Switch to "Advanced" tab -> Environmental variables.

  • Check JAVA_HOME is present in the system variables. if not present, click "new" -> In "Variable Name", enter "JAVA_HOME" -> In "Variable Value", copy and paste the JDK installed path -> "ok".

System Requirements(Windows)  

  • Microsoft Windows 7/8/10 (32 or 64 bit)
  • Minimum 8 GB RAM
  • Minimum 5 GB of free disk space.
  • Minimum 1200*800 screen resolution

Install "Android Studio & SDK"(Windows)

  • For installing Android Studio, Downolad the android studio setup file from the official "Android Developer" site.

  • Run the downloaded installer and follow the on-screen instruction and accept the defaults to complete the installation.
Installing too many SDK packages, especially the so-called system images for emulating different device, will take an extremely LONG time, especially if everyone is downloading and jamming up the network. The system images also take up a lot of disk space. So we only need a small set of SDK packages.
  • Launch Android Studio ⇒ It will run the "setup" wizard for the first launch ⇒ do not import previous settings ⇒ In "Installation Type", choose "Standard" ⇒ Check the SDK folder, by default @ c:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk ⇒ Finish. 

  • This step will download another 1GB of SDK package and take times to complete.
You can check the SDK packages installed by selecting "Configure" ⇒ "SDK Manager":

Under "SDK Platforms" tab:
  • Android API 28
Under "SDK Tools" tab:
  • Android SDK Build Tools
  • Android Emulator 27.x.x
  • Android SDK Platform-Tools 27.x.x
  • Android SDK Tools 26.x.x
  • Intel x86 Emulator Accelerator (HAXM installer)
  • Android Support Repository
  • Google Repository
   

   


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