OVERVIEW: Manage Android Studio installations on your machine
USAGE: astudios <subcommand>
OPTIONS:
-h, --help Show help information.
SUBCOMMANDS:
download Download a specific version of Android Studio
install Download and install a specific version of Android Studio
installed List locally installed versions of Android Studio
list List all versions of Android Studio available to install
use Change the active Android Studio version
uninstall Uninstall a version of Android Studio
clean Remove cache and log files from old installations
update Update the list of available versions of Android Studio
version Print the version number of astudios itself
See 'astudios help <subcommand>' for detailed help.
OVERVIEW: Download a specific version of Android Studio
`astudios` will download the specified version from the official JetBrains data feed.
By default, it uses a high-performance parallel downloader to accelerate the process.
The version can be specified by its codename or full version number.
EXAMPLES:
astudios download Hedgehog
astudios download "Giraffe Patch 2"
astudios download 2023.1.1
astudios download --latest
astudios download Iguana --directory ~/AS_Archives/
USAGE: astudios download [<version> ...] [--latest] [--latest-prerelease] [--directory <directory>]
ARGUMENTS:
<version> The version to download (e.g., "Hedgehog", "2022.3.1").
If omitted, you will be prompted to choose from a list.
OPTIONS:
--latest Download the latest stable release version available.
--latest-prerelease Download the latest pre-release version available (Canary or Beta).
--directory <directory> The directory to download the archive to. Defaults to ~/Downloads.
-h, --help Show help information.
OVERVIEW: Download and install a specific version of Android Studio
This command first downloads the specified version archive and then unpacks and
installs it to the appropriate applications directory.
EXAMPLES:
astudios install Hedgehog
astudios install "Iguana Canary 15"
astudios install --latest --select
astudios install 2023.1.1 --path ~/Downloads/android-studio-2023.1.1-mac_arm.dmg
astudios install --latest --directory "/Custom/Android/Studios"
USAGE: astudios install [<options>] [<version> ...]
ARGUMENTS:
<version> The version to install. If omitted, an interactive
prompt will be shown.
OPTIONS:
--path <path> Local path to an Android Studio .zip or .dmg file.
--latest Download and install the latest stable release available.
--latest-prerelease Download and install the latest pre-release version.
--select Set this version as the active one after installation.
--directory <directory> The directory to install Android Studio into.
Defaults to /Applications (macOS) or ~/.local/share (Linux).
--clean Completely delete the downloaded archive after a
successful installation.
-h, --help Show help information.
OVERVIEW: List the versions of Android Studio that are installed locally
USAGE: astudios installed [--directory <directory>]
OPTIONS:
--directory <directory> The base directory where your Android Studio versions are installed.
-h, --help Show help information.
OVERVIEW: List all versions of Android Studio that are available to install
This command fetches data from the official JetBrains XML feed. The data is
cached locally for a short period to improve performance.
USAGE: astudios list [--force]
OPTIONS:
--force Force an update of the available version list, ignoring the cache.
-h, --help Show help information.
OVERVIEW: Change the active Android Studio version
This command creates a symbolic link named `Android Studio` pointing to the
specified installed version. This allows for consistent launch behavior from the
command line or UI.
Run without arguments to interactively select from a list of installed versions.
EXAMPLES:
astudios use Hedgehog
astudios use 2022.3.1
astudios use /Applications/Android\ Studio\ Iguana.app
USAGE: astudios use [<version-or-path>] [--directory <directory>]
ARGUMENTS:
<version-or-path> The codename, version number, or direct path of the
installed version to activate.
OPTIONS:
--directory <directory> The directory where your Android Studio versions are installed.
-h, --help Show help information.
OVERVIEW: Uninstall a version of Android Studio
Run without any arguments to interactively select a version to uninstall from a list.
EXAMPLES:
astudios uninstall Giraffe
astudios uninstall 2022.3.1
USAGE: astudios uninstall [<version> ...] [--directory <directory>]
ARGUMENTS:
<version> The version to uninstall.
OPTIONS:
--directory <directory> The directory where your Android Studio versions are installed.
-h, --help Show help information.
OVERVIEW: Remove cache and log files from old Android Studio installations
This utility helps free up disk space by deleting logs, caches, and other temporary
files associated with uninstalled or outdated versions of Android Studio.
USAGE: astudios clean [--dry-run]
OPTIONS:
--dry-run List the files and directories that would be deleted,
without actually deleting them.
-h, --help Show help information.
OVERVIEW: Update the list of available versions of Android Studio
This is an alias for `astudios list --force`. It forces a refresh of the local
cache of available Android Studio versions from the JetBrains server.
USAGE: astudios update
OVERVIEW: Print the version number of astudios itself
USAGE: astudios version
