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Getting started with Android

ByCT. Muthumanimuthumani@ethicstech.inhttp://muthumanict.wordpress.com

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Content

●Installing Android

●Hello World Program

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Installing Android

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Requirements

●Java JDK/JRE

●Android SDK

●Eclipse IDE

●ADT Plugin for Eclipse

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Java

Before you download Android SDK make sure that you have installed Java jdk 5 or 6 on your machine.

If else open the terminal and typesudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk

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Eclipse IDE

●Eclipse is the most popular open source IDE for Java

developers.

●Eclipse can also be used to develop in other languages.

●An ADT plug-in must be added to customize the eclipse IDE

for android development.

●Eclipse can be downloaded from

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

●Eclipse Classic version is recommended.

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ADT PLUG-IN FOR ECLIPSE

●Android Development Tools (ADT) is a plug-in for Eclipse

IDE which helps us to build Android application using

Eclipse.

●ADT extends the capabilities of Eclipse to let you quickly set

up new Android projects, debug your applications using the

Android SDK tools.

●ADT Plugin can be directly added from eclipse. ●Extract the downloaded Eclipse folder to your preferred location

and double click on the eclipse binary with in the extracted folder.

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Installing ADT●STEP 1:

Goto help->Install New Software

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Installing ADT●STEP 2: Add website to download ADT

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

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Installing ADT●STEP 3: Click okay and then next in the subsequent windows.

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ANDROID SDK

A software development kit that enables developers to create

applications for the Android platform.

SDK include:

● Device emulator

● Debugger

● Samples

● Tools

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ANDROID SDK

Download the Android SDK from Android’s developer

Website :

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

Extract the downloaded tar file and save it in your preferred

location.

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Installing SDK●Step 4: Open Eclipse and then goto windows->preferences

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Installing SDK●Select Android, then Browse and locate the extracted SDK file and click OK.

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Android SDK Manager

●New API's can be downloaded from Android SDK

Manager

●Click on the SDK manager icon(highlighted in Red

color in the image below) to get the SDK Manager

Window.

●Select some API's and hit install button.

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SDK Manager

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Emulator

●New Emulator can be created using Android AVD

Manager.

●Click on the AVD manager icon(highlighted in Red

color in the image below) to get the AVD window.

●Click on the new button.

●Name the emulator with your convenient name,

select the desired target from the drop down and

mention the SD Card size(minimum 10Mib) and hit

Create AVD button.

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Emulator

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Emulator

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Emulator●Click on start button to lunch the emulator.

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Emulator

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Hello World Program

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Hello World●To create new android project open eclipse and then

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Hello World●Fill in the project name and select the API of your choice.

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Hello World

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Hello World

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Hello World

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Installation Successful

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THANK YOU