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How to add Android Studio to the launcher?

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I'm trying to install Android Studio so that I can launch it from a launcher instead of via terminal.

Android Studio > Tools > Create Desktop Entry doesn't do anything

Can someone give specific instructions please?

I think this is something to do with the permissions in /usr/local/ I tried doing a chmod as explained in this article and it still didn't work.

I tried modifying the Android Studio launcher file that was in /usr/share/applications/ and it would not launch the app under my user. If I launch it as root it's fine, but that's not very practical.

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answered 3 Years ago mentpengu · Accepted Answer

Here is my AndroidStudio .desktop file which works from the launcher.

[Desktop Entry]

Version=1.0

Type=Application

Name=Android Studio

Exec="/home/username/Programs/AndroidStudio/bin/studio.sh" %f

Icon=/home/username/Programs/AndroidStudio/bin/studio.png

Categories=Development;IDE;

Terminal=false

StartupNotify=true

StartupWMClass=jetbrains-android-studio

Name[en_GB]=android-studio.desktop

If you are unable to create an entry for Android Studio on the Unity launcher through the Tools > Create Desktop Entry... option, it is possible that you might have a Unity generated jetbrains-android-studio.desktop in your ~/.local/share/applications folder. To confirm, open the file and check for the following entry:

X-UnityGenerated=true

Delete the file and try again.

Alternatively, you can also open Android Studio, click on Configure -> Create Desktop Entry. This should create an entry on the dash:

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