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Android

Posted by Luke Wunderlich
Luke Wunderlich
Courses Plus Student 179 Points

Why is the Android Studio download a .zip file in the "Setting Up an Android Development Environment for Windows" video?

It should be a .exe file, I checked the Android page.

3 Answers

William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

Hi, Luke Wunderlich

Are you referring to the Android Studio download from this video ? https://teamtreehouse.com/library/build-an-android-app/getting-started-with-android/setting-up-an-android-development-environment-for-windows

Well, this is zip because the file wasn't linked to Google's Android download page, this file is hosted in Treehouse's AWS S3 cloud storage; it's an older version of Android Studio, but it's the same version as the one the instructor used during the lecture.

Alan Mattan贸
Alan Mattan贸
12,329 Points
Alan Mattan贸
Alan Mattan贸
12,329 Points

You can download a .zip file containing .exe file intended "for Windows" ?

Luke Wunderlich
PLUS
Luke Wunderlich
Courses Plus Student 179 Points
Luke Wunderlich
Luke Wunderlich
Courses Plus Student 179 Points

Yes, I was referring to that video. I understand now. Thank you William!