Android Environment Setup

This tutorial will help to set up the environment for Android ,give an idea of Android project structure and an example program to start with Android.

Set up Eclipse

1. Download Eclipse from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ and setup the Eclipse

2. Install Android SDK from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html select the .exe

3. Install the Android plugin for Eclipse

Go to Help -> Install New Software

Enter the plugin URL as https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/

and click Add

 

Enter the plugin name and click OK. This will load all the components of the plugin

 

Click Select All and click Next

 

Click Next

 

Accept the license agreement and click Finish

 

Once the plugin installation finish it will ask to restart the Eclipse

Now loading an Android SDK in eclipse.

SetUp Android Environment 

Go to Windows -> Preferences.

 

Select Android from the left panel and in the right panel brows to the Android SDK location and click OK

Next Apply and Ok .