Android Studio Setup

Requirements

Before you can install Android Studio, please ensure you have the Java SE Development Kit installed. The latest version can be found here.

Installing Android Studio

Once you have installed the Java SE Development Kit, you can build your code. Although you can use Eclipse or IntelliJ Idea Studio, we at Mifos prefer to use Android Studio. The latest version of Android Studio for your specific OS can be found here.

For complete information on how to download, install, and set up Android Studio for your specific OS, click here.

Building the Project

After successfully downloading and installing Android Studio, follow these steps to install the necessary tools required to build the project successfully.

1. Open Android Studio.
2. Select "Configure". (located at the bottom right-hand corner)
   • Then select SDK Manager from the dropdown menu.
   • This should take you to Android SDK in the System Settings section.
3. Select the SDK Tools tab.
   • Scroll through and select the following:
     • Android SDK Build-Tools
       • Please install SDK Build-Tools 24.0.2, as that is what we currently use.
     • Google Repository
     • Google Play Services
4. At the bottom right-hand corner, click apply and then ok to install.
5. In addition to the installations described above, please install all other mandatory packages shown in the SDK Manager.

Note: The latest bundle is android-studio-bundle-145.3537739-windows. (As of 12/10/2016)