Creating a plug and play Android development environment

This one is for the new Android developers or the ones who want to get into Android development. With the steps given below , anyone can create a self-sufficient environment for Android development. It is useful due to the following reasons:

1. Deploy the environment across many PCs, update the APIs only once and and copy it to other systems.
2. In case the working environment gets  corrupt , just replace it with the saved installation.

Let’s get going….

Step 1:

Download the latest Eclipse Ide from the Eclipse download site, I prefer the win-32 version even if I have 64-bit system as sometimes it leads to conflict with the JVM.

• Goto http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ and download the Win-32 version.
• Unzip the Eclipse installer in a folder eg: c:\Data

Step 2:

Download and install the Android SDK from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html, it will get installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\Android-SDK. Make sure you know where you are installing the SDK.

• Once the SDK is installed download all the needed APIs for Different platforms by running SDK Manager.exe from the installation folder.

Step 3:

Open Eclipse and install the ADT plugin .

• Goto Help>> Install New Software

• Click on the add button and provide the URL for ADT download (https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/ )and give the name as ADT plugin and click ok

• Select the Developer tools option and click on next , Accept the EULA and let it install.

Step 4:

Once the ADT plugin is installed we move to the next step, Goto C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\ and copy or cut the Android-SDK folder and paste it where the Eclipse installation is eg. C:\Data.

Step 5:

The last step is to update the SDK location in Eclipse ,  Go to  Window>> Preferences >> Android  >> SDK Location and update it to the new location where you moved your Android-SDK folder.

Once all the steps are complete you can create a zipped folder from the C:\Android folder and reuse it on other systems or keep it in a secure place for any contingencies later.  🙂

For the newbs who do not want so much configuration, they can download the pre-installed rar file here.

It includes: Eclipse Juno , Android SDK, Android APIs, and the ADT plugin .(Also included is the GIT plugin)

OUYA: A New Kind of Video Game Console

Cool Android gaming console be the first to get it

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At first I wasn’t entirely sure how I felt about the OUYA, but it’s starting to look like a pretty legit system. What’s OUYA? So glad you asked.  It’s a console in the making that breaks away from “The Big 3”, using an android based, digital download format, that will be playable on your TV.

I’m still a little conflicted though. I suppose it really depends on where the video game market goes and how well they execute their format. Will this be a commercial success? I really don’t know. But I wouldn’t necessarily want it to be either. A “commercial success” can often feel soulless and cheapened. It also kind of feels like they’re trying to sell us something that we already have. It runs on android. If I really wanted to I could hook up my android tablet to my TV and a controller to that. Granted not…

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