Saturday, February 14, 2015
Setting up Android Development Environment
Due to the increase in the android users the demand for quality applications is also increasing. As a result more and more programmers are jumping into the field of android development. Developing any android application requires certain development tools. In this android tutorial I am telling you the step by step procedure for setting up android development environment.
Also Read: How to Make a Calculator App for Android
Since Android Studio is still the beta version (that means it is not completely tested) so we will focus on setting up Eclipse IDE
1. The first thing we need to do is installing Java JDK. Download the latest version of java from below link.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
2. The next thing we need to do is install Eclipse IDE (the software we are going to use to develop android applications). Visit the link below and download eclipse for java developers.
https://eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-java-developers/lunasr1
3. Now we need to is install the android sdk. This sdk is required to run your custom android projects on emulator in order to debug it. You can also use android devices to debug your projects. Download Android SDK from the following link.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/older_releases.html
4. After downloading extract the sdk folder and open sdk manager, select available packages, check the android Repository and hit install selected.
5. Accept all the licenses and download it (if you are an advance user you can select only the required packages).
6. Now we need to set preferences so open eclipse IDE go to Windows > Preferences > Android > SDK Location > Browse the files that we have extracted (SDK MANAGER).
If you are getting any difficulty in above steps then you can check below video tutorial.
Also Read: How to Make a Calculator App for Android
Steps for Setting up Android Development Environment
The first step of getting started in android application development is to setup an android development environment. There are two choices:- The first one is using Eclipse IDE
- The Second one is using Android Studio
Since Android Studio is still the beta version (that means it is not completely tested) so we will focus on setting up Eclipse IDE
1. The first thing we need to do is installing Java JDK. Download the latest version of java from below link.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
2. The next thing we need to do is install Eclipse IDE (the software we are going to use to develop android applications). Visit the link below and download eclipse for java developers.
https://eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-java-developers/lunasr1
3. Now we need to is install the android sdk. This sdk is required to run your custom android projects on emulator in order to debug it. You can also use android devices to debug your projects. Download Android SDK from the following link.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/older_releases.html
4. After downloading extract the sdk folder and open sdk manager, select available packages, check the android Repository and hit install selected.
5. Accept all the licenses and download it (if you are an advance user you can select only the required packages).
6. Now we need to set preferences so open eclipse IDE go to Windows > Preferences > Android > SDK Location > Browse the files that we have extracted (SDK MANAGER).
If you are getting any difficulty in above steps then you can check below video tutorial.
Video Tutorial for Setting up Android Development Environment
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