Android Studio Emulator Full Subpixel LCD

The version of the JDK that it uses to get the Java compiler from These two can be (and usually are) the same, but you can configure them individually.

This will be used to get a compiler to compile your code with.

If you are building with compileSdkVersion 21 or later, you should use JDK 7 or JDK 8 here.

You can also configure this path by editing the local.properties file in your project.

IDE JDK: Android Studio 2.2 NOTE: As of Android Studio 2.2, the IDE comes bundled with a custom OpenJDK build which contains a bunch of additional fixes to make the IDE work better (such as improved font rendering).

If youve configured the IDE to use a custom JDK in the past, you should consider removing those configurations now and try the embedded JDK.

IDE JDK: Older versions On Mac OSX, the version of Java used to run the IDE is generally chosen for you automatically, and the choice is based on an entry in the Info.plist file in the IDE installation.

Please note: Do not edit Info.plist to pick a different version.

That will break not only the application signature, but also future patch updates to your installation.

Instead, you can pick a different JDK by setting the STUDIOJDK environment variable, as described in the IDE Configuration document.

On Mac OSX, the default version we are using to run the IDE (not to compile your code) is Java 6.

Android Studio Emulator Full Subpixel LCD

This is primarily because the font rendering on Java 6 has full subpixel LCD antialiasing, whereas Java 7 and 8 does not.

As described in the IDE Configuration document, you can run it like this: export STUDIOJDKusrlibexecjavahome open ApplicationsAndroid Studio.app (If youre curious about the difference: Java 6 performs rendering with Quartz, where in addition to slightly changing the colors, the fonts are rendered with subpixel LCD antialiasing.

Installing Java 6 If you double click on the Android Studio app bundle, Mac OSX should automatically pop up a dialog offering to install Java for you.

First, please make sure that you have the latest version of Java 6 installed; in some cases that has fixed the problems: If not, try running a recent version of Java 7 or Java 8 instead by setting STUDIOJDK as described above.

That is reported to have fixed the other problems (though you will get the font rendering shown for Java 8 above.).

Android Studio Emulator Mac Osx