Run Android Studio after installation (and other programs)
Solution 1
Short answer
You need to run it via the studio.sh
, every time, as that is the startup script.
Long answer
It will not truly 'install'. It is kind of an annoyance for first time users, but it is truly a stand-alone package, it will drop the SDK in your /home
and you need the android-studio
and jdk1.8.0_45
folders at a fixed location.
First, you need to set the JAVA_HOME
path in your /etc/environment
or ~/.bashrc
configuration to the jdk1.8.0_45
folder before it will run.
After setting your JAVA_HOME
, run studio.sh
again and it will boot the IDE. Then at the menu, hit the Configure button then hit Create Desktop Entry. You should now have a start menu icon, and desktop icon which you can easily use.
Next time you boot and create a project it should download the SDK required for building.
Solution 2
Just wanted to let you know that you don't have to run the install every time. Here is how I installed Android Studio, and how I run it from my applications menu.
At the Android Studio start screen below, click on configure then create desktop entry.
Now you should have a shortcut in your applications menu.
Solution 3
Use these commands in the Terminal
cd /opt/android-studio/bin
./studio.sh
Solution 4
You can create a file "studio.desktop" in /usr/share/applications with the following contents:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Android Studio
Comment=Android Studio
Exec=/opt/android-studio/bin/studio.sh
Icon=/opt/android-studio/bin/studio.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Development
Assuming you put android-studio in /opt, this allows you to launch from the application launcher. Otherwise adjust to your android-studio folder location.
Solution 5
To add shortcut command for Terminal to open Android-Studio::
To run from Terminal create a file named studio inside /bin
folder and write following contents inside the file named studio.
cd /opt/android-studio/bin
./studio.sh
Then type in terminal cd /bin
and chmod +x studio
.
Now, if you want to open it just type studio in Terminal.
To add shortcut Application Icon to open Android-Studio::
Create file inside /usr/share/applications
named studio.desktop with the following contents:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Android Studio
Comment=Android Studio
Exec=/opt/android-studio/bin/studio.sh
Icon=/opt/android-studio/bin/studio.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Development
After that you can Android Studio Application launcher is added automatically.
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RagnarLodbrok
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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RagnarLodbrok over 1 year
I downloaded Android Studio from the official website, started the installer with the terminal (studio.sh) it installed completely, wrote some lines of code, closed Android Studio, now I don't know how I can open it again. the studio.sh just starts the setup wizard again and I also can't find the directory where it could be installed in.
So where are the installed programs at and how can I run them?
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RagnarLodbrok almost 9 yearsThanks for your answer. If i click on 'Create Desktop Entry' in Android Studio, it doesn't do anything. Do I have to configure something else?
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woahguy almost 9 yearsTry logging out and back in, seemed to resolve my issue.
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EagleCode16 about 5 yearsthis should be considerer as the best answer
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Mostafa790 about 4 yearsdefinetly best answer !
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Pawan Soni over 3 yearsKeep support this and upboat.
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guero64 over 2 yearsMy version doesn't give you the option to create desktop entry (Arctic Fox 2020.3.1)