is there anyone kind enough to help me set up the sdk and eclipse

[dippedinsauce]

i tried and once i did the path change thing with environment i cant open eclipse it says i dont have the jdk but i just installed it and had eclipse running so... i dont know what happend i have visual studio 2005 on it (i use it as my programming comp) so theres no internet and the original path was somethin to sql server

[jmejiaa]

You do not need to change the PATH in order to get it working, I would install the sdk, remove the PATH and then open eclipse. After installing the eclipse plugins for Android you can setup your project.

Eclipse will set the PATH internally, the only reason you need to specify a path is if you plan on using the tools with a command prompt.

Try removing the path and then going over the steps here again, skipping the optional PATH assignment:
http://code.google.com/android/intro/installing.html

[Lukster]

• Android SDK supports Windows XP, Vista, Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later (x86 only) and Linux.

• You have the option of using Eclipse IDE (recommended) or any other IDE. The Android Developer Tool (ADT) plugin provided for Eclipse makes app development easier, so stick with it unless there are extreme reasons not to.

• Eclipse can be downloaded from here. Make sure you choose the J2EE version, you will need it when you become a seasoned Android developer. The latest stable version of Eclipse is supported, so if you already have Eclipse make sure you update to a recent major release.

• JDK 5 or 6 is required. Again, make sure you update to the latest stable version in case you already have JDK. Get it here

• If you choose to use another IDE, you will need the latest Ant release from here.

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Installing ADT Plugin

• Copy this - https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/ which is the address for ADT plugin update site.

• Watch this video on how to install the ADT plugin .

• If you face problems installing the plugin from above site, you can download the plugin archive from here and perform offline installation.

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Installing SDK

• Download the SDK from here. Unzip and rename the folder to something short like SDK_ROOT. For simplicity, don't put SDK_ROOT inside any folder.

• You will be frequently using the utilities inside SDK_ROOT/tools directory, so add them to your PATH variable.

- On Windows, right-click on My Computer, and select Properties. Under the Advanced tab, press 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.




- On Linux, you'll need to edit the ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc file. Look for the line that says PATH=... and add the full path to the tools/ directory to it. If you don't see that line, you can add one,

export PATH=${PATH}:SDK_ROOT/tools


- On Mac, look in your home directory for .bash_profile and proceed as for Linux. If you don't have .bash_profile, read here to create a .bash_profile.

• Watch this video on how to install the SDK.

[dippedinsauce]

k ill try again thanks u 2 ive already installed jdk the new one and got the new eclipse ill try doing the path thing and if that doesnt work ill try deleting it and ill play around with it ill give u feedback shortly

[Lukster]

let me know

[dippedinsauce]

well so far no matter what i do it says

"A Java Runtime Environment or Java Developement Kit must be available in order to run Eclipse. No Java virtual machine was found after searching the following locations: C:\Document and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\eclipse\jre\bin\jav aw.exe
javaw.exe in your current PATH"

well i fixed it but id like to know where everybody else put their eclipse folder?



ok everything went well thanks but still i wanna know where you guys put ur eclipse :P thanks for all the help lukster and jmejiaa


one last thing when it asks for package name and acitivity name and application name what do i specify? (new to java/eclipse) i come from vs2005 and C# lol


nevermind i think i got it

[Lukster]

gladd you got it!

[jmejiaa]

I put everything in my D: drive.

Glad you got it working.

[dippedinsauce]

hey guys quick question is there anyway to put it all on my usb so when i go to school i can program with eclipse and stuff without having to install it all on their comp?

[Lukster]

hey guys quick question is there anyway to put it all on my usb so when i go to school i can program with eclipse and stuff without having to install it all on their comp?

yes. just put it on there.. I dont expect school previsions will allow the operations?