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2 Getting Started With Android

This document provides instructions for getting started with Android development. It outlines downloading and installing the Android SDK, which contains all the necessary tools for application development. It also describes setting the PATH variable to include the SDK tools and platform-tools directories. Finally, it mentions that the SDK includes an emulator for testing applications on virtual Android devices defined as Android Virtual Devices (AVDs) using the SDK and AVD Manager.

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2 Getting Started With Android

This document provides instructions for getting started with Android development. It outlines downloading and installing the Android SDK, which contains all the necessary tools for application development. It also describes setting the PATH variable to include the SDK tools and platform-tools directories. Finally, it mentions that the SDK includes an emulator for testing applications on virtual Android devices defined as Android Virtual Devices (AVDs) using the SDK and AVD Manager.

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Getting Started With Android

Android and Java

Installing Android SDK


In this lecture ~ is used to refer to the home directory Mac OS X: /Users/marko Linux: /home/marko Windows Vista and 7: C:\Users\marko

Installing Android SDK


SDK is all you need to develop applications Download the android SDK from
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

Once you download it, unzip it into the folder


~/android-sdk

Setting Up a PATH to Tools


Add ~/android-sdk/tools and ~/androidsdk/platform-tools to your system PATH variable

The Android tools include an emulator, a piece of software that pretends to be an Android device The Android emulator can emulate one or several Android devices. Each configuration you want is stored in an "Android Virtual Device", or AVD. The SDK and AVD Manager, which you used to download the SDK components earlier in this presentation, is where you create these AVDs.

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