Android Studio Not Working In Ubuntu

I just downloaded Android Studio for Linux from here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/studio.html I am running Ubuntu 12.04. I have Java version 1.7.0_21: $ java -versi

Solution 1:

When we see problems like this, it's quite often due to video driver problems, window manager problems, or other things going on in the OS. A lot of users who report issues where parts of the UI don't render tend to fix them by looking at those sorts of things, and it tends to be a different resolution for each user because the exact problem is different in every case. I'd encourage you to look hard for updated video drivers and OS updates and see if things work better.

As for the exceptions you were seeing, that sounds like it could be a corrupted installation. We sometimes see problems with the update process, though it seems like this was a fresh installation in your case. You could try reinstalling from scratch to see if things get better.

Solution 2:

Following up on the answer from Scott Barta:

I was running Debian 7.4 Wheezy with a special window manager (xmonad) and also had this problem with the blank window (but no error messages). However, switching window manager to gnome solved this problem for me.

(I also tried adding the non-free ATI-drivers for my video card, but this had no effect)