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android sdk
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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