Android Setup on Vista

The setup is the stepping stone to develop the application.

Thought the setup is easy, it is just for reference.

1) Eclipse:

Site:- http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
Software:- Galileo - Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers (189 MB)

Method:
1. Download the torrent, as you get the flexibilty for pause & resume
2. Unzip it
3. Start using the Eclipse :)

2) Android SDK

Site:- http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Software:- android-sdk_r3-windows.zip (22 MB)

Method:
1. Direct download only. (Supports pause & resume)
2. Unzip it

3) Setting up the path

Method:
1. Right click on 'My Computer' -> 'Properties'
2. Click on 'Change Settings' besides 'Computer Name'
3. Select 'Advanced Tab' -> 'Environment Variables'
4. Double Click on 'PATH' under 'System Variables'
5. Add 'ADK_DWLD_PATH\tools\' & press OK.
6. Press OK and OK to come to 'Properties Page'

4) ADT Plugin

Site:- http://developer.android.com/sdk/eclipse-adt.html
Software:- ADT-0.9.4.zip (3.3 MB)

Method:
1. Download it directly.
2. Start Eclipse, then select Help > Install New Softare.
3. In the Available Software dialog, click Add....
4. In the Add Site dialog, click Archive.
5. Browse and select the downloaded zip file.
6. In Eclipse 3.5 only, enter a name 'Android Plugin' in the 'Name' field.
7. Click OK.
8. Back in the Available Software view, you should now see 'Developer Tools' added to the list. Select the checkbox next to Developer Tools, which will automatically select the nested tools Android DDMS and Android Development Tools. Click Next.
9. In the resulting Install Details dialog, the Android DDMS and Android Development Tools features are listed. Click Next to read and accept the license agreement and install any dependencies, then click Finish.
10. Restart Eclipse.

5) Android Platform / Offline Documentation

Method:
1. Run 'SDK Setup.exe'from ''.
2. If fetching information fails, go to 'Settings' tab and check the 'Force https ...'
3. Press 'Save & Apply'.
4. It will automatically fetch the new updates or go to 'Available Packages' tab
5. Under 'Https://...', you will find many platforms, api & documentation check boxes
6. Select whichever you need to download and install.
7. Press 'Install Selected'.
8. Select whichever you need and select 'Accept' to accept the agreement.
9. Select 'Install Accepted'
10. It will download and install all the things (platform / docs) one by one.


All done. Ready to roll to application development.