101-Installing the Eclipse ADT Bundle

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1) This tutorial is based on:

1.1) http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/index.html?pkg=adt 

1.2) http://developer.android.com/tools/devices/index.html 

2) The Integrated Development Software used for this tutorial (ADT) is downloadable from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html#download (32 bit edition).

3) Download and extract the ADT software at the step (2). The top-level directory is as shown below:

4) Go into eclipse directory and locate Eclipse executable file.

4.1) Double-click eclipse icon to run the program.

4.2) Right-click the icon and select “Pin to Start menu” to create a short-cut.

4.3) Next time, you can just click Windows START Menu and then click the short-cut to run the program.

5) When you run eclipse.exe, an ADT Splash Screen pops up.

6) Select a workspace

6.1) Set your workspace folder.

6.2) Tick “Use this as the default and do not ask again”

7) Click Menu/Help/About ADT.

8) The About ADT window pops up.

A number of installed components are shown as icons. The green icons are those related to Android Development kit.

Click OK.

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