Android Studio IDE Quick Start for LMDE
How to Install and Getting Started on Android SDK with Android Studio IDE for Linux Mint Debian Edition Mate/Cinnamon desktop.
Especially relevant: Android App Development Requires a working Oracle Java JDK Installation.
The Android Studio is the Official IDE for Android Application Development, based on IntelliJ IDEA.
 
Android Studio IDE main Features list:
- Flexible Gradle-based build system
- Build variants and multiple apk file generation
- Code templates to help you build common app features
- Rich layout editor with support for drag and drop theme editing
- Lint tools to catch performance, usability, version compatibility, and other problems
- ProGuard and app-signing capabilities
- Built-in support for Google Cloud Platform, making it easy to integrate Google Cloud Messaging and App Engine
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Download Android Studio IDE for Linux Mint 
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Double-Click on Android Archive 
 Extract into /tmp  
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Open a Command Line Console Terminal Window 
 (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)  In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide. 
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Installing Required Packages for 64-bit Systems. sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32stdc++6 
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How to Install Required Oracle Java JDK 8 on LMDE 
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Relocate Android Studio IDE su -c "chown -R root:root /tmp/android-studio && mv /tmp/android-studio /opt" Make a Symlink for Quick Starting Android Studio: sudo ln -s /opt/android-studio/bin/studio.sh /usr/local/bin/android-studio 
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Getting Started with Android App Development 

