"Android Studio Portable" is not a download link; it is a . Google does not provide it, and likely never will. The IDE is too entangled with system-level virtualization and file-watching daemons.

If you need to compile Kotlin or Java code on a public library computer, a portable USB setup works. However, you will face three constant enemies:

Android Studio is built on the IntelliJ Platform. JetBrains, the company behind IntelliJ, has a little-known feature:

Google provides a .zip version of Android Studio that does not require an installer.

But dig deeper, and you’ll find that the portable dream isn't dead. It just requires a different mindset: moving from a literal portable executable to a .

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