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DevelopingAndroidapplicationscanbeafunandexcitingexperience.Toget
startedcreatingAndroidapplications,youneedaproperdevelopmentenvironment.
Thiswillallowyoutouseallthetoolsneededtocreateanappandensureyouwork
efficiently.IwillshowyouhowtosetupaworkingenvironmentusingtheAndroid
SDK,EclipseIDE,andADTPlugin.
ThisInstructableassumesyouhaveknowledgeofwhatAndroidisandhaveabasic
understandingofprogramming,althoughprogrammingisnotrequired.

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understandingofprogramming,althoughprogrammingisnotrequired.
FirstIwillexplainhowtogetandsetuptheAndroidSDKprovidedbyGoogle.Then
IwilladdresstheuseoftheEclipseIDEfordevelopment.Finally,Iwillfocusonthe
ADT(AndroidDevelopmentTool)PluginthatintegratestheAndroidSDKwith
Eclipse.
Approximatetimerequired:20mins.
Requirements:Computerwith300mboffreespace.
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Step1:ObtaintheAndroidSDK

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WeneedtoobtaintheAndroidSoftwareDevelopmentKit.Todothatwemust
firstvisittheSDKdownloadsitebelow.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
(http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html)
Scrolltothebottomofthewebpageandselectthe'DownloadtheSDKTools'
button.

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Step2:InstalltheAndroidSDK

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Openthefilewejustdownloaded.
Thiswillopenanexecutablewhichwillaskyouabouttheinstallationprocess.
Whenyougettotheinstalllocationscreen,makesureyouchoosealocation
youremember(wewillneeditlater).

Step3:OpenAndroidSDKManager

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We'llselectthemostrecentversionalongwiththeextraSDKtoolssoyoucanbuild
applicationsforanyAndroidversion.
OpenthefolderthatweinstalledtheSDKinto.
You'llseeaexecutablecalled'SDKManager'.Openit.
You'llseeawindowwhereyoucanselectdifferentversionsofAndroidto
developfor.

Step4:InstallAndroidVersionandExtrasforSDK

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Selectthe'Tools'and'Android4.4.2(API19)'checkboxes.
IfyouwouldliketohaveextraAndroidtoolsyoucanchoosethemfromthe
'Extras'selection.
YouwillthenbepromptedtoaccepttheAndroidconditionsandthentheSDK
willinstall.Theninstallationmaytakeawhiledependingonyourinternet
connection.TheAndroidSDKisnowcompletelyinstalled.

Step5:ObtainEclipseIDE

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Eclipseisthetoolwe'llbeusingtodevelopin.ItisthemostpopularAndroid
developmentenvironmentandhasofficiallysupportedtoolsfromGoogle.
DownloadEclipsefromthewebsitebelow.
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse...
(http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipsestandard432/keplersr2)
Findthelinkforyouroperatingsystemand32/64bitversion.
Savethecompresseddownloadfile.

Step6:RunEclipseforFirstTime

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Eclipsedoesnotrequireinstallation.It'safolderwithallthenecessaryfilesand
settings.YoucanrunitdirectlyfromtheEclipsefolder.It'srecommendedyouputit
inasafeplacewithotherapplications.
ExtractthedownloadedEclipsefileintoasafeplacewhereyoucankeepthe
program.
Opentheextractedfolderandopenthe'eclipse'executable.
Youshouldseeascreensimilartotheoneattachedifallwentwell.

Step7:AddADTPluginRepository

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TheADT(AndroidDevelopmentTool)PluginwasmadespecificallyforEclipseto
increaseproductivityandintegrationwithyourAndroidworkenvironment.Touseit,
wefirstaddtheEclipsepluginrepositorysoitknowswheretofinditalongwith
updates.
IntheEclipseapplicationmenu,goto'Help'andthen'InstallNewSoftware'.
Clickonthe'Add...'buttonandyou'llseeawindowappear.
Givetherepositoryanamelike'ADTRepo'.
Giveitthelocationhttp://dlssl.google.com/android/eclipse/.(http://dl
ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/.)
Click'OK'button.

Step8:InstallADTPlugin

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Nowthatwehavethepluginreposetupweneedtoinstallthepluginfromit.
Onthe'InstallSoftware'screen,selecttherepoyoujustcreatedfromthe'Work
with'selector.
Selectthe'DeveloperTools'optionfromthelistedbelowoptions.
Click'Next'andaccepttheagreements.
Click'Finish'andletitinstall.Itmighttakeawhiledependingonyourinternet
speed.

Step9:AccessADTPluginPreferences

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You'llmostlikelyhavetorestartEclipseafteryouinstalltheADTPluginsodothat
beforeyoucontinue.
Mac/Linux:AfterEclipsehasrestarted,click'Eclipse'intheapplicationmenu.
Windows:AfterEclipsehasrestarted,click'Window'intheapplicationmenu.
Thenselect'Preferences'.
InthePreferenceswindow,selecttheAndroidtabontheleftsideandit's
correspondingdropdownmenu.
ThisistheADTPreferencesscreen.Itwillallowyoutochangesetting,removethe
SDKandmakeeditorpreferencesforyourdevelopment.

Step10:SetupADTPlugin

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Click'Browse'ontherightsideofthescreen.
SearchforthefolderinwhichyouinstalledtheAndroidSDKintoandselectit.
Hitthe'Apply'buttononthePreferencesscreen.
YoushouldseetheAndroidversionyouinstalledearlytoshowupifallwent
well.
Ifnot,tryreselectingthefolder.(Makesurethefoldercontainsthefolders
'buildtools','platform','extras'andetc.
Hitthe'OK'buttonandrestartEclipse.

Step11:AccessADTAndroidVirtualDeviceManager

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TotestyourapplicationweneedtoaddanAndroidVirtualDeviceifyoudon'thave
apersonaldevice.

apersonaldevice.
Intheapplicationmenu,select'Window'andthen'AndroidVirtualDeviceManager'
Hereyoucancreatenew'Devices'.

Step12:AddADTVirtualDevice

Clickthe'New...'buttonontherightside.
Giveyourdeviceanamein'AVDName'.
Youwanttocheckmark'UseHostGPU'
Theotheroptionsareuptoyouandcanbeplayedwithtofigureoutwhatworks
best.
Whendone,hit'OK'.

Step13:Conclusion
YouhavenowsetupanenvironmentreadytodevelopAndroidapplications.We
installedtheAndroidSDK,Eclipse,andtheADTPlugin.
Tocreateyourfirstapplication,visit
https://developer.android.com/training/basics/firs...
(https://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/creatingproject.html.)

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HEEELLLP:'(
Icantinstallthedevelopertools
'Anerroroccurredwhilecollectingitemstobeinstalled'

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SettinguptheeclipseforAndroidappdevelopmentis
challengingfornewbiewhoarelookingtobuildtheirfirst
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iaminthestep10icouldn'tfindthesdkwhereitinstalled,
pleasehelpme

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ifyouselected"onlyforme"ininstallation,thensdkisinuser> 3monthsago
(your_username)>appdata>local>android
andifyouselected"foreveryone"thenitisinprogramfiles

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What'swiththe"Gradlesyncfailed"error.Couldsomeone
helpmeresolvethisinandroidstudio?

PiyushP16(/member/PiyushP16)

thanksmanhelpsalot:)

rkavil(/member/rkavil)

thanksman.Veryuseful.

tejask7(/member/tejask7)

ForallthosewhoarefacingissuewiththeOKbutton,try
renamingyouAVD.Itriedtonamemine'MyPhone'andthe
OKbuttongotdisabled,Ithenrenameditto'MyPhon'andthe
OKbuttonwasenabled,don'tunderstandwhythe'e'is
causinganissue,anywaytrythissolution:)

FadwaHopefulHopesM(/member/FadwaHopefulHopesM)

thnx,veryusefullink:)
Kindlyhelp,
instep12:whenfollowingthestepsasdescribedandno
matterwhatotheroptionsIadd,the"Ok"buttonisalways
inactive....

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Icantclickok

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metoo:(

FadwaHopefulHopesM(/member/FadwaHopefulHopesM)

thanku,veryusefullink:)
Kindlyhelp,
instep12:whenfollowingthestepsasdescribedandno
matterwhatotheroptionsIadd,the"Ok"buttonisalways
inactive....

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GreatInstructablemyfriend.Thoughjustwantedtoletyou
knowtheperiodattheendofyourlastlinkseemsto
misdirecttoanError404page.Haveagreatoneandkeep
upthegoodwork!

LiamO1(/member/LiamO1)

IcannotruntheSDKmanager.WhenItryacommandwindow
opensbutthenclosesrightafter.Isthereanywaytofixthis?

AhmadZ3(/member/AhmadZ3) . LiamO1(/member/LiamO1)

Rightclick>RunAsAdministrator,oryoumightwanttocheck
UAC.Ifitdoesnothelp,trycleaninstall.

MichaelN21(/member/MichaelN21)

Hellothere.Instep12Iamfacingatleast2problems:
Problem1:asdescribed,thereisnobuttoncalled"New",but
insteadthereisabuttoncalled"Create"
Problem2:whenfollowingthestepsasdescribedandifIdo
notperformadditionalstepsthe"Ok"buttonisinactive.
thereforeIhadtoaddotheroptionsuntilthe"Ok"buttonwas
active.AndthisiswhatIadded:Device:GalaxyNexus
CPU/ABI:IntelAtom(x86)Skin:Noskin,thenpressed"Ok"
Problem3:aftercreatingthedeviceanerrormessage
comesupseeattachedimage.
Onemorething,IamusingaWindows8.1VirtualBoxVirtual
machineon1Windows8.1host.
Iwouldgreatlyappreciatehelptofixtheproblem.
Thankyou.

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7monthsago

Hey.Howdidyousolveyourproblem3?

MichaelN21(/member/MichaelN21) . GautamS4(/member/GautamS4)

HelloGautamS4:
IusedGoogletolookforthetextthatwasintheerrormessage.

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7monthsago

andhereisoneofthelinksthatwasprovidedasananswerfor
thisproblem:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18402913/errorparsingc
documentsandsettingsuserandroiddevicesxml
Goodluckandhaveagreatweekend.

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7monthsago

HelloMichael.
IhopeIwillbedonewiththatproblem.Iwouldalsoliketoknow
itfromyou,howmuchspacedoesyour'Android'foldereatsup
ofyourCdrive?Anddoesthat'Android'folderhas'System
Images'folderinit?

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HelloMichaelN21,
TheAndroidfolderisconsuming435MBonCDriveandover
5GBonexternaldrive,thatincludingEclipse,AndroidStudio,
projects,notesandtutorials.Alsoadditional7GBAndroid
relatedinstallationsondriveC.Idonothaveafoldercalled
"SystemImages".
Ihopethishelped.
Regards

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Iwasinstep4.IcheckedinwithAndroid5.1.1anditasked
toinstall31packages.WhenItriedinstallingit,itconsumed
3GBinternetdata.NowtheandroidfolderinCdrivetakes
up21GB.Kindlyhelp

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HelloThere.Thankyoufortheverynicetutorial.Asmall
minortypeisfoundattheendofthetutorialunderstep13,
whichisthehiddenlinkcontainsa"."dot/periodattheend,

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Younicelyexplainedthis.ButIfoundonemistake,change
theADTrepoURLto
https://dlssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
(http://dlssl.google.com/android/eclipse/)

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