Download Android SDK and Platform tools:
Create a folder called "android" in the drive C. Goto http://code.google.com/android/download.html. Click on the android_sdk_windows... link, download and save it to c:\android.
Unzip downloaded file.
Set path for JAVA:
Now, set your PATH environment variable by right click on My Computer, and select Properties. Under the Advanced tab, hit the Environment Variables button, and in the dialog that comes up, double-click on Path under System Variables. Add the full path to the tools/ directory to the path, in this case, it is: C:\android\android-sdk-windows-1.0_r1\tools. Then click OK , OK , OK.
Click on Start > All Programms > Accessories > Command prompt and type emulator, then hit ENTER , in a couple seconds the emulator will appear, please wait when it's starting up.
Or else open android_sdk_windows > double click SDK Manager.
Select the platform tools want to install.
Click install selected , OK.
Wait for the emulator to download and install the platform tools for Android.
Download and install JDK 6:
Goto http://developers.sun.com/downloads/
Choose Java SE (JDK) 6 link.
Click on the Download button.
Select Platform, Language for your download, check into the box "I agree to ..." and then click on the button "Continue"
Click on the file name (jdk-6u10-windows-i586-p.exe) to start to download the Java SDK.
After it has finished downloading, you will have this file in your directory (C:\android). Double click on file that was downloaded to start install Java SDK.
Accept agreement. And click Next to start install.
Download and install Eclipse:
Go to http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ . Download and save it to drive C:\. The current version of Eclipse is 3.4.1
After it has finished downloading, you will have this file in your directory (C:\). Unzip this file.
Double-click on the file c:\eclipse\eclipse.exe to run Eclipse editor.
Click OK to Continue.
Installing ADT plugin for Android in Eclipse:
The ADT (Android Development Tools) plugin includes a variety of powerful extensions that make creating, running, and debugging Android applications faster and easier.
Start Eclipse.
If you are using a proxy, please go to Windows > Preferences > General > Network Connections, choose "Manual proxy configuration" and type your proxy address here. If you are using a direct internet connection, you do not need to do this step.
Click Help > Software Updates .
Choose "Available Software" tab, then click on the button "Add Site ..."
Copy and paste this link into input box "Location": https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/, click OK .
Back in the Available Software view, you should see the plugin. "Android Developer Tools", and "Android Editors" should both be checked. The Android Editors feature is optional, but recommended. Then click on the button "Install ..."
Click on the button Next .
Check the "I accept the terms of the license agreements" and click Finish.
will ask to restart, click on the button Yes
After restart, update your Eclipse preferences to point to the SDK directory:
Wait to Eclipse download the plugin.
Eclipse. Select Window > Preferences... to open the Preferences panel.
a.) Select Android from the left panel. If you get a dialog says: "Could not find folder 'tool' inside SDK ...", just click on the button OK
b.) For the SDK Location in the main panel, click Browse... and locate the SDK directory.
c.) Click Apply, then OK.
This will show you how to make the first simple Android application with Eclipse.
Click File > New > Other....
Click on Android Project and click Next.
Fill out the form and click Finish.
Then click on button Run.
Once Android Emulator is booted up, your application will appear. When all is said and done, you should see some text like this Hello Android.
That's it you're done! Android has been installed in Eclipse for Windows XP.
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