Installing Android Studio

In Windows, launch the EXE file. The default installation directory is \Users\<your_user_name>\AppData\Local\Android\android-studio. The AppData directory is usually a hidden directory.

In Mac OS X, open the DMG file and drop Android Studio into your Applications folder. The default installation directory is /Applications/Android\ Studio.app.

In Linux systems, unzip the TGZ file and execute the studio.sh script located at the android-studio/bin/ directory.

If you have any problem in the installation process or in the following steps, you can get help about it and the known issues by checking Appendix, Getting Help.