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ADT Bundle – Just a single step to setup android development environment

I got many queries from college students and engineers regarding installation and setup of Android development environment, so for them here is good news.

Before this post i was used to send them below steps for the installation and setup of Android development environment:

1. Download Eclipse
2. Download JDK and install it, set the environment path
3. Download ADT plugin inside Eclipse
4. set the Preference with Android-SDK path
5. Download the latest platform-tools and everything

But now i would suggest to download ADT Bundle to new Android developer.

ADT Bundle:

Android ADT Bundle

Android ADT Bundle

The ADT Bundle provides everything you need to start developing apps, including a version of the Eclipse IDE with built-in ADT (Android Developer Tools) to streamline your Android app development. so now we can say its single step download to setup Android development environment.
 
 
 
 
 

In short, with a single download, the ADT Bundle includes everything you need to begin developing apps:

  1. Eclipse + ADT plugin
  2. Android SDK Tools
  3. Android Platform-tools
  4. The latest Android platform
  5. The latest Android system image for the emulator

Yes there are also possible ways if you want to use existing version of Eclipse or any other IDE.

Here you go for download: ADT Bundle.


 

Setting Up the ADT Bundle:

As you have downloaded ADT bundle, follow below steps to setup it:

  1. Unpack the ZIP file (named adt-bundle-<os_platform>.zip) and save it to an appropriate location, such as a “Development” directory in your home directory.
  2. Open the adt-bundle-<os_platform>/eclipse/ directory and launch eclipse.

That’s it! The IDE is already loaded with the Android Developer Tools plugin and the SDK is ready to go.
 

Reference: ADT Bundle – Just a single step to setup android development environment from our JCG partner Paresh N. Mayani at the TechnoTalkative blog.

Paresh Mayani

Paresh Mayani is a Mobile application developer from India, having been involved in Android app development since around 3 years. He writes technical articles at TechnoTalkative. Apart from his job, he manages Google Developer Group (GDG) - Ahmedabad and has been speaker in various events. He is very much active in supporting the Android developer community, from answering questions on StackOverflow to publishing articles with possible sample code. Currently he is holder of around 25000 reputation.
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Heer Shah
10 years ago

where do i find this location “home directory”? where do I save this file?? program files c drive??

abhijit
abhijit
9 years ago
Reply to  Heer Shah

save it in the c:\\program files\

Ash Hitchon
10 years ago

My SDK manager flashes open for 2 seconds then disappears and never opens. What causes this and how do I fix it on windows 7?

Rakesh
Rakesh
9 years ago
Reply to  Ash Hitchon

Right click and Run as Administrator

Jonny L
Jonny L
10 years ago

For eclipse to work, you will also need Java JDK.
(http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html).

Once installed, simply copy the “jre” folder from “C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_25\” to the “eclipse” folder in the SDK bundle.

Benjamin
Benjamin
10 years ago
Reply to  Jonny L

Yep. It’s this simple. Really.

Mobin
Mobin
9 years ago
Reply to  Jonny L

thanks bro :)

Tim
Tim
10 years ago

Jonny L.! my friend you are the man!!!!!!!

charles
charles
10 years ago

When I try to unzip Android\adt-bundle-windows-x86-20131030, a series of messageboxes are displayed asking me to provide passwords, saying that certain files are password-protected! If it is a free download how can the files be password-protected? There is no mention of passwords on the http://www.javacodegeeks.com website. How can I unzip the file so I can start using the ADT bundle?

Carl
Carl
9 years ago
Reply to  charles

Why do you not go to the website:”http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html” to download the Android\adt-bundle? The Android\adt-bundle in this website don’t asking you to provide password.

Vidal
Vidal
9 years ago

hi,
after copying the jre folder into the eclipse folder, i still get an error message when i click on the eclipse.exe.
“Failed to load the JNI shared library” followed by the path leading to a file name jvm.dll within the eclipse folderr.
I’m runing a 64-bit Win8 pro and i made sure to download 64-bit versions of files.

Carl
Carl
9 years ago

I had clicked the “Download Eclipse ADT
with the Android SDK for Windows” and checked the right direction,but not success! not reflect! why?

Ardy
9 years ago

Hi! I need your help about installing ADT on my Windows 8.1 x86. I’ve been download latest ADT for x86 and latest JDK installed too, but while I try to open ‘ECLIPSE’ it cannot be opened and on the screen there are message like: “this app can’t run on your PC”. what do I do please give me solution? thank you…

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