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Android Studio : How to install Android Studio and setup the Development Environment ?

Hello guys, thanks for reading this article. This is my first article in this blog & would like to shed some light on Android Application Development.

In this article, I am going to explain, installing Android Studio & setting up the development environment.

  • This is applicable to Windows 7 OS.

Step 1. Go to the website “https://developer.android.com/studio/” and click on the “DOWNLOAD ANDROID STUDIO” button.

I have Windows 7 64-bit edition of OS installed on my laptop; I have chosen the Android Studio Package, suitable for my Windows 64-bit OS. For me, it downloaded, “android-studio-ide-173.4819257-windows.exe” file.

Step 2. Click on the “android-studio-ide-173.4819257-windows.exe” file and you will see the installation wizard takes you through the installation steps to install the Android Studio.

Follow the wizard steps and click on the Next button(s) to go through the wizard. Once installation is completed, open the Android Studio application.

Step 3. Android Studio application will open, and allow you to set up the Development environment to develop Android applications. Click on the Next button on the Welcome screen.

Step 4. In the “Install Type” window, click on the Standard option to install with the most common settings and options. Click on the Next button.

Step 5. From the “Select UI Theme” window, you will see the screens of the installed themes. Select the IntelliJ option and click on the Next button.

Step 6. In the “Verify Settings” window, verify the settings selected and if you want to update any of the settings, click on the Previous button, update the settings and come back to Verify Settings window, by clicking the Next button on each window. Once all the settings are selected, click on the Finish button from the “Verify Settings” window.

Step 7: Android Studio will open the “Welcome to Android Studio” window. That shows Android Studio installation is completed. Now pending activity is, setting up the development environment. Lets’ do it from the following steps.

Configure Android SDK

Step 8: Click on Configure option, below the welcome window. This will open a menu, and click on the “SDK Manager” menu item, to configure the Android SDK. Android Studio will open the “Default Settings” window with Android SDK details.

Android Studio - Configure menu
Android Studio – Configure menu

Step 9: Select the Android SDK platform you want to use from the “SDK Platforms” tab. From the “SDK Tools” tab, select the SDK developer tools you want to use.

Step 10: Click on the OK button to save the settings updated.

Now Android Studio is ready for Development. Enjoy the coding.

Lets’ discuss more development in upcoming Articles.

 

[..] David

Android Studio : How to install Android Studio and setup the Development Environment ?

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