Android is an operating system (or, more precisely, a software stack) for mobile devices that includes middleware and key applications,[4] and uses a modified version of the Linux kernel.[5][6][7] It was initially developed by Android Inc., a firm later purchased by Google, and lately by the Open Handset Alliance.[8] It allows developers to write managed code in the Java language, controlling the device via Google-developed Java libraries.[9]
Google has a large collection of documentation for setting up your development environment, for the most part I will be telling you a story which has already been told *smile*.
Development and emulation for the Andoird platform requires the following key components.
- Java Runtime Environment (JRE) – http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/moreinfo/jre.php
- The Eclipse IDE Platform (I would recommend using Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers for a completed environment) – http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
- The Android SDK – http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
- The ADT Plugin for Eclipse – http://developer.android.com/sdk/eclipse-adt.html
Each page has all the needed information about installation and configuration of these items. Once everything is installed and configured you will be able to create a new Android based application in Eclipse which will execute the emulator when testing and debugging.
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