Here starts our Android Development tutorial. In this article, you will find how to setup a complete Android Development environment. This includes download, installation and configuration of various software components required to form a complete IDE. As I said in the Introduction, I.ve tried to keep things as simple as I could. And all you.re supposed to do is to follow some simple steps only. That.s it, not any big deal (Android Development itself is not a big deal and here it is made even more simpler).
This tutorial is based on Windows platform as I.m currently developing on Windows. The setup procedure for Linux and Mac platforms don.t make much difference and all tools required are available for that platforms also. Two things you are required to have is a computer and an internet connection- preferably a high speed one. This is because all those components you are going to download will together consist of several hundreds of megabytes. If you have a low speed dial-up data connection, it will take much time to complete. Continue reading