Android Studio Set Up . Beginner's Guide for developing Android Applications

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Hello , welcome to this android tutorial . Today we will start with the installation of android studio and jdk that is Java Development Kit. Android Studio is used to make Android Applications which can run on mobile phones supporting Android OS. It is not very difficult to make basic Android Apps however basic knowledge of Java and XML is necessary. XML is a language which is similar to HTML . Both languages contain tags which help to set properties. XML is used for the front part of android that is the front end  , which helps to set beautiful displays and animations whereas Java is used at the back-end which helps to perform various tasks like button clicks. Lets start this tutorial by installing JDK and setting the environment variables.



  • Now install the respective downloaded version of jdk and do not forget the path as this path will be required later to set in the environment variables. In my case , the path is  F:\jdk. It should look like the image below.

  • Now open My computer, right click there and click on properties. A new window will open. Now click on advanced system settings and another window will open up. You can also search for advanced system settings from the start menu.Now click on "environment variables" under the "advanced" tab.A second window will open up. In this window you need to set JAVA_HOME by creating a new variable by click on the "New"  button. Do this for system variables as well as for your computer.After clicking new , set name as JAVA_HOME and path as the path of your jdk. After this click apply and save.

  • Now lets start with downloading android studio. Android studio is a very well made software for developing android apps and is pretty to use. I would say that the installation of android studio is more complicated than making apps using it :P. To install android studio , download android studio from this link : https://developer.android.com/studio/  This link however contains the latest version of android studio but I will be using and older version of it . Please let me know if anyone need the older version so that I will upload the installation somewhere and email you the link. So download the android studio and install it. After installation , it will download some resources which are required and you will see a screen shown below. Now you need to install some packages that is images of different versions of android. These images will be shown later in the software which will give the basic idea of how your app is going to be.


  • In order to install the required sdk you need to click configure and the select settings. After this , a new window will open up containing 3 tabs viz SDK platforms , SDK tools and SDK update sites. It is mandatory to install specific packages from all the 3. From SDK update sites select all the packages and for SDK platforms and SDK update install the following. 

  • SDK platforms
  1. Android 6.0
  2. Android 5.1 and 5.0
  3. Android 4.4 
  4. Android 4.3
  • SDK tools
  1. Android Auto API  Simulators
  2. Android Auto Desktop Head Unit emulator
  3. Android Support Repository
  4. Google Play APK expansion Library
  5. Google play billing library
  6. Google play licensing library
  7. Google Repository
  8. SDK Patch Applier
Just click on apply after selecting these packages.



Finally we are done with this long installation of android studio and now we can focus on developing android applications. Note : We will be using android smartphone to test the applications however you can use the emulator present in Android Studio too. Personally I feel that emulator is too slow that's why I use my own phone.

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