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02 - Android Studio tools - Linux - Android

02 - Android Studio tools - Linux - Android

Owned by Léo Chauvin
Aug 30, 2024
4 min read

status:update 29 aug 2024

 

Android Studio provides several tools needed in Greenspector Studio, as:

 

Installation

Download the last version on Android website:

  • Choose Download Android Studio [Version]

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Android Studio - Download page

  • Scroll below and check I have read and agree with the above terms and conditions

download_android_studio.png

  • Click on Download Android Studio [...] for Linux.The downloaded file has the format android-studio-[version_date]-linux.tar.gz.

  • Unzip the file with the following command:

tar -xvf android-studio-[version_date]-linux.tar.gz -C $HOME

  • Launch Android Studio with the following command:

./android-studio/bin/studio.sh

  • Install Android Studio with default settings and launch it

  • Keep Do not import settings selected and press ok

We will now install only useful components. On the welcome wizard:

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Android Studio - Welcome wizard

  • Click on Next and select Custom setup

  • Confirm and accept all licences agreements

  • Uncheck the following components:

    • Performance (Intel HAXM)

    • Performance (Android Emulator hypervisor driver)

    • Android Virtual Device

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Android Studio - Custom installation

  • Continue the installation

You should arrive on the welcome page. New components are now downloaded and installed. We need an extra item for UIAutomatorViewer:

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Android Studio - Welcome page

  • Select More actions and SDK Manager

  • Choose SDK Tools and uncheck Hide Obsolete Packages

  • Search for Android SDK Tools (Obsolete) 26.1.1 and confirm installation

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Android Studio - SDK Manager

 

Environment variables

Android Studio is now installed on computer. However, it’s not known by OS as environment variables: tools are launchable only in their installation folder, which isn’t practical for Greenspector Studio uses.

  • Open the following folder: $HOME/Android/Sdk

We will now verify if we have every tools we need:

  • Check for presence of aapt in folder build-tools/35.0.0

  • Check for presence of adb in folder platform-tools

  • Check for presence of uiautomatorviewer in folder tools/bin

Please note build-tools version number for a further step.

These tools are now installed, but they are not yet ready to be executed everywhere in the system. We will add their location to the PATH to indicate to our system where they are.

 

  • Edit the .bashrc file with the following content:

# Android Studio tools export ANDROID_HOME=$HOME/Android/Sdk export JAVA_HOME=$HOME/android-studio/jbr export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/build-tools/35.0.0:$PATH export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

  • Update the changes with the following command:

source ~/.bashrc

 

Verification

Once environments variables are set, new tools can be tested from everywhere:

  • Test adb with the following command:

adb --version

You should see the following result:

version_adb.png

  • Test aapt with the following command:

aapt v

You should see the following result:

version_aapt.png

 

UIAutomatorViewer

Check your java version with the following command:

java -version

 

Method 1: Launch UIAutomatorViewer without installing Java 1.8

Use the following command to launch UIAutomatorViewer:

java -Xmx1600M -Dcom.android.uiautomator.bindir="$ANDROID_HOME/tools" -cp "$ANDROID_HOME/tools/lib/x86_64/swt.jar":"$ANDROID_HOME/tools/lib/*" com.android.uiautomator.UiAutomatorViewer

 

Method 2: Launch UIAutomatorViewer with Java 1.8

  • Install Java 1.8:

# Install java 1.8 sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk # Check java version java -version # Update the java default version use by your system (if you have several) sudo update-alternatives --config java

  • Launch UIAutomatorViewer:

uiautomatorviewer

 

The following program appears:

uiautomatorviewer.png