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estebanuri
estebanuri

Reputation: 948

How to keep Android Studio working while downloading tools?

I'm currently working on Linux. I have a bad quality internet connection, so downloading large things could take a lot of time.

If I want to update / install new build tools to Android Studio a modal window is shown. So, for downloading, I'd have to wait for hours until it finishes. But, I need to keep coding while it downloads stuff.

Opening multiple instances of Android Studio didn't help.

I could run the SDK manager in a stand-alone way. But, I couldn't find a way to to upgrade the IDE version, or install tools like NDK in a non-blocking manner.

So, any idea?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 1961

Answers (1)

Magnus
Magnus

Reputation: 18758

I'm facing the same issue with the Android Studio 3.2 update, there doesn't seem to be any way to use the IDE while downloading the update, which is kind of stupid. I guess one solution is to download the entire IDE manually at the Android Studio website.

On a related note, when downloading emulator system images there is a URL displayed in the download window. You can simply copy'n'paste this in a browser to download it manually and then unpack in the correct sdk/system-images/ folder if you want to download it "in the background".

Upvotes: 7

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