The Android SDK is a software development kit which provides API libraries and necessary developer tools necessary for building Android application’s. Android SDK is officially provided by android developers.
This article will help you for quickly configuring ADT (Android Developer Tools) Bundle for developing apps on your Linux system. ADT has all the essential SDK components with Eclipse IDE for your Android app development.
- By the way, at least for me is very confusing that Android Studio working worse than eclipse. I found that Android Studio is far better than eclipse (but that is only my personal opinion). Anyway, that is more important: Android Studio is now the official IDE for Android and migration to it is recommended. Eclipse is not supported anymore.
- Terms and Conditions This is the Android Software Development Kit License Agreement 1. Introduction 1.1 The Android Software Development Kit (referred to in the License Agreement as the 'SDK' and specifically including the Android system files, packaged APIs, and Google APIs add-ons) is licensed to you subject to the terms of the License Agreement.
ADT Bundle includes all the things we required to start application development. It including followings –
- Eclipse + ADT plugin
- Android SDK Tools
- Android Platform-tools
- The latest Android platform
- The latest Android system image for the emulator
The Android SDK is a software development kit which provides API libraries and necessary developer tools necessary for building Android application’s. Android SDK is officially provided by android developers. This article will help you for quickly configuring ADT (Android Developer Tools) Bundle for developing apps on your Linux system.
Step 1: Install Java
Java is the primary requirement for installing Android SDK (ADT). If you don’t have java install use below commands else you may skip it.
Step 2: Download ADT (Android Developer Tools)
We can download latest ADT version from official android developer website. Also we can use the following commands to download ADT 22.6.2 version
For 32bit-
For 64bit-
After downloading ADT tools, extract it to your desired place in system. Keep remember to not to move any files to other location from extracted source.
Step 3: Start ADT (Android Developer Tools)
In the extracted files, you will get two directories (eclipse and sdk). Navigate to eclipse directory and double-click on eclipse file to start Eclipse IDE as pr below screenshot.
Now select the workspace where you want to save you projects files in system. You may also check the check box for automatically loading this workspace on next time load without prompting.
At this stage Eclipse is ready to use, you can start developing your application’s using Eclipse with Android SDK.
Now you can start building the awesome android apps, If you are new in Android development, you can start from here.
Step 4: Install or Update Required Packages
While working with Android SDK, You may need to install more additional packages or libraries required for your application. ADT provides Android SDK Manager utility to do this. To start SDK Manager – Click Android SDK Manager under Windows menu. It will open a window like below, here you can select the required packages and install or upgrade them as per your need.
The Android SDK is a software development kit which provides API libraries and necessary developer tools necessary for building Android application’s. Android SDK is officially provided by android developers.
This article will help you for quickly configuring ADT (Android Developer Tools) Bundle for developing apps on your Linux system. ADT has all the essential SDK components with Eclipse IDE for your Android app development.
Android Sdk Zip Download
ADT Bundle includes all the things we required to start application development. It including followings –
- Eclipse + ADT plugin
- Android SDK Tools
- Android Platform-tools
- The latest Android platform
- The latest Android system image for the emulator
Step 1: Install Java
Java is the primary requirement for installing Android SDK (ADT). If you don’t have java install use below commands else you may skip it.
Step 2: Download ADT (Android Developer Tools)
We can download latest ADT version from official android developer website. Also we can use the following commands to download ADT 22.6.2 version
Eclipse Sdk Download
For 32bit-
For 64bit-
After downloading ADT tools, extract it to your desired place in system. Keep remember to not to move any files to other location from extracted source.
Step 3: Start ADT (Android Developer Tools)
In the extracted files, you will get two directories (eclipse and sdk). Navigate to eclipse directory and double-click on eclipse file to start Eclipse IDE as pr below screenshot.
Now select the workspace where you want to save you projects files in system. You may also check the check box for automatically loading this workspace on next time load without prompting.
At this stage Eclipse is ready to use, you can start developing your application’s using Eclipse with Android SDK.
Now you can start building the awesome android apps, If you are new in Android development, you can start from here.
Step 4: Install or Update Required Packages
While working with Android SDK, You may need to install more additional packages or libraries required for your application. ADT provides Android SDK Manager utility to do this. To start SDK Manager – Click Android SDK Manager under Windows menu. It will open a window like below, here you can select the required packages and install or upgrade them as per your need.