Android Studio IDE Update

Question

Scenario is,

I have installed Android Studio version 1.5.1 , I want to update it to 2.1.2

I have downloaded patch file (size 412 MiB) from stable channel. Problem is that (may be my confusion) I have two android studio versions on my system now.When I click setup64.exe in patch file bin folder, its opens android studio 2.1.2 and when I click android studio from my Start menu shortcut,it open old version 1.5.1. Whats the matter? Adnroid studio did not behave like this in past on updation?

Answer 1

It happens because the Android Studio can be saved multiple copies in your disk. It is to say you have two android-studio folders now, which represents the version 1.5.1 and version 2.1.2 . You can just delete the folder that represent version 1.5.1 and find the studio64.exe in your version 2.1.2 folder and right-click the file then choose to send it to start menu. By the way, the SDK can also be saved multiple copies. You can choose which sdk to use in your Android Studio's settings. And if you use AS in windows platform, there are three kinds of package you can choose. One of these you can just unzip the package to use AS instead of installing. Here is the link to download: https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html

Answer 2

Because your Start Menu icon is of version 1.5.1. Just replace it with 2.1.2. and the reason behind it as the upper versions has more functionalities than previous one so developer can use both one as per requirements.