Android Studio is the office distribution of the IntelliJ IDE for developing Android applications.

In THRN 2420 for W17, the iMac's labelled ULTRON, GGOBLIN and ?????? have Android Studio Installed for a specific SoCS user. If you need to use this IDE for CIS*3760, you will need to make a reservation with SoCS IT (help@socs.uoguelph.ca) to get set up. You will ONLY be able to use the iMac that was specifically assigned to you (otherwise, you won't have access to the tools and libraries needed to build a project).

Place project files (source code, config, etc) in the folder /opt/local_user/AndroidStudioProjects. Android Studio explicitly does not support development on network drives (i.e. your home directory).

Notes:

• It would be unwise to modify any files in /opt/local_user outside of ./AndroidStudioProjects
  • You might be prompted in the Gradle Console to install additional components in order to build your project. It is probably safe to do this, but you should check the install output to make sure that the install destination is within /opt/local_user
• A Nexus 5X virtual device has been provided, you may be able to create other virtual devices.
• It is advisable to create a project containing the components that you would like to use to make sure that they work in the current environment. We cannot promise that we will be able to resolve IDE/Environment issues that are encountered late in the semester.
• If you plan on using your own computer(s) for development, it would be wise to make to make advance arrangements with Dr. Scott for your project marking/demos.
• If you believe that you need to install additional Add-On's to Android Studio, you can make your request to help@socs.uoguelph.ca; however, other support issues will take priority.