Development environment for Android
From Bashlinux
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 Android 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 preferred IDE
Windows Setup
- Download SDK
- Install SDK
- Disable anti-virus
- Install add-ons and documentation
- Download and install plugin for the preferred 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 Work with and "Android Plugin" in name field