This document provides instructions for setting up an Android development environment in Ubuntu 14.04. It details installing the Java Development Kit (JDK), Android Studio, and configuring the PATH variable. It also describes common errors encountered like the KVM missing and how to enable virtualization in BIOS settings to resolve it. The document concludes by providing references and contact information for the development services company.

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Setup and Create Android Application
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3. ❏ Setting up Android Development
environment in Ubuntu 14.04
❏ Your first app - For android TV, Android
wear and Android Phone
❏ Summary
Contents

4. ❏ Make sure that you have latest JDK (Java Development Kit installed on your
computer. In the terminal (Ctrl+Alt+ T) type sudo apt-get install default-jre (This
is java run time environment)
❏ You need to install Java Development Kit : sudo apt-get install default-jdk
❏ To confirm that it is installed properly, use the command : javac -version.
❏ Download Android Studio from https://developer.android.
com/sdk/installing/index.html?pkg=studio
❏ Unpack the downloaded ZIP file into an appropriate location for your
applications. Please note that when you copy, copy to a place where you have
full access. It is better to copy to Desktop. Other you will have face the problem
of not able to making the file executable in Linux or Ubuntu. The simple fix is to
copy the set up to Desktop.
Steps for Android Application development

5. ❏ To launch Android Studio, navigate to the android-studio/bin/
directory in a terminal and execute studio.sh.
Press Ctrl + Alt + T to open terminal.
cd Desktop/android-studio/bin
./studio.h

6. ❏ You may want to add android-studio/bin/ to your
PATH environmental variable so that you can start
Android Studio from any directory.
Steps:
Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open the terminal
Type haris@haris:~$ sudo gedit /etc/environment
Add the path as shown in the attachment. Please note
that you will have restart your computer for this to take
effect.
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:
/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:
/home/haris/Desktop/android-studio/bin"

7. ❏ Once the path is set you can type studio.sh from the
terminal from any where.
❏ Now you are ready to go and the Android Studio
initial setup is ready.

8. ❏ Now you can create a new project by Clicking File →
New project.
❏ After you provide all the necessary details, you will
get the following error. I am not covering here what
we should provide in each screen when starting a
new project. But I want to walk you through the
errors that you can get.
Starting the first project

9. ❏ /home/haris/Android/Sdk/tools/emulator -avd
Nexus_5_API_21_x86 -netspeed full -netdelay none
emulator: ERROR: x86 emulation currently requires
hardware acceleration!
Please ensure KVM is properly installed and usable.
CPU acceleration status: KVM is not installed on this
machine (/dev/kvm is missing).
❏ Type sudo km-ok and type the password. If cpu-
checker is not installed, it will prompt you to install
cpu-checker. You can install using the following
command.
❏ sudo apt-get install cpu-checker

10. ❏ sudo kvm-ok : It can give the following error
haris@haris:~$ sudo kvm-ok
INFO: /dev/kvm does not exist
HINT: sudo modprobe kvm_intel
INFO: Your CPU supports KVM extensions
INFO: KVM (vmx) is disabled by your BIOS
HINT: Enter your BIOS setup and enable
Virtualization Technology (VT),
and then hard poweroff/poweron your system
KVM acceleration can NOT be used

11. ❏ In order to fix this error
Steps:
Restart your system
While booting press F2 to go the BIOS - Go to Configuration

12. ❏ Type Enter

13. ❏ Make sure that Intel Virtual Technology it is Enabled

14. ❏ Press F10 to save and exit

15. Now you are good to go

16. https://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/index.html?pkg=studio
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