
(The Java SE Development Kit 8 is also sometimes referred to as the Java 8 JDK (Java Development Kit) and includes the JRE (Java Runtime Environment) which does not then need to be installed separately. The default AVD is a 32-bit Intel build which is going to be slow and not take advantage of virtualization accelerators.ĭownload and install the Java SE (Standard Edition) Development Kit 8 from Oracle. Go the custom route and don't install any Android Virtual Devices (AVDs) just yet. Launch Android Studio to finish installation and download and install the SDK. Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.65-b04-466.1, mixed mode)ĭownload Android Studio from Google and install the DMG (note that Android Studio includes an installer for the SDK (Software Development Kit) Tools which doesn't need to be downloaded separately from the site). In a Terminal window run java -version the output should look something like: $ java -version Depending on where it's mentioned the point release is referred to without the 1. Java 1.7 (or Java 1.8 as end of updates for Java 1.7 is April of 2015, tomorrow as of this writing)ĭownload Java 6 from Apple (A quick note on making sense of Java version naming: Java 6 is Java 1.6.This is alluded to in the system requirements for Android Studio, the Android docs and on this StackOverflow post. While Android Studio runs on Java 1.6, Android 5 (Lollipop) and up require Java 1.7.
#INSTALL JAVA 1.6 MAC MAC OS X#
Note that these directions specifically refer to Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 with no prior installations of Java running on a 1.7 GHz Intel Core i7 processor. Getting it setup on Mac OS X is somewhat convoluted due to the variations in Java that are required and the specific order in which things need to be installed.

Kinsa | Pixels + Logic Blog 31 March 2015 Setting up a Java Development Environment for Android Studio on Apple Mac OS X YosemiteĪndroid Studio is Google's official Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Android application development.
