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How to Set up Eclipse
Difficulty: 1/10
Overview: Why do we need eclipse? Simple. It makes Android Development easier, but keep in mind, you still need to learn java, its not going to do the work for you.
Download Eclipse here
Download Android SDK here
Once you have the SDK downloaded, lets get started!
First, open up Eclipse, choose your workbench, this is where your stuff will be saved, i recommend setting it as My Documents. You can close the welcome screen.
Now open the folder called "android-sdk-windows" and click SDK Setup. This will open an empty cmd with the location of what you just clicked as the title, you can just ignore this, its starting its thing.
A window will open in Eclipse, and you may get the following Error:
To fix this, click this, and check the "Force https://..." button as shown in the picture below
Now, go back to the folder of the sdk, and click SDK Setup once again, now it will start its thing, its going to check for updates, then click "update all" it will look like this once its finished:
*note, this will take a while*
Now restart Eclipse, and you're good to go!
What should I do next..?
"Hello World" Android Tutorial/Setting up Emulator
Difficulty: 1/10
Overview: Why do we need eclipse? Simple. It makes Android Development easier, but keep in mind, you still need to learn java, its not going to do the work for you.
Download Eclipse here
Download Android SDK here
Once you have the SDK downloaded, lets get started!
First, open up Eclipse, choose your workbench, this is where your stuff will be saved, i recommend setting it as My Documents. You can close the welcome screen.
Now open the folder called "android-sdk-windows" and click SDK Setup. This will open an empty cmd with the location of what you just clicked as the title, you can just ignore this, its starting its thing.
A window will open in Eclipse, and you may get the following Error:
To fix this, click this, and check the "Force https://..." button as shown in the picture below
Now, go back to the folder of the sdk, and click SDK Setup once again, now it will start its thing, its going to check for updates, then click "update all" it will look like this once its finished:
*note, this will take a while*
Now restart Eclipse, and you're good to go!
What should I do next..?
"Hello World" Android Tutorial/Setting up Emulator
