Integrate Android SDK with Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede) on Windows OS

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7/22/2009

To Integrate Android with an Eclipse follow the following Steps:

1. If you have an Eclipse installed on your window OS, you can ignore this step. If you don’t have. you can download it free from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ and install in on you window OS.

2. Download latest Android SDK from http://developer.android.com/ , unzip it to a suitable location on your machine. The unzip folder contains a number of file and folder like docs, samples, tools, usb_driver…etc.

3. Once you have Eclipse installed, follow the steps below to download the Android Development

Tools (ADT) plug-in and install it in your respective Eclipse environment.

i. Start Eclipse, then select Help > Software Updates....

ii. In the dialog that appears, click the Available Software tab.

iii. Click Add Site...

iv. Enter this as the Location:

https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/

Alternatively, you can use http in the Location URL, if you are having trouble with https (https is preferred for security reasons).

http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/

Click OK.

v. Back in the Available Software view, you should see the plugin. Select the checkbox next to Developer Tools and click Install...

vi. On the subsequent Install window, "Android Developer Tools", and "Android Editors" should both be checked. The Android Editors feature is optional, but recommended. If you choose to install it, you need the WST plugin mentioned earlier in this page. Click Next.

vii. Accept the license agreement and click Finish.

viii. Restart Eclipse.

4. In Eclipse IDE, go to Windows à Preferences... to open the Preferences panel.

5. Select Android from the left panel.

6. For the SDK Location in the main panel, click Browse... and locate the SDK directory.

7. Click Apply, then OK.

Done! If you haven't encountered any problems, then you're ready to begin developing Android application

That’s it, if you have in suggestion / comments, mail me on vivekshah@prakashinfotech.com

Ref. Site: http://developer.android.com/sdk/1.1_r1/installing.html#installingplugin

Integrate Android SDK with Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede) on Windows OS

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