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Looking to get into android development (lemmy.ml)

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I want to start learning android dev and I understand that I'll need the android sdk and cli tools. I want to try it in a kvm because even though it is open source, I would like to keep it separate from my main system. Which distro and vm settings do you suggest I use? Any other tips or your experience with android development on linux would be helpful as well.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Run. Run now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Debian is the best for your needs, because that's what Google uses internally too (they used to use ubuntu, but a few years ago they moved to a slightly modified version of Debian-Testing). All its engineers are using Debian-Testing at their desktops, so it's the best tested and tried distro for Android. Although all other distros are also expected to work fine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Second the Flatpak, but stuff like installing APKs over USB might not work. Dont know if that is really needed.

You can make adb work on Fedora, I documented 2 ways (with or without installing RPMs) here

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I used garuda for a while when doing Android stuff and was really surprised that a lot of things like adb, fastboot and all the filetransfer stuff was working out of the box without even having to setup any android sdk, drivers, … . Not really a distrohopper however, so I can’t tell you if this is a common feature on other distros.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Had no problem with Linux mint 21.x.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You could use the android studio flatpak, install flatseal to ensure the app doesn't have permissions you don't want.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Okay this "which distro should I use" shit is just getting out of control.

Which one is best for Android development? Are you kidding me? Just pick any one you like.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm looking for a distro with good cd support, what should I use?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago

"I'm switching from Windows and want a good distro I can watch Mr. Beast videos on."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

One that ships with bash, zsh, sh and/or fish

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

Woah woah woah, slow down. I just want cd, I dont think I need to bash any fishes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Debian-based distros are usually the ones with the most official support and documentation with regard to Android.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Anything that can run android studio basically. And Debian can.