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My Android Studio (0.4.3 now) often displays a message that is ready to update, but the alert does not have an "Update and Restart" button:

Update info without "Install" button

I want to install this update but I don't know how I can do this. After I click the "Remind Me Later" button few times, the fourth button on the left is sometimes visible, allowing me to download and install the update. I haven't discovered any pattern when this button shows up and when it doesn't.

Why isn't it always visible?

fracz
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This is bug https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=56737. If you dismiss the dialog and check for updates again, you usually get the button you're looking for. I don't know why this happens.

Scott Barta
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    Thanks for the link - I didn't find it. However, dismissing and checking for updates again gives the same result. – fracz Feb 20 '14 at 17:37
  • I had to dismiss and re-check three times before the dialog appeared correctly, in case anyone else experiences this problem – PPartisan Nov 08 '15 at 13:00
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    Still experiencing this issue, one year later – Kai Feb 06 '16 at 03:24
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    In my case clicking on "Ignore this update" and then Help->Check for updates did the trick. – Abraham Philip Apr 07 '16 at 18:02
  • Yes, I have checked for updates again and again, at last I got it. Thank you. – Gunaseelan Apr 08 '16 at 04:12
  • Still having this problem 2 years later! Thanks for the answer worked for me too, I thought it seemed absurd that we'd have to download the entire ~2gb installer again – DLMousey Nov 28 '16 at 00:38
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I have found a temporary solution for this problem (until they release a fix for it).

  1. When Android Studio opens and the update popup shows up without the button, close it with the X button.
  2. Press Ctrl+Shift+A to open action search dialog, enter Event Log and open it.
  3. There will be a message telling that Android Studio is ready to update and the word update is a link that will open a window with an Update and restart button.

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fracz
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Actually this issue is kind a bug not really a bug :). This is what you need to do

When an update is available, you'll see a balloon notification in the IDE.

Two important known issues:

1. The first time, you'll see a dialog that asks you to accept this channel. You need to press "More info" to accept this channel, otherwise you won't get notified about updates.

2. If you press the "Ignore This Update" button, there is currently no mechanism available to revert that decision and Android Studio will never tell you about that update ever again.

For more info. visit : Android Tools Project Site

below is snap from android tools official site enter image description here

Bharatesh
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I am not sure why the button is not available, It might be possible that the version you have currently can't be upgraded to the latest version directly.

In such cases follow the steps mentioned below :

Download the latest OS respective Android Studio as zip(sdk excluded) from here :

http://tools.android.com/download/studio/canary

  • Extract the downloaded Zip file somewhere
  • Close Android studio if running.
  • Go to current Android Studio installation directory.
  • Take a backup(safer side) of that and replace everything except sdk directory with the content of extracted Zip file .

This also allows you to update studio in an offline system.

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  • I'm being presented with a `Download` button instead of of a `Update and Restart` (Going from 2.2 RC to 2.3 Canary). I'd feel better about this process if you provided a link that documents this process. – Dale Nov 13 '16 at 15:44
  • If the new version is not supported as the patch update you have to install the complete studio again. This happens when there are some major changes happened on Studio and it won't possible to update as a patch. – Piyush Agarwal Nov 15 '16 at 05:57
  • Agreed: sometimes there is no update path and a new install is required. I was asking about an official page that outlined the new install steps, but I didn't find one. I was able to document my new install, which includes migrating settings from the previous install: https://stackoverflow.com/a/40576343/897007 – Dale Nov 15 '16 at 14:56
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Clicking on 'ignore updates' and rerunning Check for updates for a couple of times did the trick for me.

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