Installing Java
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
After that
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default
Installing Android Studio
- Download Android Studio from here, use All Android Studio Packages
- Extract the archive file into an appropriate location for your applications, eg:
/opt
. Use the filename of your downloaded archive, in my example android-studio-ide-141.2178183-linux.zip
sudo unzip android-studio-ide-141.2178183-linux.zip -d /opt
- To launch Android Studio, navigate to the
/opt/android-studio/bin
directory in a terminal and execute ./studio.sh
. Or use a desktop file, see below.You may want to add /opt/android-studio/bin
to your PATH environmental variable so that you can start Android Studio from any directory.
Create a desktop file
Create a new file androidstudio.desktop
by running the command:
nano ~/.local/share/applications/androidstudio.desktop
and add the lines below
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Android Studio
Exec="/opt/android-studio/bin/studio.sh" %f
Icon=/opt/android-studio/bin/studio.png
Categories=Development;IDE;
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=android-studio
Installing Android SDK (if necessary)
- Click the marked button

- Get the latest SDK toolsAs a minimum when setting up the Android SDK, you should download the latest tools and Android platform:
- Open the Tools directory and select:
- Android SDK Tools
- Android SDK Platform-tools
- Android SDK Build-tools (highest version)
- Open the first Android X.X folder (the latest version) and select:
- SDK Platform
- A system image for the emulator, such as ARM EABI v7a System Image
- Get the support library for additional APIsThe Android Support Library provides an extended set of APIs that are compatible with most versions of Android.Open the
Extras
directory and select:
- Android Support Repository
- Android Support Library
- Get Google Play services for even more APIsTo develop with Google APIs, you need the Google Play services package:Open the
Extras
directory and select:
- Google Repository
- Google Play services
- Install the packagesOnce you’ve selected all the desired packages, continue to install:
- Click Install X packages.
- In the next window, double-click each package name on the left to accept the license agreement for each.
- Click Install.