Technical requirements

The following are the official technical requirements for Android development with Android Studio and its related tools. However, these are the absolute bare minimum. Please see the Setting up Android Studio section for further details.

The requirements for Windows are as follows:

• Microsoft® Windows® 7/8/10 (64-bit)
• 4 GB RAM as a minimum; 8 GB RAM recommended
• 2 GB of available disk space as a minimum; 4 GB recommended (500 MB for the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) + 1.5 GB for the Android Software Development Kit (SDK) and emulator system image)
• 1,280 x 800 minimum screen resolution

The requirements for Mac are as follows:

• Mac® OS X® 10.10 (Yosemite) or higher, up to 10.14 (macOS Mojave)
• 4 GB RAM as a minimum; 8 GB RAM recommended
• 2 GB of available disk space as a minimum; 4 GB recommended (500 MB for the IDE + 1.5 GB for the Android SDK and emulator system image)
• 1,280 x 800 minimum...