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How to: Install Plugin in Android Studio

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Where are Android Studio Plugins installed?

Android Studio plugin directories are /Applications/Android Studio. app/plugins and ~/Library/Application Support/AndroidStudioPreview (hidden). Perhaps if you find and delete the bad plugin folder Android Studio will be able to be started correctly.

What is a plugin in Android Studio?

Android Studio plugins extend or add functionality to the Android Studio IDE. Plugins can be written in Kotlin or Java, or a mix of both, and are created using IntelliJ IDEA and the IntelliJ Platform. It's also helpful to be familiar with Java Swing.


1) Launch Android Studio application

2) Choose File -> Settings (For Mac Preference )

3) Search for Plugins

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  1. Launch Android Studio application
  2. Choose Project Settings
  3. Choose Plugin from disk, if on disk then choose that location of *.jar, in my case is GenyMotion jar
  4. Click on Apply and OK.
  5. Then Android studio will ask for Restart.

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Press Ctrl - Alt - S (Settings)

Then choose Plugins


As far as installing a custom plugin there is a good walkthrough on GitHub for the rest2mobile library that could be used for any plugin.

Basically the steps are as follows:

  1. Run Android Studio.
  2. From the menu bar, select Android Studio > Preferences.
  3. Under IDE Settings, click Plugins and then click Install plugin from disk.
  4. Navigate to the folder where you downloaded the plugin and double-click it.
  5. Restart Android Studio.

File-> Settings->Under IDE Settings click on Plugins. Now in right side window Click on Browse repositories and there you can find the plugins. Select which one you want and click on install


Recently I started using the Mac Pc for android development. When I go to

Android Studio => File => Other setting => Preference for New Projects..

I was not able to find plugin option in the setting page.

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Later while clicking option on the toolbar, I clicked on "SDK Manager" it prompted the Settings where the Plugin option was visible and I was able to add the plugins from here.

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On clicking the **Plugin**  it will open above tab