Eclipse and Android Integration

This is the post for integrating Android to the eclipse. Following is the requirement for creating the hello world app.

1. Android Integration with eclipse
     To integrate android in eclipse, first download eclipse from eclipse.org/downloads/. After downloading eclipse launch the eclipse and goto Help-->>Install New Software.. The screen looks like below.

Click add button, the below image will be displayed.

Enter Name : Android

Location :  https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/

and click OK. The available software for android will be displayed in available software window, like below

Select Developer Tools check box and click next button. The selected tools will be downloaded from the repository and integrated with eclipse. The download will may take three to four hours for slower net connection. After integration the android tool bar will be added to the eclipse like below. The three icons inside the rectangle is the android toolbar.

First icon is the Android SDK Manager.

Second icon is Android Virtual Device Manager.

Third icon is New Android XML File.

After integrating the Android ADT, you need to install the Android SDK. Click the Android SDK Manager icon to install SDK.

Note : I already installed "Tools", "Android4.3(API 18)" and "Android 4.3(API 17)". Hence the status displayed as "Installed". Otherwise the status will displayed as"Not Installed".

Select the latest android SDK (ie., Android4.3(API 18)) checkbox and click Install packages button. After clicking the Install packages button, you should have to accept the license to install the selected packages. After accepting the license the SDK downloading for selected packages will be started. The downloading will may take two to three hours for slower net connection.

After the successful completion of android SDK, you need to create Android Virtual Device(AVD). The AVD is used for running your application in emulator.

To create AVD, click the second icon in the android toolbar. The below screen will be displayed.

Click New button for creating the new AVD.

AVD Name : Enter name for AVD.

Device : Select device size of AVD.

Target : Select the target of AVD.

CPU/ABI : Select the CPU type to run the AVD and application.

The above mention details should need to enter for creating the new AVD. You can change the Internal storage details like RAM and VMHeap if your application required more than 512 MB of RAM..

Click OK to create the new AVD with above details.

You can create different AVD that suits for your application.