Android development on windows or linux

Android Studio on Linux and Windows

Gradle cache: Android Studio projects: Android SDK: Android Studio system files: I published some instructions on my blog for doing this for Windows Defender and Windows Search Indexing, which I’ll repost here for completeness: Windows Defender — How to Exclude a Directory Open Windows Defender Settings Click «Virus & threat protection» Click «Virus & threat protection settings» Scroll down to «Exclusions» and click «Add or remove exclusions» Click «Add an exclusion» and select «Folder» from the drop-down menu Navigate to the directory to be excluded, or paste its path into the «Folder» text-box, and click «Select Folder» Windows Search Indexing — How to Exclude A Directory Open Windows Control Panel Search for «index» and choose «Indexing Options» Click the «Modify» button Under the appropriate drive letter, navigate to the folder you want to exclude, and make sure it is unchecked Double-check your work by verifying the directory shows up in the «Exclude» column of the «Summary of selected locations» table Solution 2: So damn true! Or is Windows really an Android & Java development avoided OS? Those steps that run only on Windows I do not manage to see on Linux and macOS — or they run instantly or they don’t run at all, but it is certain that those things take over 20 seconds on Windows: IMAGE: Windows gradle compilation and sync, takes over 20 seconds Solution 1: Try disabling anti-virus protection for your Gradle caches directory, Android Studio project directory, and additional Android directories listed below.

Android Studio on Linux and Windows

I’m just start to try develop an android app. But by using my old laptop, i cannot run the Android Studio because it is too heavy and slow on windows 7.

Is it will be the same if I use linux?

No, it’s not too heavier on Ubuntu or Mac as much on Windows. It’s only approx 350 mb on Ubuntu. Due to a lot of DLL files compatibility with Windows, it is too much heavy and laggy on Windows.

I don’t think so. It doesn’t has much to do with OS.

Some tips to speed up your AndroidStudio:

• Modify vmoption file to increase IDE memory: http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/configuration
• Disable unnecessary plugins as many as you can. Go Preferences ->Plugins . For me, I will disable Terminal since there is already one, all VCS plugins except Git, google suite as I don’t use them, and SDK Updater.
• Use simulator Genymotion .

• I have used both Windows and Linux & MAC for android development. I found no such difference between these 3 OS. But It is Little bit slower in window . Take Lots of time at initial start up.

One good thing is on Mac OS and Linux, u don’t need to install USB drivers for connecting your cellphones.

• I think build and compilation speed depends on some strategies. Here are some simple tips to crack the compilation and running speed up: 1.Don’t configure your emulator too high(RAM,Internal Storage) if it does’t need. 2.Best choice is to run app directly on real device which is super fast.

[IMP] **I suggest you to go with any LINUX flavor OR MAC

I’ve used both ubuntu and windows I can run android studio with the emulator with chrome 8tabs+ and spotify and everything is cool, I’ve never experienced any sort of slowdown on windows and use android studio with the emulator and 1 chrome tab and my computer becomes slow till the point that I can barely type sometimes or I type and need to wait for the computer so I’d say give ubuntu a try.

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Same SSD, the same project, the same version of Android Studio. Dual boot W10 and Ubuntu 17.10. On Ubuntu, Android Studio launches, loads the project and finishes sync and gradle compilation in 12-14 seconds, on Windows 10 it takes 53 seconds.

Fresh install multiple times on both systems. Also, on a late 2015 iMac with system configuration almost identical to my pc, the times are almost identical to those on Linux.

YOUTUBE: Windows vs. Linux (Android Studio): https://youtube.com/watch?v=K4HR2pVQdDo

LE: After I disable windows defender for all folders with Android Studio, Android SDK and project folder and deactivate the Windows Search service, I reduced to 38 seconds.

I still have a huge difference over the 12-14 seconds on Linux and MacOS. Fresh install of W10 with up-to-date updates.

On Windows after the project is loaded, Android Studio does some gradle and sync compilations for more than 20 seconds. On Linux and macOS it takes up to 4 seconds.

What is the explanation and how can Android Studio upload the project in Windows as fast as it does it on Ubuntu and MacOS?

This happens every time I start Android Studio and open the project (later compilations are also fast on Windows, although Linux and MacOS are faster).

Why is so slow on Windows?

Is there any conclusion / resolution? Or is Windows really an Android & Java development avoided OS?

Those steps that run only on Windows I do not manage to see on Linux and macOS — or they run instantly or they don’t run at all, but it is certain that those things take over 20 seconds on Windows:

IMAGE: Windows gradle compilation and sync, takes over 20 seconds

Try disabling anti-virus protection for your Gradle caches directory, Android Studio project directory, and additional Android directories listed below. For me, this made a huge difference. From what I’ve read, a big chunk of time is spent doing anti-virus scanning on intermediate files and JARs, and this dramatically slows Java compilation. Excluding those same directories from Windows search indexing can also help.

As of September, 2020, this is the list of default directory locations that should be exluded from virus scanning and Windows search indexing, published here.

• Gradle cache: %USERPROFILE%\.gradle
• Android Studio projects: %USERPROFILE%\AndroidStudioProjects
• Android SDK: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Android\SDK
• Android Studio system files: %USERPROFILE%\.AndroidStudio\system

I published some instructions on my blog for doing this for Windows Defender and Windows Search Indexing, which I’ll repost here for completeness:

Windows Defender — How to Exclude a Directory

1. Open Windows Defender Settings
2. Click «Virus & threat protection»
3. Click «Virus & threat protection settings»
4. Scroll down to «Exclusions» and click «Add or remove exclusions»
5. Click «Add an exclusion» and select «Folder» from the drop-down menu
6. Navigate to the directory to be excluded, or paste its path into the «Folder» text-box, and click «Select Folder»

Windows Search Indexing — How to Exclude A Directory

1. Open Windows Control Panel
2. Search for «index» and choose «Indexing Options»
3. Click the «Modify» button
4. Under the appropriate drive letter, navigate to the folder you want to exclude, and make sure it is unchecked
5. Double-check your work by verifying the directory shows up in the «Exclude» column of the «Summary of selected locations» table

So damn true! I experienced the same thing. Build time go down to hell on Windows and go up to heaven on Ubuntu/Linux distros, even on very very strong CPU power computer. I guess JVM is just simply can’t perform well on Windows OS.

How to connect Android Studio running inside WSL2, Here’s what I had to do based on this Medium post.. Install Android Studio on Windows (to get the SDK, SDK can also be installed another way). Add adb to the environment variables on Windows. From File Explorer, right-click on This PC and then choose Advanced system settings, then Environment Variables. …

Android development on windows or linux?

Which OS is better for developing android applications? I tried in windows but the emulator takes forever to load.

• The emulator is fairly slow on all operating systems.
• Linux might have an edge for «obscure case» development (especially for large or intricate projects with the ndk) since the desktop environment better matches that of the device itself and is the natural home of the toolchain. But if you get stuck, you can run the obscure tools in a linux VM.
• The SDK and on the surface NDK are intended to be platform neutral, so ideally the developers’ personal preference or organizational support capabilities would dominate the choice — ie, the intent is that windows shops can do android while remaining windows shops.
• Android projects should be entirely portable — unless you rely on additional authoring tools, you should be able to change development host operating systems fairly easily. Though any time you switch machines you need to decide if you are going to move the signing keys or not.

The android emulator is very slow on both windows and linux.

If you don’t have a test device you can try to download and run the x86 version of android into a Virtual Machine (you can find tutorials for that on the web).

Should Android development be done on Windows or, The huge disadvantage of Windows pops up when you have many test devices. With Mac, they connect immediately. Windows may start installing USB drivers, which is painfully slow, even if you simply switch one Galaxy Nexus with another. Worse, some devices require separate downloaded drivers. Even worse, some …

Is Android studio faster on a Linux pc?

I have been using android studio from the moment it came out,It has been considerably slow while building when doing large projects..

I have been running it on a windows PC [windows 7 Home Basic] with 4 gb ram and core i5 processor

I have been thinking of migrating to a Linux OS lately [Elementary OS in mind]

And i just really want to know whether Android studio is faster on a Linux machine or a windows machine

It is possible you would have faster performance on a Linux OS, but that would most likely be due to less processes operating simultaneously on your OS. If you have File indexing turned on under Windows, or antivirus software, they could degrade your overall build speed. Perhaps try optimizing your current configuration before migrating to a new OS that could introduce a host of new issues.

Android SDK platforms between Linux and Windows, Apparently, you will need to download the below folders i.e. SDK Tools differently for each OS, as they are platform dependent tools which rely upon OS like Linux, Windows & Mac OS differently: build-tools, platform-tools. These two folders don’t eat up much of a download bandwidth. So you can easily download …

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Android: Which is better, develop Android app on a mac or a windows pc?

my friend whom are a mac fanboy thinks mac. I who prefer windows, think windows. Use the OS you are most comfortable with, there are no significant difference to my knowledge.

Not much of a difference, if your going to use the NDK extensively then a Linux based environment may be better suited, but otherwise it would be just personal preference

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Due to Apple’s (to put it politely) «controlling» approach to development, you’ll need a Mac to develop apps for the iPhone. So, if you think it’s likely you’ll be porting any of your Android apps accross to the iPhone in the near future, you might as well save yourself buying two lots of dev hardware and start with a Mac.

Also, emulating a Mac OS on a PC is hard work and against Apples ToS, but you can run a Windows OS natively on a Mac.

You can run Windows on a Mac, fully supported by Apple — no emulation in sight. You could also purchase something like VMware Fusion or Parallels Desktop to run Linux on said Mac.

@tomlog True enough, it is technically possible, but the amount of time (which = money) to get an out-of-date, severely hobbled version of a Mac OS working is just not worth it if you are a serious developer. Also, it’s not just unofficial, it’s downright illegal to emulate a Mac OS on a PC.

Great! This is why I originally asked the question — I’ve developed my app on Windows and now I’ll be developing it for the iphone and I thought maybe that having everything in one place (on one machine) would be less confusing and more organized. I plan on getting a mac-mini to start with. It’ll hook up to a regular windows monitor and any other usb peripherals. (under $600 new too!) Great answer MatW — (you too tomlog and Andy).

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