How to "download" Android Studio IDE without the SDK?

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Solace picture Solace · Oct 25, 2014 · Viewed 16.2k times · Source

I already have Android SDK latest edition and Eclipse installed. But I want to try Android Studio as well.

I have seen this and this post, but those solutions change the instance of SDK Android Studio (once downloaded and installed) uses. What I want is not to download another SDK when I already have it installed on my machine.

The problem is that the download package given here includes SDK as well.

So can I download Android Studio IDE without the SDK, and then give the path to the SDK I already have during installation?

Answer

Simas picture Simas · Oct 25, 2014

All the answers suggest to download it with an SDK and then delete it.

You can however download the AStudio w/o the SDK from Android Tools Project Site.

The latest build (2.0 Preview 4) can be downloaded here.

Note: The newest version also requires the SDK to be outside the application folder!

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