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Android - Install & Configure

We can use Netbean or Eclipse as the IDE on which we implement and run the Android applications. If you are interested in Netbean, please read more information here: http://wiki.netbeans.org/IntroAndroidDevNetBeans. The following assume that you used Eclipse and have already it installed. There are 3 steps to install all neccesary softs and plugins: 1. Install the "Android development Tools" (ADT) for Eclipse and the base Android SDK. 2. Install different Android versions via the ADT. 3. Configure a device which will be used to emulate your real device. Firstly, download the Android SDK from the Android homepage under Android SDK download . Then, extract the Android SDK zip file to "c:\android-sdk-windows" . Open the Preferences dialog via Windows Preferences maintain the installation path of the Android SDK. Select Android and

Select now Window

Android SDK and AVD Manager from the menu.

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Select available packages and select the latest version of the SDK

Press button "Install selected" and confirm the license for all package. Restart Eclipse when finishing installation. Next step is to define a device which can be used for emulation. Press the device manager button, press "New" and maintain the following.
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Press the "Create AVD" button. To test if you setup is correct, eelect your device and press "Start".

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After (a long time) your device should be started.

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