Install schroot, debootstrap, and the ubuntu-archive-keyring (needed for debootstrap to validate downloaded Ubuntu files):
sudo apt install schroot debootstrap ubuntu-archive-keyring
Create a clean Ubuntu 14.04 amd64 chroot using debootstrap:
sudo mkdir -pv /opt/chroot/android-studio
sudo debootstrap --arch=amd64 trusty /opt/chroot/android-studio/
Add this chroot to schroot's config file by editing /etc/schroot/schroot.conf to add the following data (replace the user name with your actual user name):
[android-studio]
description=Ubuntu 14.04 for Android Studio
directory=/opt/chroot/android-studio
type=directory
users=andrew
preserve-environment=true
Enter the chroot using schroot:
schroot -c android-studio
Inside the chroot, enable the i386 arch packages, do an apt update, and install the i386 libs that you'll need:
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt update
sudo apt install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 lib32z1 libbz2-1.0:i386
Although the Android Studio documentation fails to mention it, you will also need to install the following things in order for the studio.sh script to run correctly:
sudo apt install libxext6 libxrender1 libxtst6 libxi6 libfreetype6
Then you can download the Android Studio zip file from https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html and unzip it into your home directory like (replace filename with actual one you downloaded):
unzip downloads/android-studio-ide-171.4408382-linux.zip
Now, finally, you can run the studio.sh script from within the chroot like:
android-studio/bin/studio.sh
During the first run setup in studio.sh you can pick all the defaults. If you want to use the GTK style GUI you likely will need additional packages installed.
In order to automate entering the chroot and running Android Studio, you can create a script called android-studio in your ~/bin/ directory, and assuming that's on your PATH, then you can simply execute it. The script should be like:
#!/bin/sh
schroot -c android-studio ~/android-studio/bin/studio.sh
Make sure the permissions on the script allow you to execute it:
chmod u+x bin/android-studio
As many existing open source Android applications store their source code in the git version control system, you'll probably want git available in your chroot so that Android Studio can use it:
sudo apt install git