Recently, I installed Android Studio on Linux. Huge victory. A few days ago, I opened it hoping to tinker with the application and learn more about some of its features.

Maybe even make a dummy app for my phone that opens a website. But before I could even see my project, I was thwarted by every user’s worst nightmare…Updates.

After 45 minutes of updating, Android Studio was ready to go! I was excited to see what new changes were made with the updates. Perhaps the most outstanding was the inability to open my older projects…

That’s one hell of an update…

Yes, you read right. I could no longer open my older projects after updating Android Studio. I knew all I had to do was read through the error log in order to create a process for troubleshooting the program. But I was tired. Tired of constantly reaching for a chance to write applications. I’m ready to do it. Right now. So it is with this article that I confess…I will be using Windows 7 to run Android Studio.

Sorry to my MacOS and Linux fans, but the installation in Windows is much shorter via an executable file. But don’t fret! I am only using Windows for Android Studio and nothing more.

My OS with benefits…

Part of understanding computers is knowing which tools are best for the job. Windows handles the Android Studio installation smoothly. Meanwhile, Linux requires very specific technical knowledge to  configure it properly. If I knew the exact commands and steps to configure on Linux, I would stick with it. But until I have mastered that, Windows 7 will be my go-to-gal.

To be continued…

Peaceful in action, never in mind
CodingFanatic

Photo credits go to Jessica Yeboah