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.

Answer 2

You can find it here (http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html#Other) in the "Other Download Options" section. There is many different version of Android SDK and Android Studio, including Android Studio without bundled SDK tools.

Answer 3

1. Download Android Studio as is.
   
2. Go to it's location and delete the SDK (optional).
   
3. At your project open "project structure" and set SDK locations to your Eclipse's SDK.

or just copy your Eclispse sdk to android studio SDK.

Answer 4

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!

Answer 5

You can download it with SDK, then change it to yours ( here is explained ) and then delete it

Answer 6

Well now Google offers a "No Android SDK" version of Android Studio in its official Download portal: