Development environment for Android

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How to setup Android SDK

This is to build applications for Android

Linux Setup

If installing on a 64-bit system, then install the following packages before to start because Android SDK is 32-bit

 yum install glibc.i686 glibc-devel.i686 libstdc++.i686 zlib-devel.i686 ncurses-devel.i686 \
 libX11-devel.i686 libXrender.i686 libXrandr.i686
 


  • Download the [SDK]
  • Add to the `$PATH` the tools location
 export PATH=${PATH}:<sdk_location>/tools:<sdk_location>/platform-tools
 
  • Install add-ons and documentation
  • Download and install plugin for the prefered IDE

Windows Setup

  • Download SDK
  • Install SDK
  • Disable anti-virus
  • Install add-ons and documentation
  • Download and install plugin for the prefered IDE

How to setup Eclipse to build Android Apps on Linux

This setup Eclipse and Android Eclipse Plugin on Linux

  • Install Eclipse
 yum install eclipse eclipse-jdt eclipse-gef
 
  • Enable the proper eclipse repository, based on the release codename
 http://download.eclipse.org/releases/<eclipse_release>/
 
  • Update eclipse, 'Help > Check Updates'
  • Add the ADT on 'Help > Add New software'
  • On the new dialog click on 'Add' button and add `https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/` in location and `Android Plugin in name field