Android Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is based on the IntelliJ IDEA platform. If you have done Java development using IntelliJ IDEA platform, you'll feel at home working with Android Studio IDE.
Android Studio platform comes bundled with all the necessary tools and libraries needed for Android application development. If this is the first time you are setting up Android Studio on your development system, make sure that you have satisfied all the requirements before installation. Refer to the Android developer site (http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html#Requirements) to check the items needed for the operating system of your choice.
Note that you need at least JDK version 7 installed on your machine for Android Studio to work. You can verify your JDK version by typing the following commands in the Terminal window:
If your system does not meet that requirement, upgrade it using the method that is specific to your operating system.