Since Android Studio is the same in this context I will link to the answer and copy it here.Įxtract ideaIC-XX.Y.Z.tar.gz using tar -zxvf ideaIC-XX.Y.Z.tar.gz

Is there something I am doing wrong? I just want a simple launcher icon for Android Studio on my dash! I am using Ubuntu 14.04.

This also created an icon in my Dash but Android Studio refuses to launch with this also. Icon=/home/jayant/Android/android-studio/bin/idea.png desktop entry and tried the method mentioned in this blog post, which required me to create the following sktop file and paste it in /home/jayant/.local/share/applications directory When this didn't help, I deleted the above mentioned. Icon=/home/jayant/Android/android-studio/bin/androidstudio.svgĮxec='/home/jayant/Android/android-studio/bin/studio.sh' %f If it's of any help, I am pasting the sktop entry this method created in the /usr/share/applications directory: It did create an entry on the dash, but somehow Android Studio does not launch by clicking on it. However, I want to create a launcher on the Dash and side menu for launching it easily.Īfter going through some other questions like this, I first tried the Tools > Create Desktop Entry method. I currently launch android studio by going to /path-to-android-studio/bin and running.

Android studio icon svg