Android smartphones are the most used smartphones on the planet with over 2.5 Billion users. If you’re new to mobile development you’re in luck, I will be taking you through the process of installing one of the most popular IDEs (Integrated Development Environment) in the world. Android studio is one of your mobile development starter packs if you intend to make a career out of building android apps. It’s a great environment for coding using programming languages like Java and Kotlin as it has great features that make development easier. The first thing you need to do before you can download Android Studio is check your PC’s compatibility with Android studio. Android studio requires;
- Microsoft® Windows® 7/8/10 (64-bit).
- 4 GB RAM minimum, 8 GB RAM recommended.
- 2 GB of available disk space minimum, 4 GB Recommended (500 MB for IDE + 1.5 GB for Android SDK and emulator system image).
- 1280 x 800 minimum screen resolution.
Step 1: Head to the “Settings” on your laptop.
Hint 1: For Windows 10 PCs simply press the
button on your keyboard.
Hint 2: The “Settings” button is always just above the
button
Hint 3: You should see something like
Step 2: Select “System”
Hint 4: You should see something like 
Step 3: Scroll down till you see “about”
Hint 5: You should see something like 
Step 4: Click the “about”.
Hint 6: You should see something like 
Step 5: Confirm that your “Installed RAM” and “System type” are at least 4.00GB and 64-bit respectively.
If you’ve confirmed that your PC meets these requirements let’s get right to the download part. Note that you will need a sizable data subscription plan and a good network. Downloading Android Studio will cost you between 727MB to 896 MB and Android SDK (Software Development Kit) will cost you roughly 5GB of data. You need both Android Studio and Android SDK to be able to use Android Studio.
Step 1: Visit developer.android.com/studio and click 
Step 2: Click that box next to the text 
Step 3: Click 
(it should turn blue if you followed the last step) and let it download.
Step 4: Double click the installed file
Step 5: Click “Yes” and Agree to everything they ask you, Android studio will be installed and the SDK will also install after.