Configure IntelliJ for Android Development on CentOS

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In this post, I will be discussing about setting up Android environment on existing IntelliJ.  

IntelliJ set up for Android Development

Perform below steps for setup.

Step 1. Install Java 8 or Java 7 JDK

$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_72"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_72-b15)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.72-b15, mixed mode)

Step 2. Install Android SDK

[user@localhost ~]$ cd /opt

[user@localhost opt]$ sudo wget http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r24.4.1-linux.tgz

[sudo] password for pooja: 

--2017-01-24 22:25:23--  http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r24.4.1-linux.tgz

Resolving dl.google.com (dl.google.com)... 172.217.6.46, 2607:f8b0:4005:805::200e

Connecting to dl.google.com (dl.google.com)|172.217.6.46|:80... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK

Length: 326412652 (311M) [application/x-tar]

Saving to: ‘android-sdk_r24.4.1-linux.tgz’

100%[============================================================================================================>] 326,412,652  148KB/s   in 29m 58s

2017-01-24 22:55:21 (177 KB/s) - ‘android-sdk_r24.4.1-linux.tgz’ saved [326412652/326412652]

[user@localhost opt]$ sudo tar zxvf android-sdk_r24.4.1-linux.tgz

[user@localhost opt]$ sudo chown -R root:root android-sdk_r24.4.1-linux 

[user@localhost opt]$ sudo ln -s android-sdk_r24.4.1-linux android-sdk-linux 

#If not change ownership, you will get error "selected directory is not a valid home for android SDK" while setting Andriod SDK path in IntelliJ

[user@localhost opt]$ sudo chown -R user:group /opt/android-sdk-linux/

#sudo vim /etc/profile.d/android-sdk-env.sh

export ANDROID_HOME=/opt/android-sdk-linux

export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$PATH

# source /etc/profile.d/android-sdk-env.sh

Step 3: Open SDK Manager under SDK Android Tool

[user@localhost opt]sudo android-sdk-linux/tools/android

Now, Select All Tools option and press "Install 23 packages". Then the license screen is open as shown below.

Finally, select 'Install' button that will start download of packages.

Step 4: Install IntelliJ (if not exists)

Download IntelliJ Community Edition is free, download it and untar the file.

Step 5: Open IntelliJ or close project will open up below screen.

Now, select 'Create New Project' and then select Project type as "Android" as shown below

Now, Select option "Application Module" and select 'Next'.

Now, Select option 'New' button. 

Then the browser window will open up, Now select /opt/android-sdk-linux and press 'OK'

Lastly, the android version popup window will be shown as below

This way, we have configured existing IntelliJ for Android Development project. Now press 'Finish' button to create project.

I hope you are also able to configure your existing IntelliJ for Android development. If any problems, please write back and I love to hear from you.