Android Studio for Ubuntu

Android Studio by Google packaged for Ubuntu

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Based upon the work of @PaoloRotolo

How-to

Install android-studio

Download pre-built packages from our PPA

Build android-studio

Run configure with the parameters for the package you want to build:

./android-studio-configure (focal|jammy|mantic|noble) [--stable] [--metapackage] [--major 3.6]

E.g. to build the latest (unstable) version of Android Studio for Ubuntu jammy:

./android-studio-configure jammy

To build the latest stable version of Android Studio for Ubuntu focal including a metapackage that depends on this stable release:

./android-studio-configure jammy --stable --metapackage

To build the latest release of Android 3.6 for Ubuntu focal:

./android-studio-configure focal --major 3.6

To clean the environment after configuration:

./android-studio-configure clean

After configuring you can build the package as usual with debuild or pbuilder in the android-studio subdirectory

FAQ

Unable to start

Q: When I click on the icon, Android Studio just doesn't start.

A: Did you install Java? Try to install Java Development Kit with sudo apt install default-jdk.

Also, try:

/opt/android-studio/bin/studio.sh

If you have this error, you probably have to install the jdk:

Start Failed: Internal error. Please report to https://code.google.com/p/android/issues

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.intellij.util.lang.ClassPath
at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.14)
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