Installing android studio
This
tutorial will go through all the necessary steps for installing android studio
and it is pretty easy.
Android
Studio is Android's official IDE. It is purpose built for Android to accelerate
your development and help you build the highest-quality apps for every Android
device. It offer tools custom-tailored
for Android developers, including rich code editing, debugging, testing, and
profiling tools.
Before
diving into the steps of installing let us understand the features of android
studio
·
Instant
run: You can immediately transfer code or resources to your running app.
·
Intelligent
code editor: Build with shortcuts and smart error detection it is indeed an
intelligent code editor
·
Fast
and feature rich emulator: You don’t need to own an android phone to run
android app you can basically use the emulator to run your app
·
This
editor supports editing C/C++ project files so we can quickly build JNI
components in your app.
·
Firebase
and Cloud Integration
·
Layout
editor which eliminate tiresome task
Enough
with all the features lets dive into installing the android studio
Step1.
Installing java development kit. (If already installed skip to step 2)
Before
downloading and installing android studio we need to install java Development
kit.
a) Download the JDK from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html.. make sure you download JDK version 8
any subversion will work.
b) Accept license and install.
c) Choose your operating platform, e.g.,
"Windows x64" (for 64-bit Windows OS)
d) Locate the downloaded installer and run
the downloaded installer (e.g., "jdk-8u{xx}-windows-x64.exe"), which installs both the JDK
and JRE. By default, the JDK will be installed in directory "C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_xx", where xx denotes the latest upgrade number;
and JRE in "C:\Program
Files\Java\jre1.8.0_xx".
e) Windows OS searches the current
directory and the directories listed in the PATH environment
variable for executable programs. So we need to edit the PATH environment variable. Follow the
following step to edit