Setting Up The Android SDK (Software Development Kit) A basic step by step guide leading to set up and your first Hello World App.

Downloads Eclipse IDE (Integrated Development Environment) Download from click here.click here Install Eclipse, get to learn. Supports Java/C/C++/Ruby and many other things, it’s a powerful tool that I find more useful then Dr.Java. Download The Android SDK - click here.click here After installing the SDK we want can start developing apps but android offers a custom plug-in for Eclipse that comes with very useful tools for developing.

Installing the ADT 1.Click Help on the toolbar at the top. 2.Next click Install New Software 3. Type this URL into the work with field - ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/ ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/ 4.Click Add. 5.A box will Appear specifying what you want to name it. For now anything will do but be specific so you can indentify your plug- ins easily

Installing The ADT(Continued) Check the box the to the left of Developer Tools and all of the boxes underneath will automatically be checked. Next you want to hit finish and once its done installing you want to restart Eclipse. You will notice that the layout for Eclipse has changed a little bit.

Installing more add-ons for future development Originally the Android SDK installed just the bare minimum of tools needed to create an app. If you’re expecting to develop something exceptional then you should make use of the extra tools provided for you that are just a few clicks away from installing. The tools range from sample code to get you started to earlier android platforms so people with any version specified by you can use your app all the way to specific phone virtual devices/drivers so you can see how that app would run on a certain phone. Personally I took advantage of all the tools and downloaded everything but that’s up to your discretion.

Android SDK Manager There is a Bunch of tools totaling of about a min period to install them all

Hello World!!! How to make your own Hello World App! Hello World

Final Words Androids app market is far less restricting then the apple app store but there are still rules to be followed and they can be viewed here.here The first app to be released on the market was ironically an app of the game snake. Android has the highest percentage of 67% of their app market being free. Windows phones come close with 61%. Then of course apple falls behind with 37%.

Android Developer Site Adroid Developers