Android Studio INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS =============================================================================== 1. Unpack the Android Studio distribution archive that you downloaded where you wish to install the program. We will refer to this location as your {installation home}. 2. To start the application, open a console, cd into "{installation home}/bin" and type: ./studio.sh This will initialize various configuration files in the configuration directory: ~/.config/Google/AndroidStudio4.1. 3. [OPTIONAL] Add "{installation home}/bin" to your PATH environment variable so that you can start Android Studio from any directory. 4. [OPTIONAL] To adjust the value of the JVM heap size, create a file studio.vmoptions (or studio64.vmoptions if using a 64-bit JDK) in the configuration directory and set the -Xms and -Xmx parameters. To see how to do this, you can reference the vmoptions file under "{installation home}/bin" as a model but do not modify it, add your options to the new file. [OPTIONAL] Change the location of the "config" and "system" directories ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ By default, Android Studio stores all your settings in the ~/.config/Google/AndroidStudio4.1 directory and uses ~/.local/share/Google/AndroidStudio4.1 as a data cache. To change the location of these directories: 1. Open a console and cd into ~/.config/Google/AndroidStudio4.1 2. Create a file idea.properties and set the idea.system.path and idea.config.path variables, for example: idea.system.path=~/custom/system idea.config.path=~/custom/config NOTE: Store the data cache ("system" directory) on a disk with at least 1 GB of free space. Enjoy! -Android Studio Development Team