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

It is an old question but it might help someone like me who is looking for an answer. This instructions are for windows 64 bit systems.

1. Download zip of Android studio without SDK using links given in other answers (e.g. I downloaded android-studio-ide-141.2112779-windows.zip - version 1.3.0.9)
2. Unzip the archive and run bin/studio64.exe
3. When it asks for the path to install the SDK, browse your existing SDK location instead of the default path given.

If it detects valid installation of SDK, it will display a message that only missing or old component will be downloaded.

I hope it helps.