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• 16 GB of RAM memory

• Available Disk storage > 10 GB

• Install Android Studio

• Install Java on Linux

# Update the repositories
sudo apt-get update

# Check if Java is already installed
java -version

# Install Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and verify the installation
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre
java -version

# To change the java version used
sudo update-alternatives --config java

• Install Java on Windows:

• Go to https://www.java.com/fr/download/help/windows_manual_download.html and install the Java executable

• Click on the Java executable and follow the instructions

Add JAVA_HOME to your path / environment variables

Add Java to your path / environment variables:

• On Linux: add the line export PATH=$HOME/android-studio/jbr/bin:$PATH in the .bashrc file and run the command "source ~/.bashrc"

• On Windows: Windows start menu > Settings > System > About > Advanced settings > Environment variables > Path > Modify > Add Add the environment variable JAVA_HOME with the path C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre-1.8\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin

• Install Android SDK Tools to have uiautomatorviewer and sdkmanager from Android Studio:

  • Open Android Studio

  • Click on More Actions > SDK Manager (or Tools > SDK Manager if a project is open)

  • Click on the SDK Tools tab, uncheck "Hide Obsolete Packages"

  • Check Android SDK Tools and install version 26.1.1

• Add sdkmanager to your path / environment variables:

  • On Linux: add the line export PATH=$HOME/Android/Sdk/tools/bin:$PATH in the .bashrc file and run the command "source ~/.bashrc"

  • On Mac: add the line export PATH=$HOME/Library/Android/sdk/tools/bin:$PATH in the .bash_profile file and run the command "source ~/.bash_profile"

  • On Windows: Windows start menu > Settings > System > About > Advanced settings > Environment variables > Path > Modify > Add the path C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\tools\bin

• On Windows only, turn vulkan off to be able to load web pages (only if you want to test web pages) :

  • Open Windows start menu

  • Select Notepad

  • Add the following text :

    Code Block
    language bash
    Vulkan = off GLDirectMem = on

  • Click on File > Save as : go to C:\Users\[username]\.android and name the file advancedFeatures.ini

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