Run the standalone profiler

The standalone Android Studio profiler lets you profile your app without running the full Android Studio IDE.

To run the standalone profiler, do the following:

  1. Make sure the profiler is not currently running inside of Android Studio.

  2. Go to the installation directory and navigate to the bin directory:

    Windows/Linux: studio-installation-folder/bin

    macOS: The use of standalone profilers is not supported on macOS.

  3. Depending on your OS, run profiler.exe or profiler.sh. The Android Studio splash screen appears. After the splash screen disappears, a profiler window opens.