Software Requirement to start development with Android
- Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede) or greater, If you need to install or update Eclipse, you can download it from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/.
- JDK 5 or JDK 6 (JRE alone is not sufficient)
- Android Development Tools plugin (recommended)
To start working with Android Development
First, you have to perform the following steps to install and run the Android Emulator:
- First Download the JDK and install it.
- Then download Android SDK (latest Version) from the below site:
- Before installing Android SDK , set the “Environment variable” of java,
How ??? Follow this steps: Right click on “My Computer” -> Properties -> Advanced -> Environment variables -> Select “Path” from system variables -> and paste the jdk path along with “Path” variables value, and press ok , ok - Now Install the Android SDK
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After installling Android SDK, when “Android SDK and AVD Manager”, click on “Settings” where “check” the “Force https://…sources to be fetched using http://…
then click on “Save and Apply”…. - “Android SDK and AVD Manager” , click on “Available Packages”, then click on “Refresh”…
- It will show you available options….then select the latest version of android SDK….
- After Installation Click on “Virtual Devices”, create “new” AVD ….
Then Select the AVD and “Start” it…. - It will run the “Emulator” of android..
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