Friday, May 7, 2010

Setting Up Android Development Environment

Download - Java 5.0 SDK – From Oracle’s Sun Download website. (look for previous versions. because you might see only Java 6.0 SDK

Install SDK

If you downloaded J2EE, then Settings might be required, but does not really matter what ever you might give.

User Name: admin

Password: ******

Admin Port: 4848

HTTP: 8080

HTTPS: 8181

Unzip – Eclipse and Move to Program Files Folder

Unzip – Android and Move to My Documents (You want to move it in here because of some permission issues which you might hit, if you place it in Program Files Folder – Windows Might hit you back hard which will

prevent you form updating the Android SDK updates that are sent over web)

Configure System Environment Variable Path: With the value of directory path to Tools folder of Android SDK.

Path: ……<Currently Existing Path values>…. ; C:\<My Document Folder>\android-sdk-windows\tools

Open Eclipse.exe

Update the software if required

Click on Help> Install Software

Click on Add

Name: Android Plugin

Location: http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse

Click OK, and Install the Plugin.

Read – and once you AGREE to Terms and Conditions accept it, and continue

Installation Progress window appears wait for it to complete.

You might possibly try going to

Help > Android SDK and AVD Manager

Choose Available Packages

And if any available to your interest you can select those and install those packages.

You are now all set for Android Application Development using Eclipse as IDE.

As of Publishing date I had these packages were available

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