How to install Android Studio on Ubuntu?

Below are the steps to install Android Studio in Ubuntu system: 1. Install JDK 6 or later First, install Oracle JDK 8 (although you could also choose OpenJDK but it has some UI/performance issues) using WebUpd8 PPA. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default To make sure, it’s … Read more

To run dex in process, the Gradle daemon needs a larger heap. It currently has approximately 910 MB

Update from June 25, 2017 At Google IO 2017 there was some updates about this topic. It’s not recommended anymore to set the flag on the dexOptions, so if you have something like the next, you can delete it. dexOptions { javaMaxHeapSize “2g” } Source: Speeding Up Your Android Gradle Builds Original answer: Android Studio … Read more

Gradle tasks are not showing in the gradle tool window in Android Studio 4.2

OK, I found why I got this behaviour in android studio 4.2. It is intended behaviour. I found the answer in this post: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/185420705. Gradle task list is large and slow to populate in Android projects. This feature by default is disabled for performance reasons. You can re-enable it in: Settings | Experimental | Do … Read more