Steps to set up Eclipse Environment on the Window for the ...



Installation of Eclipse for Android on the Windows

By Anshu Agrawal.

TABLE OF CONTENT

Introduction: 2

Steps to set up Eclipse Android Environment on the Window 3

• Step 1. Downloading the JDK 3

• Step 2: Installation of Eclipse 5

• Step 3 Downloading the SDK Starter Package 7

• Step 4 Installing the ADT Plugin for Eclipse 11

Installation of Eclipse for Android on the Windows

Introduction:

This document is mainly for the purpose of installation of the Eclipse-android on the Window operating system. It will guide you through the steps of setting up the Eclipse and Android Environment on the windows for the programming of Android Applications. The details of every components added will be provided in the next document. So simply follow up the steps .

We have total five steps in this installation.

1) JDK Installation.

2) Eclipse Installation.

3) SDK starter package.

4) ADT Plugin for Eclipse.

5) Explore the contents of the Android SDK (optional).

Steps to set up Eclipse Android Environment on the Window

Eclipse for Android can be set up on Windows XP (32-bit), Vista (32- or 64-bit), or Windows 7 (32- or 64-bit).

Step 1. Downloading the JDK

1) Install the JDK, if you don't have it already .Go the site :



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2) Select the JDK circled in the above picture .

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3) A drop down menu will come on the next page ,select windows.

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4) On the next page select the JDK-u23-windows-i586.exe.

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5) Next press ‘Run’ on the next screen.

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6) After that select ‘Next’ from the next screen.

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7) A Progress Bar will appear in the next window.

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8) On the next window Click finished.

Step 2: Installation of Eclipse

Download Eclipse from this location.



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1. Select Eclipse 3.6.1 for windows 32 bit or windows 64 bit that depends upon your machine.

2. Assuming that your machine is 32 bit lets select Windows 32 Bit.

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3. In the next window select Eclipse source.

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4. In the next screen select eclipse-SDK-3.6.1-win32.zip.

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5. Save this on the desktop Folder Say “Eclipse” and unzip this file.

6. Once you unzip the file , go to the folder and press the Eclipse icon [pic] .

Step 3 Downloading the SDK Starter Package

1) Make a new folder on the desktop or wherever you have the space , named “Android_downloads”. Remember this folder, as we will be referring this for SDK.

2) Go to .

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Note : You have two option for the SDK. One is ‘android-sdk-r08-windows.zip’ and the other is ‘installer_r08-windows.exe’.Both have to be downloaded and saved. For both the files processes are the same , the only difference being ,if you downloaded the Windows installer (.exe file), run it now and it will check whether the proper Java SE Development Kit (JDK) is installed (installing it, if necessary), then install the SDK Tools into a default location (which you can modify).

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3) Click on Run.

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4) Installation will start.

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5) On the Next Screen, click on Run.

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6) A Setup Wizard will come, click on Next.

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7) Be a little careful on the next window as here you need to fill the path of the folder “Android Download” ,click Next.

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8) Select ‘ Accept All’ and click on ‘Install’.

Step 4 Installing the ADT Plugin for Eclipse

Go to the folder where you have installed Eclipse and start the Eclipse.

After some time a workspace window will come .Click on ‘OK’.

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1) select Help > Install New Software....

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2) Click Add, in the top-right corner.

3) In the Add Repository dialog that appears, enter "ADT Plugin" for the Name and the following URL for the Location:



Note: If you have trouble acquiring the plugin, try using "http" in the Location URL, instead of "https" (https is preferred for security reasons).

4) Click OK.

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5) In the Available Software dialog, select the checkbox next to Developer Tools and click Next.

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6) In the next window, you'll see a list of the tools to be downloaded. Click Next.

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7) Read and accept the license agreements, then click Finish.

8) When the installation completes, restart Eclipse.

9) Configuring the ADT Plugin :Once you've successfully downloaded ADT as described above, the next step is to modify your ADT preferences in Eclipse to point to the Android SDK directory.

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10) Select Window > Preferences... to open the Preferences panel (Mac OS X: Eclipse > Preferences).

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11) Select Android from the left panel. For the SDK Location in the main panel, click Browse... and locate your downloaded SDK directory. (Select the Android_download folder here).

Click Apply, then OK.

Done! If you haven't encountered any problems, then the installation is complete.

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