Working with Android SDK with Eclipse.
So now that i started doing my first android PAD project for one of my clients. We need to submit a POC which will showcase a work flow. A login screen, a screen with tab controls, a grid view with menu and a table layout with details.
Before I start the work i need to set my DEV environment. Being a C# developer for most of my life I am taking baby steps towards Java programming and that too with android. Interesting….
What we need ?
1) Android SDK
2) Eclipse
3) ADT Plugin for Java.
There is an excellent tutorial at the android developer community for setting up the environment, but I found my self stuck at a couple of places….so thought i should blog it myself…
1) Download the SDK from the location
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r08-windows.zip
- Unzip the contents of the SDK (I choose to unzip the contents inside Program Files\AndroidSDK directory, so that I dont accidentally delete the contents by placing it somewhere else)
- and execute the SDK Manager.exe, it will start downloading the platform(which takes around 2 hrs with a 150 KBPS actual download speed)
- after installation the SDK folder will be populated with the platform details, you can see the various supported platforms inside the PLATFORM folder.
2) Download and Install Eclipse latest release – Eclipse website has detailed information on the installation. http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ (download the one which says “Eclipse IDE for Java Developers)
After successful installation
Go to Help –> Software updates –>(or Help Install New Software in Eclipse – Gallileo) add the site “https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/” to the updates directory and click the ADD software button, it will list down the details available to install and click NEXT & finish the installation…it will install the ADT plugin.
3) After installation the menu Android will appear in Window –> Preference menu, Navigate to it and Click the Browse button and set the path of the SDK folder –> click ok and apply –> restart Eclipse.
4) create a new AVD image – This is the Emulator that will open when you execute your android APP
select window –> Android SDK and AVD Manager and create a new device. Make sure that you choose the right version for your project.
Now we are ready to start a project
After create a new android project , set the target of Run configuration (Run–>run configuration –> android –> new configuration) to the AVD you just created.
when you RUN you app, the Emulator will start and you are ready to roll on…
