How to install Android Studio on Ubuntu?

Question

I have to install Android Studio on Ubuntu and I have used this link to download Android Studio.

Is there any easy way to install Studio on Ubuntu?

Answer 1

The easiest method to install Android Studio (or any other developer tool) on Ubuntu is to use the snap package from Ubuntu Software store. No need to download Android Studio as zip, try to manually install it, add PPAs or fiddle with Java installation. The snap package bundles the latest Android Studio along with OpenJDK and all the necessary dependencies.

Step 1: Install Android Studio

Search "android studio" in Ubuntu Software, select the first entry that shows up and install it:

Or if you prefer the command line way, run this in Terminal:

sudo snap install --classic android-studio

Step 2: Install Android SDK

Open the newly installed Android Studio from dashboard:

Don't need to import anything if this is the first time you're installing it:

The Setup Wizard'll guide you through installation:

Select Standard install to get the latest SDK and Custom in-case you wanna change the SDK version or its install location. From here on, it's pretty straightforward, just click next-next and you'll have the SDK downloaded and installed.

Step 3: Setting PATHs (Optional)

This step might be useful if you want Android SDK's developer tool commands like adb, fastboot, aapt, etc available in Terminal. Might be needed by 3rd party dev platforms like React Native, Ionic, Cordova, etc and other tools too. For setting PATHs, edit your ~/.profile file:

gedit ~/.profile

and then add the following lines to it:

# Android SDK Tools PATH
export ANDROID_HOME=${HOME}/Android/Sdk
export PATH="${ANDROID_HOME}/tools:${PATH}"
export PATH="${ANDROID_HOME}/emulator:${PATH}"
export PATH="${ANDROID_HOME}/platform-tools:${PATH}"

If you changed SDK location at the end of Step 2, don't forget to change the line export ANDROID_HOME=${HOME}/Android/Sdk accordingly. Do a restart (or just logout and then log back in) for the PATHs to take effect.

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Tested on Ubuntu 16.04LTS and above. Would work on 14.04LTS too if you install support for snap packages first.

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Note: This question is similar to the AskUbuntu question "How to install Android Studio on Ubuntu?" and my answer equally applies. I'm reproducing my answer here to ensure a full complete answer exists rather than just a link.