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           Set up your development environment


           Understandably, the coach won’t let your have his phone to work on until
           you have something that works. Thankfully, Google provides a cross-platform        Do this!
           Android emulator that lets you develop for the phone as needed, even
           though you don’t own any hardware.

                                                                                  Follow along with
           Download the Software Development Kit (SDK)                            these instructions to
                                                                                  ensure you have your
           Let’s get started developing for Android. Visit this website and download the   Android development
           SDK for your computer and operating system:
                                                                                  environment correctly set
                                                                                  up on your computer.
                  http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html






                                                                                               The Android
                                                                                               SDK website

























                                                                                Note: This is how the Android SDK

           Despite what this website might look like it’s telling you, you do not need to   download page looks at the time of
           install Eclipse to run the Android emulator. However, you do need to have a   this writing. It might look a little
           Java Runtime Environment installed. If you are unsure about this, don’t worry:   different for you. No worries: just
           the Android emulator will advise your best course of action if it spots that   download the latest version of the
           Java is missing.                                                      SDK.

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