Installation and set-up of Android Studio

After downloading the android studio, double click on the dmg file that shall lead you to this interface. Drag Android Studio symbol into the application

After dragging, go to "Launchpad" and find "android studio" app. Click on the app and a pop-up will show up, then click on "open"

Click next and the wizard will ask you to select an installation type (keep the install type as 'Standard')

Choose the UI Theme you like and click on "Next"

Wait until end of the download

After clicking next, the installer presented the completing android studio panel

Finally, the installation is completed. Now you can create projects by clicking on "New Project"

Before creating new project, we need to set up a "Virtual Device" by clicking on More Action and then choosing AVD Manager

Click on 'Create Virtual Machine" and follow the instruction

Select one type of phone, then click “Next”. However, we prefer either 'Pixel 4' or 'Pixel 5'

Download a system image, we recommend "R" release

The system image has initiated downloading

Click on "Finish"

Select the downloaded system image and click on "Next"

Keep the default settings and click on "Next"

Finally, the virtual Device is ready to use. Click the 'triangle' symbol 'Action' to run the AVD, then it will display the following interfaces

The virtual device is openning on the monitor

Click on 'Create Virtual Machine" and follow the instruction