How to “download” Android Studio IDE without the SDK?

Question

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 th

Answer 1

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!