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Android Environment Setup Guide

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ANDROID DEVELOPMENT

ENVIRONMENT SETUP GUIDE


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Table Of Contents:

Know your System Requirements: .................................................................... 3 Prerequisites: ...................................................................................................... 7

Installing Eclipse IDE: ........................................................................................ 8 Installing JDK: ................................................................................................... 10

Installing Android SDK: .................................................................................... 15 Configuring the ADT plugins: .......................................................................... 18 Trouble Shooting: ............................................................................................. 24


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Know your System Requirements:

If you are using Windows 7 OS follow the steps below to know the system requirements.

from the start menu Go to Control Panel Go to System and Security Section.

Go to the System Section.


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Here you will find the System settings as below:

From the above window you can find out whether your machine is 64 bit or 32 bit

machine.

On a Windows XP OS follow the following steps:

from the start menu Go to Control Panel Go to System.


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Here you will find the System settings as below:

As you can see the above Machine is a 32 bit machine as it is showing Microsoft

Windows XP Professional.

For a 64 bit machine it will show Microsoft Windows XP Professional X64 Edition.

All the software’s viz. Eclipse,Android SDK,JDK will be

downloaded for the type of machine found(viz 32 bit or 64 bit).


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Prerequisites:

Eclipse IDE(Helios or Above).

Java Development Kit(JDK and JRE).

Android SDK.

Configuring the ADT Plugins in Eclipse.


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Installing Eclipse IDE:

I chose to use the Eclipse IDE for Java Developers (Helios). You can download it here :

Download "Eclipse IDE for Java Developers (92 MB)" from

here http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

Just check whether the machine is 64 bit or 32 bit,depending upon the

machine,download the version that meets the machine requirements.

This is a zip file and does not require installation. Just copy the eclipse folder into

your programs directory.

Unzip this file.

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/


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After unzip what you will find in the unzipped folder is something like this:


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Installing JDK: Go to the URL:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

Then click on Download under the JDK section.

Choose the appropriate option that is as per the machine you are installing the

JDK viz. 32 bit machine or 64 bit machine.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html


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Once the download is over. Go to the .exe file ,double click on this.

Now click on Next.


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Now click on Next.

Once done with the Installation of JAVA.


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We need to set the Environment variables in order to use JDK with Eclipse.

Go to My Computer from the startup menu, right click it Go to PropertiesGo

to Advanced System SettingsFrom the Popup openedGo to Environment

Variables.

Click on New.

Name the Environment Variable as path.

Place the value of the JDK installation folder on your machine till the folder’s bin

directory. For ex: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_05\bin

Create another environment variable name it as JAVA_HOME and set the values

as

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_05 i.e. excluding the bin directory.

Once we have created the Environment variables, we are done with the process of JDK

installation.


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Installing Android SDK:

Download the install package after clicking download button from

here http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

This will download an .exe file,double tap on it and click on Run.

In the process it will take the Java location by itself,If not there is some problem

in the Java installation and some troubleshooting needs to be done.

The Installer will guide you through the steps and install the android SDK on the

folder location specified by the User. You can install the package anywhere but

remember where you put as you will need to reference it in Eclipse. I happen to

install it inside my eclipse folder.

Launch "SDK-Setup.exe" located in the Android SDK install folder"

Check "Updates/New",”Installed”,”Obsolette” in the bottom pane.Please

check all the choices at the bottom bar.

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html


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And then select any/all platforms you want to develop by checking on the

radio button. You can select all (be prepared for a long download) or you can

select only the platfrom for you phone. Foe eg.Android 2.2 etc.

By default API level 15 will be selected,this is the latest version launched by

Android.

Press "Install Packages" button at the bottom.


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Then press “Install” button again.

When done loading the packages close the window.


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Configuring the ADT plugins:

Launch Eclipse for the first time. You will be asked where you want your

workspace folder to be located.

o I used the default workspace.

o Press "OK".

Select "Help > Install New Software..."

Press "Add..."


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Fill out the Add Site information

o Name: Android

o Location: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/

o Press "OK"

If you get an error don't use SSL. change location from "https://dl-

ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/" to "http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/"

After a connection is made and available tools are retrieved expand

"Developer Tools" and NDK Plugins.Check both and check on both the

boxes.


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Press Next.

Press next again.


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Click on I accept the terms of licence agreement.

You might receive a warning which says:


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Click on OK.

Click Finish.

Done. Now you should restart Eclipse as per the message displayed.

After rebooting we need to tell Eclipse where we copied the "Android SDK" in

step 3.

On Reboot the Eclipse will prompt you for the Location of the Android SDK on the

Machine.

Click on use existing SDK’s and browse through the file structure to locate the

SDK.

Click on the SDK directory from the file browser window.

Click Next.

Click on Finish.


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Another alternate is that you close the popup window and provide the SDK

loation by performing the following steps:

Select "Windows > Preferences"

Select "Android" from the left pane. After you select "Android" you will receive

an error. That is because it is not setup yet. We are setting it up now.

For the SDK Location, browse to where you installed the SDK.

Press "OK"


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A dialog box will appear. If you want to send usage data to Google leave it

checked, other uncheck it and press "Continue". This dialog box can sometimes

get trapped beneath your window. Minimize Eclipse if you don't see it.

Trouble Shooting: If after the installation of JDK and Android SDK,you find an error like below:

You have made the wrong software installation i.e the Eclipse IDE and the JDK are incompatible. An Example can be that the JDK was downloaded for 64 bit machine and Eclipse for a 32 bit machine or Vice versa or both could not be downloaded for the targeted machine. In order to resolve this do an Uninstall of JDK from Add/Remove Programs and download a new Eclipse and JDK for the Target Machine(64 bit or 32 bit) and follow the steps as mentioned from the beginning of the document.

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