Android Studio for M1 — Native Speed

Six months after M1 released, Android Studio does not support Apple Silicon yet. It can run with Rosetta2 but it is slow and not smooth 🐢..

Dora Lee — Android Developer from Korea, He builds Android Studio for Apple Silicon. This is not 100% perfect but much better than Rosetta2 version.

Releases · dsa28s/android-studio-apple-m1

Boost Android Studio with Zula Open JDK ARM 64-bit

Update: Dora Lee already bundle ARM JDK since Canary15, You don’t need to do this step right now :)

JDK is Android Studio power. From this issue, Bundle JDK from Android Studio is Intel JDK. Replace it with ARM64 JDK for faster build speed.

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[TIP] If you use IntelliJ IDEA in M1, You can use Zulu Open JDK 64-bit in your project to speed up your IDE.

Finally! Android Studio and Emulator run with native speed

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