Development environment for Android

Development environment for Android

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