Android Studio is the official Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Android app development, based on IntelliJ IDEA. Below mentioned are the steps to install and setup Android Studio

Installation Steps :

STEP 1 :

Click here to navigate to the Android Studio download website.

STEP 2 :

Click over the “Download Android Studio” button and you will see the Privacy policy dialogue. Accept the Privacy Policy terms by clicking over the check mentioned. 

Now click over “Download Android Studio for MAC/Windows”, file will start downloading.

STEP 3 :

Once the download is complete, open the file from downloads and run it. It will prompt the following dialog box. It will prompt the following dialogue box.

Click on Next. In the next prompt, it’ll ask for a path for installation. Choose a path and hit Next.

Note :The installation path should have the required minimum space.

STEP 4 :

It will start the installation, and once it is completed, it will be like the image shown below.

Click on Next.

STEP 5 :

Once “Finish” is clicked, it will ask whether the previous settings need to be imported [if the android studio had been installed earlier], or not. It is better to choose the ‘Don’t import Settings option’.Click the OK button.

STEP 6 :

This will start the Android Studio. Meanwhile, it will be finding the available SDK components. Do not quit android studio in between this process.

STEP 7 :

After it has found the SDK components, it will redirect to the Welcome dialog box .

Click on Next .

Choose Standard and click on Next. Now choose the theme, whether the Light theme or the Dark one. The light one is called the IntelliJ theme whereas the dark theme is called Dracula. Choose as required. Click on the Next button

STEP 8 :

Now it is time to download the SDK components .

Click on Finish .

The Android Studio has been successfully configured. Now it’s time to launch and build apps. Click on the Finish button to launch it.

STEP 9 : Click on ‘Start new android project’ to build a new app.