How To SetUp Android Development Environment

There are many ways to develop for Android and because of all the options it is sometimes a little daunting getting your environment setup. I found myself bouncing from web page to web page, not really sure if I had the right tools and if they were setup correctly. I wanted to document the process that worked for me.

Environment / Tools

• Windows OS


• Eclipse IDE for Java Developers (v3.5 Galileo)


• JDK Update 22


• Android SDK Tools, Revision 4

Step 1 Install Eclipse IDE

• Download Galileo v3.5 from here Eclipse Galileo v3.5


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

Step 2 : Install Java Platform (JDK 6 Update 22)

• Download the installation file from Sun from here http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

• Select Your Platform


• Now run the JDK installation. Install to default directory. Complete the installation.

Step 3 : Download the Android SDK Tools, Revision 4

• Download the install package "android-sdk_r04-windows.zip" from here http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

• This does not require installation. Just unzip and copy the files. You can install the package anywhere but remember where you put as you will need to reference it in Eclipse. I Extract it inside my eclipse folder. (C:\"program files"\eclipse)

World Of Android

As we all know todays world is a technology world ... With fast growing technology we hav to cope up with dat. One of Todays mobile Tech Jargons are smartphones which are now one of our basic need.
A simple smartphone contains Advanced Operating Systems + (Virtually) Infinite extensibility through applications: Symbian, Android, Windows Mobile, iOS – do these names ring a bell? These are mobile phone operating systems. Apple had over 200,000 apps in its store, while Android had over 50,000 apps in its Android Marketplace. so what it means , an ‘operating system platform open to developers’.
So think excellent email, calendar, organizer integration; think powerful apps presented in a simple, intuitive way – yup, that’s a smartphone . And as a Developer We r the one to build them.

A simple Question that comes in our Mind .
Q. What an ANDROID Is ? And how to develop own Applications ?

Ans : A fully integrated mobile “software stack” that consists of an operating system, middleware, user-friendly interface and a large collection of applications.
Google Inc., Intel, T-Mobile, Sprint, HTC, Qualcomm, Motorola and others have collaborated on the development of Android through the Open Handset Alliance, a multinational alliance of technology and mobile industry leaders.

Now a days ANDROID is a basic need of smartphones and a great opportunities to developers.
So a simple question HOW TO WORK WITH ANDROID ?
Well its not a hectic task to develop android applications . We just need to establish an android environment ,a little knowledge of JAVA , some creatve skills and bingooo everythings goes on.
To setup an android development Environment see my next post.