- download the AndroidStudio tarball at https://developer.android.com/studio
- install the application bundle
cd /Applications/Developer
git clone https://github.com/darkoverlordofdata/AndroidStudio.app.git
- click on System->Application->Developer->AndroidStudio
- first this will install dependencies (OpenJDK11)
- next this will ask you to navigate to and select the download from step 1
- it will be unpacked into the AndroidStudio folder
- and then it will launch