Sunday, December 16, 2007

How to: Google Android in Eclipse

The Android platform is a software stack for mobile devices. In this two-part screencast you are going to see how to install and use the Android SDK to develop simple Android application using the Java programming language and Eclipse IDE plugin.

First screencast shows how to install SDK, configure Eclipse plugin and run sample Android applications. Second tutorial covers new project creation in Eclipse, use of Android emulator, content model, permissions and navigation model.


Install and configure the Android SDK (03:00):

Developing an Android application (02:50):

Second screencast is derived from (more advanced) example by Dan Morill:

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9 comments:

pointer said...

HI It is very nice and easy to fallow
Thanks
Paramesh Aluvala

Anonymous said...

I have a newer version (or different?) of eclipse and it doesn't have the option for the android plug in and won't pick it up from this site "https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/"

My interface doesn't look the same as depicted in this tutorial.

Someone please help!

Foysal said...

eclipse has 2 types of ide. May be you have the different one than shown in the video.

And use http instead of https if the url doesn't work.

Yui-Ikari said...

Excellent tutorial!. Even tho Im working on my Mac and I have a different version it still shows the keys steps to follow when you are starting for the very first time. Thanks! GJ!!!! I'll Stumble upon this ;)

Marble said...

Excellent tutorial! Thanks~~

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the effort! nice tutorial.

However I tried with
Eclipse IDE for Java Developers
Build id: 20090619-0625

this seems new version and some of
the UI is new and not same as the
tutorial, notablly

1. Instead of Menu->Help->Check Fo Updates
I had to select
Menu->Install New Software
here I gave
"https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/"


2.While opening the project
Instead of
File->New->Android
Now
File->Others->Android project

3. While running
Instead of Run->Open Debug
Now
Run->External Tools
then select android

Also there are some changes in
how we select emulator options.

Overall, I was quite happy that
as a new to eclipse I could able to
run. Good work.

B. said...

Thanks for this, but here's an errata entry. As of today, when trying this screencast from scratch, the AndroidManifest.xml lines needed to use "android:name" rather than "id" in the "uses-permission" tags.

小菜ZENO said...

Thank you so much!
Would you mind if I save these 2 Flashs to my local storage?

Kuba said...

Nice tutorial. thanks for the cast.