Getting started on Android Application Development

Working as an intern at webkul, I set up Android on my PC. Here's the entire documentation I submitted.

Simple Steps for getting started with the Android Application Development on Windows:

Step-1: Downloads

• Download the Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers (it's 163 MB). (http://www.eclipse.org/downloads)
• Download the Android SDK. Once the SDK is downloaded, unzip the SDK into a folder.

Step-2: Configure Ellipse

• Start Eclipse
• Goto to Help->Install New Software.
• Hit Add.
• For the name, type “Android” and set the link to “https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/” (if this doesn’t work, try it with http:// instead of https://).
• Click OK.

Step-3: Add ADT (Android Development Tools)

• Download the tools from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

Step-4: Configure Android SDK

• Start SDK Setup.exe.
• Install all the packages needed.
• SDK Manager installs the tools.

Step-5: Set up Android Virtual Device

• Click on Virtual Devices in SDK Manager.
• It creates an Android device that will test run the programs.
• In the name field: “any name”
• In target field: “Android 2.2 – API Level 8”
• Select Size as 20.
• Hit create.
• Select AVD from list
• Hit Start

Step-6: Configure Eclipse again

• Open Eclipse
• Goto Window->Preferences
• Select the Android tab.
• Browse to the location of your Android SDK
• Hit Apply.
• Hit OK.

Step-7: Create a new Project

• Goto File->New->Projects
• Select Android Projects.
• Fill the required fields.
• Hit Finish
• Start Coding.

Step-8: Run Your Program

• Press F11.
• Hit Save.

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