ANDROID DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT SETUP GUIDE

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1 ANDROID DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT SETUP GUIDE Edureka.in Page 1

2 Table Of Contents: Know your System Requirements:... 3 Prerequisites:... 7 Installing Eclipse IDE:... 8 Installing JDK: Installing Android SDK: Configuring the ADT plugins: Trouble Shooting: Edureka.in Page 2

3 Know your System Requirements: Android Environment Setup Guide 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. Edureka.in Page 3

4 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. Edureka.in Page 4

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6 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). Edureka.in Page 6

7 Prerequisites: Eclipse IDE(Helios or Above). Java Development Kit(JDK and JRE). Android SDK. Configuring the ADT Plugins in Eclipse. Edureka.in Page 7

8 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 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. Edureka.in Page 8

9 After unzip what you will find in the unzipped folder is something like this: Edureka.in Page 9

10 Installing JDK: Android Environment Setup Guide Go to the URL: 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. Edureka.in Page 10

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12 Once the download is over. Go to the.exe file,double click on this. Now click on Next. Edureka.in Page 12

13 Now click on Next. Once done with the Installation of JAVA. Edureka.in Page 13

14 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. Edureka.in Page 14

15 Installing Android SDK: Download the install package after clicking download button from here 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. Edureka.in Page 15

16 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. Edureka.in Page 16

17 Then press Install button again. When done loading the packages close the window. Edureka.in Page 17

18 Configuring the ADT plugins: Android Environment Setup Guide 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..." Edureka.in Page 18

19 Fill out the Add Site information o Name: Android o Location: o Press "OK" If you get an error don't use SSL. change location from " to " After a connection is made and available tools are retrieved expand "Developer Tools" and NDK Plugins.Check both and check on both the boxes. Edureka.in Page 19

20 Press Next. Press next again. Edureka.in Page 20

21 Click on I accept the terms of licence agreement. You might receive a warning which says: Edureka.in Page 21

22 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. Edureka.in Page 22

23 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" Edureka.in Page 23

24 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. Edureka.in Page 24