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| <h2>In this document</h2> |
| <ol> |
| <li><a href="#notes">Revisions</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#installing">Installing the ADT Plugin</a> |
| <ol> |
| <li><a href="#preparing">Preparing for Installation</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#downloading">Downloading the ADT Plugin</a> |
| <li><a href="#configuring">Configuring the ADT Plugin</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a></li> |
| </ol> |
| </li> |
| <li><a href="#updating">Updating the ADT Plugin</a></li> |
| </ol> |
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| <h2>See also</h2> |
| <ol> |
| <li><a href="{@docRoot}guide/developing/tools/adt.html">Android Developer Tools</a></li> |
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| <p>Android Development Tools (ADT) is a plugin for the Eclipse IDE |
| that is designed to give you a powerful, integrated environment in which |
| to build Android applications.</p> |
| |
| <p>ADT extends the capabilities of Eclipse to let you quickly set up new Android |
| projects, create an application UI, add components based on the Android |
| Framework API, debug your applications using the Android SDK tools, and even |
| export signed (or unsigned) {@code .apk} files in order to distribute your application.</p> |
| |
| <p>Developing in Eclipse with ADT is highly recommended and is the fastest way |
| to get started. With the guided project setup it provides, as well as tools |
| integration, custom XML editors, and debug ouput pane, ADT gives you an |
| incredible boost in developing Android applications. </p> |
| |
| <p>This document provides step-by-step instructions on how to download the ADT |
| plugin and install it into your Eclipse development environment. Note that |
| before you can install or use ADT, you must have compatible versions of both the |
| Eclipse IDE and the Android SDK installed. For details, make sure to read <a |
| href="#installing">Installing the ADT Plugin</a>, below. </p> |
| |
| <p>If you are already using ADT, this document also provides instructions on |
| how to update ADT to the latest version or how to uninstall it, if necessary. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p>For information about the features provided by the ADT plugin, such as code |
| editor features, SDK tool integration, and the graphical layout editor (for drag-and-drop layout |
| editing), see the <a href="{@docRoot}guide/developing/tools/adt.html">Android Developer Tools</a> |
| document.</p> |
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| |
| <h2 id="notes">Revisions</h2> |
| |
| <p>The sections below provide notes about successive releases of |
| the ADT Plugin, as denoted by revision number. </p> |
| |
| <p>For a summary of all known issues in ADT, see <a |
| href="http://tools.android.com/knownissues">http://tools.android.com/knownissues</a>.</p> |
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| ADT 14.0.0</a> <em>(October 2011)</em> |
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| <dt>Dependencies:</dt> |
| |
| <dd>ADT 14.0.0 is designed for use with <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/tools-notes.html">SDK Tools r14</a>. |
| If you haven't already installed SDK Tools r14 into your SDK, use the Android SDK and AVD Manager to |
| do so.</dd> |
| |
| <dt>Build system</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Changed <code>default.properties</code> to <code>project.properties</code> and |
| <code>build.properties</code> to <code>ant.properties</code>. ADT automatically |
| renames these files, if necessary, when you open a project in Eclipse.</li> |
| <li>Changed how library projects are built in Eclipse.</a></li> |
| <li>Changed output of <code>javac</code> from <code>bin/</code> to <code>bin/classes</code> |
| in Eclipse.</li> |
| <li>Improved incremental builds so that resource compilation runs less frequently. Builds no |
| longer run when you edit strings or layouts (unless you add a new <code>id</code>) and no longer |
| run once for each library project.</li> |
| <li>Introduced a "PNG crunch cache" that only runs on modified PNG files, instead of |
| crunching all existing PNG files, all the time.</li> |
| <li>Modified resource compilation so it no longer happens for normal save operations. It only |
| happens when running or debugging (the build option that lets you disable the packaging |
| step, which was introduced in ADT 12, is now on by default.)</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p>For a complete overview of the build system changes and what you need to do to support them, |
| see the <a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/buildchangesinrevision14">Android Tools Project |
| site</a>.</p> |
| </dd> |
| |
| <dt>General improvements</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| |
| |
| <li>Added a Welcome Wizard to help with the initial setup of the Android |
| development environment (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/welcomewizard">more |
| info</a>).</li> |
| <li>Integrated the Android Asset Studio, which helps you create icons for things |
| like the launcher, menus, and tabs. (<a |
| href="http://tools.android.com/recent/assetstudiointegration">more |
| info</a>).</li> |
| <li>Revamped the Logcat view and added support to display and filter logs by |
| application names as well as PIDs (<a |
| href="http://tools.android.com/recent/updatedlogcatviewer">more info</a>).</li> |
| <li>Revamped the SDK Manager UI (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/newsdkmanager">more |
| info</a>).</li> |
| <li>Revamped the New Project and the New XML File wizards to have |
| multiple pages. Sample projects are now copied into the workspace such that they can be modified |
| and deleted without affecting the master copy |
| (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/revampedwizards">more info</a>).</li> |
| <li>Removed the dependency on Eclipse GEF.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| |
| <dt>XML and Java editors</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Added a new XML formatter that formats all XML files according to the |
| standard Android coding style. The formatter can also reorder |
| attributes to follow a recommended order and processes any changes made in the Layout editor. |
| (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/xmlformatter">more info</a>).</li> |
| <li>Added the "Go to Matching" (Ctrl-Shift-P) feature, which lets you jump |
| between opening and closing tags in XML files.</li> |
| <li>Added support for the "Select Enclosing Element" feature on Mac.</li> |
| <li>Added a Quickfix for extracting Strings when the caret is inside a String (<a href="">see |
| more</a>).</li> |
| <li>Improved "smart indent", which allows automatic indentation and un-indentation |
| when pressing the Return key in XML editors (<a |
| href="http://tools.android.com/recent/xmleditingimprovements">more info</a>).</li> |
| |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| |
| <dt>Layout editor</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Added tooltip feedback for dragging and resizing operations. For |
| example, when dragging in a relative layout, the proposed |
| constraints are shown. When resizing, the new dimensions are |
| shown (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/layouteditorfeedbacktooltips">more |
| info</a>).</li> |
| <li>Added the ability to suppress rendering fidelity warnings (<a |
| href="http://tools.android.com/recent/suppressrenderwarnings">more info</a>).</li> |
| <li>Added "Remove Container" visual refactoring that removes the |
| children of a container up to the top level and transfers |
| namespace and layout attributes if necessary (<a |
| href="http://tools.android.com/recent/removecontainervisualrefactoring">more info</a>).</li> |
| <li>Added pull-right menus to the context menu for accessing |
| properties of the parents, which is useful when the children fully |
| cover the parent and make it hard to select on their own.</li> |
| <li>Improved access to properties in the context menu. The most |
| frequently set attributes for each view are listed at the top of |
| the menu. The Properties menu offers access to the most |
| recently set attributes, attributes organized by their defining |
| view, and layout attributes only or all attributes alphabetically (<a |
| href="http://tools.android.com/recent/layouteditorcontextmenuimprovements">more info</a>).</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| |
| <dt>Bug fixes</dt> |
| <dd>Fixed many bugs and added <a |
| href="http://tools.android.com/recent/miscellaneousrecentfixes">minor improvements</a>, in |
| particular some <a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/linuxfixes">critical bug fixes on |
| Linux</a>.</dd> |
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| ADT 12.0.0</a> <em>(July 2011)</em> |
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| <dt>Dependencies:</dt> |
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| <dd>ADT 12.0.0 is designed for use with <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/tools-notes.html">SDK Tools r12</a>. If you haven't |
| already installed SDK Tools r12 into your SDK, use |
| the Android SDK and AVD Manager to do so.</dd> |
| |
| <dt>Visual Layout Editor:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>New RelativeLayout drop support with guideline suggestions for |
| attachments and cycle prevention |
| (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/revampedrelativelayoutsupport">more info</a>).</li> |
| <li>Resize support in most layouts along with |
| guideline snapping to the sizes dictated by <code>wrap_content</code> and <code>match_parent</code>. |
| In LinearLayout, sizes are mapped to weights instead of pixel widths. |
| (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/resizesupport">more info</a>).</li> |
| <li>Previews of drawables and colors in the resource chooser dialogs |
| (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/imageandcolorpreviews">more info</a>).</li> |
| <li>Improved error messages and links for rendering errors including |
| detection of misspelled class names |
| (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/improvedrenderingerrordiagnostics">more info</a>).</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| |
| <dt>Build system</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li id="build-option">A new option lets you disable the packaging step in the automatic |
| builders. This improves performance when saving files by not |
| performing a full build, which can take a long time for large projects. |
| If the option is enabled, the APK is packaged when the |
| application is deployed to a device or emulator or when the |
| release APK is exported (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/finercontroloveradtbuildprocess">more info</a>).</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| |
| <dt>Bug fixes</dt> |
| <dd>Many bug fixes are part of this release |
| (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/adt12bugfixroundup">more info</a>).</dd> |
| |
| </div> |
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| ADT 11.0.0</a> <em>(June 2011)</em> |
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| |
| <dl> |
| |
| <dt>Dependencies:</dt> |
| |
| <dd>ADT 11.0.0 is designed for use with SDK Tools r11. If you haven't |
| already installed SDK Tools r11 into your SDK, use the Android SDK and AVD Manager to do |
| so.</dd> |
| |
| <dt>Visual Refactoring:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>"Extract Style" feature pulls out style-related attributes from your layout and extracts |
| them as a new style defined in {@code styles.xml} (<a |
| href="http://tools.android.com/recent/extractstylerefactoring">more info</a>).</li> |
| <li>"Wrap in Container" feature lets you select a group of views then surround them |
| in a new layout (a new view group, such as a LinearLayout), and transfers namespace and layout |
| parameters to the new parent (<a |
| href="http://tools.android.com/recent/newrefactoringswrapinchangelayoutchangewidget">more |
| info</a>).</li> |
| <li>"Change Layout" feature changes layouts from one type |
| to another, and can also flatten a layout hierarchy (<a |
| href="http://tools.android.com/recent/newrefactoringswrapinchangelayoutchangewidget">more |
| info</a>).</li> |
| <li>"Change Widget Type" feature changes the type of the |
| selected views to a new type. Also, a new selection context menu |
| in the visual layout editor makes it easy to select siblings as |
| well as views anywhere in the layout that have the same type (<a |
| href="http://tools.android.com/recent/newrefactoringswrapinchangelayoutchangewidget">more |
| info</a>).</li> |
| <li>"Extract as Include" feature finds identical collections of views |
| in other layouts and offers to combine them into a single layout that you can then include in |
| each layout (<a |
| href="http://tools.android.com/recent/extractasincludeimprovements">more info</a>).</li> |
| <li>Quick Assistant in Eclipse can be invoked |
| from the XML editor (with Ctrl-1) to apply any of the above |
| refactorings (and Extract String) to the current selection (<a |
| href="http://tools.android.com/recent/refactoringquickassistant">more info</a>).</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| |
| <dt>Visual Layout Editor:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>This is the update to the layout editor you've been waiting for! It includes (almost) all |
| the goodies demonstrated at Google I/O. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq05KqjXTvs">Watch |
| the video</a> on YouTube.</li> |
| <li>The palette now supports different configurations for supported widgets. That is, a single |
| view is presented in various different configurations that you can drag into your layout. For |
| example, there is a <em>Text Fields</em> palette category where you can drag an {@link |
| android.widget.EditText} widget in as a password field, an e-mail field, a phone field, or other |
| types of text boxes. Similarly, {@link android.widget.TextView} widgets are preconfigured |
| with large, normal and small theme sizes, and {@link android.widget.LinearLayout} elements are |
| preconfigured in horizontal and vertical configurations (<a |
| href="http://tools.android.com/recent/multipletextfieldandlayouttypes">more info</a>).</li> |
| <li>The palette supports custom views. You can pick up any custom |
| implementations of the View class you've created in your project or from included libraries and |
| drag them into your layout (<a |
| href="http://tools.android.com/recent/customviewsinthepalette">more info</a>).</li> |
| <li>Fragments are available in the palette for placement in your layout. In the tool, you can |
| choose which layout to show rendered for a given fragment tag. Go to declaration works for fragment |
| classes (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/fragmentsupport">more info</a>).</li> |
| <li>The layout editor automatically applies a "zoom to fit" for newly |
| opened files as well as on device size and orientation changes to |
| ensure that large layouts are always fully visible unless you |
| manually zoom in.</li> |
| <li>You can drop in an {@code <include>} element from the palette, which will pop up |
| a layout chooser. When you select the layout to include, it is added with an {@code |
| <include>}. Similarly, dropping images or image buttons will pop up image |
| resource choosers (<a |
| href="http://tools.android.com/recent/includetagdropsupport">more info</a>).</li> |
| <li>The configuration chooser now applies the "Render Target" and |
| "Locale" settings project wide, making it trivial to check the |
| layouts for different languages or render targets without having |
| to configure these individually for each layout.</li> |
| <li>The layout editor is smarter about picking a default theme to |
| render a layout with, consulting factors like theme registrations |
| in the manifest, the SDK version, and other factors.</li> |
| <li>The layout editor is smarter about picking a default configuration to render a layout |
| with, defaulting to the currently visible configuration in the previous file. It also considers the |
| SDK target to determine whether to default to a tablet or phone screen size.</li> |
| <li>Basic focus support. The first text field dropped in a layout is assigned focus, and there |
| are <strong>Request Focus</strong> and <strong>Clear Focus</strong> context menu items on text |
| fields to change the focus.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| |
| <dt>XML editors:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Code completion has been significantly improved. It now works |
| with {@code <style>} elements, completes dimensional units, |
| sorts resource paths in values based on the attribute name, and more. There are also many fixes to |
| handle text replacement (<a |
| href="http://tools.android.com/recent/xmlcodecompletionimprovements">more info</a>).</li> |
| <li>AAPT errors are handled better. They are now underlined for the |
| relevant range in the editor, and a new quickfix makes it trivial |
| to create missing resources.</li> |
| <li>Code completion for drawable, animation and color XML files (<a |
| href="http://tools.android.com/recent/codecompletionfordrawablescolorsandanimationfiles">more |
| info</a>).</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| |
| <dt>DDMS:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>"New Folder" action in the File Explorer.</li> |
| <li>The screenshot dialog will add timestamps to the filenames and preserve the orientation on |
| snapshot refresh.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| |
| <dt>General notes:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>TraceView supports zooming with the mouse-wheel in the timeline.</li> |
| <li>The New Android Project wizard now supports Eclipse working sets.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| </dl> |
| <p>More information about tool changes are available on the <a |
| href="http://tools.android.com/recent">Android Tools Project Site</a>.</p> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
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| ADT 10.0.1</a> <em>(March 2011)</em> |
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| |
| <dl> |
| |
| <dt>Dependencies:</dt> |
| |
| <dd>ADT 10.0.1 is designed for use with SDK Tools r10. If you haven't |
| already installed SDK Tools r10 into your SDK, use the Android SDK and AVD Manager to do |
| so.</dd> |
| |
| <dt>General notes:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Temporary work-around to resolve the rare cases in which the layout editor will |
| not open.</li> |
| <li>Fix issue in which ADT 10.0.0 would install on Eclipse 3.4 and lower, even though ADT |
| requires Eclipse 3.5 or higher (as of 10.0.0).</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| </dl> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
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| ADT 10.0.0</a> <em>(February 2011)</em> |
| <div class="toggleme"> |
| |
| <dl> |
| |
| <dt>Dependencies:</dt> |
| |
| <dd>ADT 10.0.0 is designed for use with SDK Tools r10. If you haven't |
| already installed SDK Tools r10 into your SDK, use the Android SDK and AVD Manager to do |
| so.</dd> |
| |
| <dt>General notes:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>The tools now automatically generate Java Programming Language source files (in the <code>gen/</code> directory) and |
| bytecode (in the <code>res/raw/</code> directory) from your <code>.rs</code> files.</li> |
| <li>A Binary XML editor has been added (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/binaryxmleditor">details</a>).</li> |
| <li>Traceview is now integrated into the Eclipse UI (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/traceviewineclipse">details</a>).</li> |
| <li>The "Go To Declaration" feature for XML and <code>.java</code> files quickly show all the matches in the project |
| and allows you jump to specific items such as string translations or <code>onClick</code> handlers |
| (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/gotodeclarationimprovements">details</a>).</li> |
| <li>The Resource Chooser can create items such as dimensions, integers, ids, and booleans |
| (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/resourcechoosercannowcreatearbitraryvalues">details</a>).</li> |
| <li>Improvements to the Visual Layout Editor: |
| <ul> |
| <li>A new Palette with categories and rendering previews |
| (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/newpalette">details</a>).</li> |
| <li>A Layout Actions bar that provides quick access to common layout operations |
| (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/layoutactionsbar">details</a>).</li> |
| <li>When the Android 3.0 rendering library is selected, layouts render more like they do on devices. |
| This includes rendering of status and title bars to more accurately reflect the actual |
| screen space available to applications |
| (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/systembarandactionbar">details</a>).</li> |
| <li>Zoom improvements such as fit to view, persistent scale, and keyboard access. |
| (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/zoomimprovements">details</a>).</li> |
| <li>Further improvements to <code><merge></code> layouts, as well as layouts with gesture overlays |
| (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/improvedsupportformergetags">details</a>).</li> |
| <li>Improved rendering error diagnostics.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| </dl> |
| </div> |
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| ADT 9.0.0</a> <em>(January 2011)</em> |
| <div class="toggleme"> |
| |
| <dl> |
| |
| <dt>Dependencies:</dt> |
| |
| <dd>ADT 9.0.0 is designed for use with SDK Tools r9. If you haven't |
| already installed SDK Tools r9 into your SDK, use the Android SDK and AVD Manager to do |
| so.</dd> |
| |
| <dt>General notes:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>"Go To Declaration" hyperlink support: You can jump directly from code references (such as |
| <code>R.id.main</code>) to the corresponding XML declaration, or from XML attributes (such as |
| <code>@string</code>) to the corresponding resource definition, or from manifest XML |
| registrations to activities and services.</li> |
| <li>Improvements were made to name refactoring.</li> |
| <li>AVDs now automatically save their state, so they can restart almost instantly. You can enable this feature when |
| creating an AVD or by editing an AVD with the AVD Manager.</li> |
| <li>Improvements to the Visual Layout Editor: |
| <ul> |
| <li>Support for rendering targets: You can now choose an arbitrary Android platform to |
| render the current page, regardless of the project's minimum platform. This makes it |
| easy to verify the layout and appearance of your activity on different versions of |
| the platform. |
| </li> |
| <li>Improved support for empty and nested layouts: Dragging items over nested and |
| invisible layouts automatically enlarges and highlights these layouts, so that they |
| can receive drops. |
| </li> |
| <li>XML formatting improvements: The editor generates cleaner XML and you can now enable |
| XML auto-formatting in the <strong>Preferences</strong> menu.</li> |
| <li>Improved Outline labels: The Outline tab now displays additional information about each |
| View. Textual Views display a snippet of the actual text. Views with a source |
| (such as ImageView) displays the resource name. Included Views display the name of the View. |
| </li> |
| <li>When you right click a View in the Layout Editor, |
| the context menu now contains <strong>Edit ID...</strong> and <strong>Edit Text...</strong> |
| items. The <strong>Properties...</strong> context menus now list all of the properties and |
| provide a way to edit them |
| (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/editidtextandotherpropertiesviamenu">Details</a>). |
| </li> |
| <li>The layout editor now properly handles |
| <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/resources/layout-resource.html#include-element"><code><include></code></a> |
| and <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/resources/layout-resource.html#merge-element"><code><merge></code></a> |
| tags (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/supportforincludeandmerge">Details</a>).</li> |
| <li>"Extract as Include" refactoring: The Layout Editor has a new refactoring that allows |
| you to select one or more views in a layout, and extract it into a separate layout |
| (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/extractasincluderefactoring">Details</a>).</li> |
| <li>Improved diagnostics for class loading and rendering errors: Class loading and rendering |
| error messages are more useful and provide better information about the root cause of the |
| error.</li> |
| <li>Improved error handling to prevent drag and reordering operations from adding children |
| into an {@link android.widget.AdapterView}.</li> |
| <li>Outline reordering: Reordering your views in the Outline tab is much easier |
| (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/outlineimprovements">Details</a>).</li> |
| <li>Fix for keybinding bug where keyboard shortcuts did not work (Issues |
| <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13231">13231</a> and |
| <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13134">13134</a>).</li> |
| <li>Fix for problems with Custom layout attribute menu (Issue |
| <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13134">13134</a>).</li> |
| <li>Automatic configuration for various view types: Certain views have properties configured |
| by default. For example, the width of an {@link android.widget.EditText} object is set to |
| <code>match_parent</code> when added to a vertical {@link android.widget.LinearLayout} |
| or a default image is added to an {@link android.widget.ImageButton}.</li> |
| <li>Previews during dragging: Dragging from the palette or dragging within the layout editor |
| now shows live previews of the dragged item.</li> |
| <li>Navigation improvements: In the Layout Editor, double-clicking Views jumps to the |
| corresponding XML element. In the Outline view, double-clicking opens the Properties view.</li> |
| <li>The editor has Honeycomb style animation preview support.</li> |
| <li>Improved rendering support for various Views (such as TabHosts and SlidingDrawers) in |
| Honeycomb (Issues <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3162">3162</a> |
| and <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13092">13092</a>).</li> |
| <li>Included layouts can be rendered and edited in the context of the layouts that include |
| them. From a layout using an <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/resources/layout-resource.html#include-element"> |
| <code><include></code></a> tag, double-clicking on the |
| <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/resources/layout-resource.html#include-element"> |
| <code><include></code></a> element edits the referenced layout in the context of the |
| current layout. Additionally, when editing a layout that is included by other layouts, |
| you can quickly change between context layouts, by right clicking in the editor and choosing |
| <strong>Show included in...</strong>. This feature is only available in Honeycomb.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| <li>This release fixes many other bugs, but the most important ones are listed below: |
| <ul> |
| <li>Fixed issue that prevented launching debug builds on productions devices when |
| <code>debuggable=true</code> was not set in the Android manifest.</li> |
| <li>The LogCat view in DDMS properly handles UTF-8 characters.</li> |
| <li>The SDK Manager is more reliable on Windows |
| (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/sdkmanagerfixes">Details</a>).</li> |
| <li>A JUnit initialization bug that prevented you from working with JUnit tests was fixed |
| (Issue <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=12411">12411</a>).</li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| </dl> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| <div class="toggleable closed"> |
| <a href="#" onclick="return toggleDiv(this)"> |
| <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-img" height="9px" |
| width="9px" /> |
| ADT 8.0.1</a> <em>(December 2010)</em> |
| <div class="toggleme"> |
| |
| <dl> |
| |
| <dt>Dependencies:</dt> |
| |
| <p><p>ADT 8.0.1 is designed for use with SDK Tools r8. If you haven't |
| already installed SDK Tools r8 into your SDK, use the Android SDK and AVD Manager to do |
| so.</p></dd> |
| |
| <dt>General notes:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>This is a quick follow-up to ADT 8.0.0 to fix some bugs.</li> |
| <li>Fixes an issue in which projects failed to compile, citing a dex error.</li> |
| <li>Better ProGuard error reporting when exporting applications for release.</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p>Also see the recent release notes for 8.0.0, below.</p> |
| </dd> |
| </dl> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| |
| |
| <div class="toggleable closed"> |
| <a href="#" onclick="return toggleDiv(this)"> |
| <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-img" height="9px" |
| width="9px" /> |
| ADT 8.0.0</a> <em>(December 2010)</em> |
| <div class="toggleme"> |
| |
| <dl> |
| |
| <dt>Dependencies:</dt> |
| |
| <p><p>ADT 8.0.0 is designed for use with SDK Tools r8. If you haven't |
| already installed SDK Tools r8 into your SDK, use the Android SDK and AVD Manager to do |
| so.</p></dd> |
| |
| <dt>General notes:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>New version number scheme that follows the SDK Tools revision number. The major version |
| number for your ADT plugin should now always match the revision number of your SDK Tools. For |
| example, ADT 8.x is for SDK Tools r8.</li> |
| <li>Support for true debug build. You no longer need to change the value of the |
| <code>debuggable</code> attribute in the Android Manifest. |
| <p>Incremental builds automatically insert <code>debuggable="true"</code>, but if you perform |
| "export signed/unsigned application package", ADT does <em>not</em> insert it. |
| If you manually set <code>debuggable="true"</code> in the manifest file, then release builds will |
| actually create a debug build (it does not remove it if you placed it there).</p></li> |
| <li>Automatic <a href="{@docRoot}guide/developing/tools/proguard.html">ProGuard</a> support in |
| release builds. For it to work, you need to have a <code>proguard.config</code> |
| property in the <code>default.properties</code> file that points to a ProGuard config file.</li> |
| <li>Completely rewritten Visual Layout Editor. (This is still a work in progress.) Now includes: |
| <ul> |
| <li>Full drag and drop from palette to layout for all Layout classes.</li> |
| <li>Move widgets inside a Layout view, from one Layout view to another and from one layout file to another.</li> |
| <li>Contextual menu with enum/flag type properties.</li> |
| <li>New zoom controls.</li> |
| </ul></li> |
| <li>New HierarchyViewer plug-in integrated in Eclipse.</li> |
| <li>Android launch configurations don't recompile the whole workspace on launch anymore.</li> |
| <li><code>android.jar</code> source and javadoc location can now be configured.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| </dl> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| |
| |
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| <a href="#" onclick="return toggleDiv(this)"> |
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| ADT 0.9.9</a> <em>(September 2010)</em> |
| <div class="toggleme"> |
| |
| <dl> |
| |
| <dt>Dependencies:</dt> |
| |
| <dd><p>ADT 0.9.9 replaces ADT 0.9.8 and is designed for use with SDK Tools r7 |
| and later. ADT 0.9.9 includes the ADT 0.9.8 features as well as an important |
| bugfix, so we recommend that you upgrade as soon as possible. If you haven't |
| already installed SDK Tools r7 into your SDK, use the Android SDK Manager to do |
| so.</p></dd> |
| |
| <dt>General notes:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Fixes a problem in project import, in which source files were deleted in some cases.</li> |
| <li>Includes all other ADT 0.9.8 features (see below).</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| </dl> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| |
| <div class="toggleable closed"> |
| <a href="#" onclick="return toggleDiv(this)"> |
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| ADT 0.9.8</a> <em>(September 2010)</em> |
| <div class="toggleme"> |
| |
| |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| |
| <dl> |
| |
| <dt>Dependencies:</dt> |
| |
| <dd><p>ADT 0.9.8 is now deprecated. Please use ADT 0.9.9 instead.</p></dd> |
| |
| <dt>General notes:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Adds a new Action, "Rename Application Package", to the Android Tools |
| contextual menu. The Action does a full application package refactoring. |
| <li>Adds support for library projects that don't have a source folder |
| called <code>src/</code>. There is now support for any number of source folders, |
| with no name restriction. They can even be in subfolder such as |
| <code>src/java</code>. If you are already working with library projects created |
| in ADT 0.9.7, see <a |
| href="{@docRoot}guide/developing/projects/index.html#libraryMigrating">Migrating |
| library projects to ADT 0.9.8</a> for important information about moving |
| to the new ADT environment.</li> |
| <li>Adds support for library projects that depend on other library |
| projects.</li> |
| <li>Adds support for additional resource qualifiers: |
| <code>car</code>/<code>desk</code>, <code>night</code>/<code>notnight</code> and |
| <code>navexposed</code>/<code>navhidden</code>.</li> |
| <li>Adds more device screen types in the layout editor. All screen |
| resolution/density combinations listed in the <a |
| href="{@docRoot}guide/practices/screens_support.html#range">Supporting |
| Multiple Screens</a> are now available.</li> |
| <li>Fixes problems with handling of library project names that |
| contain characters that are incompatible with the Eclipse path variable. |
| Now properly sets up the link between the main project and the library |
| project.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| </dl> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| |
| |
| <div class="toggleable closed"> |
| <a href="#" onclick="return toggleDiv(this)"> |
| <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-img" height="9px" width="9px" /> |
| ADT 0.9.7</a> <em>(May 2010)</em> |
| <div class="toggleme"> |
| |
| <dl> |
| <dt>Library projects:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>The ADT Plugin now supports the use of <em>library projects</em> during |
| development, a capability that lets you store shared Android application |
| code and resources in a separate development project. You can then reference the |
| library project from other Android projects and, at build time, the tools |
| compile the shared code and resources as part of the dependent applications. |
| More information about this feature is available in the <a |
| href="{@docRoot}guide/developing/projects/index.html#LibraryProjects">Creating and Managing Projects</a> document. </p> |
| <p>If you are not developing in Eclipse, <a |
| href="tools-notes.html">SDK Tools r6</a> provides the equivalent library |
| project support through the Ant build system.</p> |
| </dd> |
| </dl> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| |
| |
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| <a href="#" onclick="return toggleDiv(this)"> |
| <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-img" height="9px" width="9px" /> |
| ADT 0.9.6</a> <em>(March 2010)</em> |
| <div class="toggleme"> |
| |
| <dl> |
| <dt>Dependencies:</dt> |
| |
| <dd><p>ADT 0.9.6 is designed for use with SDK Tools r5 and later. Before |
| updating to ADT 0.9.6, we highly recommend that you use the Android SDK and |
| AVD Manager to install SDK Tools r5 into your SDK.</p></dd> |
| |
| <dt>General Notes:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Editing <code>default.properties</code> outside of Eclipse will now |
| automatically update the project.</li> |
| <li>Loads the SDK content only when a project requires it. This will make |
| Eclipse use less resources when the SDK contains many versions of Android.</li> |
| <li>Resolves potential deadlock between modal dialogs, when launching ADT the |
| first time with the SDK Usage panel.</li> |
| <li>Fixes issues with the New Project Wizard when selecting samples.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| <dt>AVD/SDK Manager:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Adds support for platform samples components.</li> |
| <li>Improves support for dependency between components.</li> |
| <li>AVDs now sorted by API level.</li> |
| <li>The AVD creation dialog now enforces a minimum SD card size of 9MB.</li> |
| <li>Prevents deletion of running AVDs.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| <dt>DDMS:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>DDMS plug-in now contains the Allocation Tracker view.</li> |
| <li>New action in the Logcat view: "Go to problem" lets you go directly from an |
| exception trace output to the code.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| <dt>Editors:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Explode mode in the Visual Layout Editor adds a margin to all layout objects |
| so that it's easier to see embedded or empty layouts.</li> |
| <li>Outline mode in the Visual Layout Editor draws layout outline to make it |
| easier to see layout objects.</li> |
| <li>Several fixes in the configuration selector of the Visual Layout |
| Editor.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| <dt>Application launching:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Applications launched from ADT now behave as if they were clicked from the |
| Home screen.</li> |
| <li>Fixes issue where add-on with no optional library would not show up as valid |
| targets for application launches.</li> |
| <li>Resolves possible crash when launching applications.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| </dl> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| |
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| <a href="#" onclick="return toggleDiv(this)"> |
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| ADT 0.9.5</a> <em>(December 2009)</em> |
| <div class="toggleme"> |
| <dl> |
| <dt>Dependencies:</dt> |
| |
| <dd><p>ADT 0.9.5 requires features provided in SDK Tools r4 or higher. If you install |
| ADT 0.9.5, which is highly recommended, you should use the Android SDK and AVD |
| Manager to download the latest SDK Tools into your SDK. For more information, |
| see <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/adding-components.html">Adding SDK Components</a>.</p> |
| </dd> |
| |
| <dt>General Notes:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>AVD Launch dialog now shows scale value.</li> |
| <li>Fixes potential NPE in SDK Manager on AVD launch, for older AVD with no skin name specified.</li> |
| <li>Fixes XML validation issue in on older Java versions.</li> |
| <li>.apk packaging now properly ignores vi swap files as well as hidden files.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| </dl> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| |
| <div class="toggleable closed"> |
| <a href="#" onclick="return toggleDiv(this)"> |
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| ADT 0.9.4</a> <em>(October 2009)</em> |
| <div class="toggleme"> |
| <dl> |
| <dt>Dependencies:</dt> |
| |
| <dd><p>ADT 0.9.4 requires features provided in SDK Tools r3 or higher. If you install |
| ADT 0.9.4, which is highly recommended, you should use the Android SDK and AVD |
| Manager to download the latest SDK Tools into your SDK. For more information, |
| see <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/adding-components.html">Adding SDK Components</a>.</p> |
| </dd> |
| |
| <dt>Project Creation Wizard:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>New option to create a project from a sample by choosing it from a list.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| |
| <dt>Layout Editor:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Improved Configuration selector that lets you see how your layout will |
| render on different devices. Default device descriptions include ADP1 |
| and Google Ion, while SDK add-ons can also provide new descriptions. |
| A new UI allows you to create custom descriptions.</li> |
| <li>Adds a new clipping toggle, to let you see your full layout even if it's |
| bigger than the screen.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| |
| <dt>DDMS Integration:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Includes the improvements from the standlone DDMS, revision 3.</li> |
| <li>Adds an option to open HPROF files into eclipse instead of writing them on |
| disk. If a profiler such as MAT (<a href="http://eclipse.org/mat">Memory Analyzer |
| Tool</a>) is installed, it'll open the file.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| |
| <dt>Android SDK and AVD Manager integration:</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Includes the improvements from the standalone Android SDK and AVD Manager, |
| revision 3.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| </dl> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| |
| |
| |
| <h2 id="installing">Installing the ADT Plugin</h2> |
| |
| <p>The sections below provide instructions on how to download and install |
| ADT into your Eclipse environment. If you encounter problems, see the <a |
| href="#troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a> section.</p> |
| |
| |
| <h3 id="preparing">Preparing Your Development Computer</h3> |
| |
| <p>ADT is a plugin for the Eclipse IDE. Before you can install or use ADT, |
| you must have a compatible version of Eclipse installed on your development |
| computer. Check the <a |
| href="requirements.html">System Requirements</a> document for |
| a list of Eclipse versions that are compatible with the Android SDK.</li></p> |
| |
| <ul> |
| <li>If Eclipse is already installed on your computer, make sure that it is |
| a version that is compatible with ADT and the Android SDK. |
| |
| <li>If you need to install or update Eclipse, you can download it from this |
| location: |
| |
| <p style="margin-left:2em;"><a href= |
| "http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/">http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/</a> |
| </p> |
| |
| <p>The "Eclipse Classic" version is recommended. Otherwise, a Java or RCP |
| version of Eclipse is recommended.</p></li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| <p>Additionally, before you can configure or use ADT, you must install the |
| Android SDK starter package, as described in <a |
| href="installing.html#Installing">Downloading the SDK Starter Package</a>. |
| Specifically, you need to install a compatible version of the Android SDK Tools |
| and at least one development platform. To simplify ADT setup, we recommend |
| installing the Android SDK prior to installing ADT. </p> |
| |
| <p>When your Eclipse and Android SDK environments are ready, continue with the |
| ADT installation as described in the steps below. </p> |
| |
| <h3 id="downloading">Downloading the ADT Plugin</h3> |
| |
| <p>Use the Update Manager feature of your Eclipse installation to install the latest |
| revision of ADT on your development computer.<> |
| |
| <p>Assuming that you have a compatible version of the Eclipse IDE installed, as |
| described in <a href="#preparing">Preparing for Installation</a>, above, follow |
| these steps to download the ADT plugin and install it in your Eclipse |
| environment.</p> |
| |
| |
| <ol> |
| <li>Start Eclipse, then select <strong>Help</strong> > <strong>Install New |
| Software...</strong>.</li> |
| <li>Click <strong>Add</strong>, in the top-right corner.</li> |
| <li>In the Add Repository dialog that appears, enter "ADT Plugin" for the <em>Name</em> and the |
| following URL for the <em>Location</em>: |
| <pre>https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/</pre> |
| </li> |
| <li>Click <strong>OK</strong> |
| <p>Note: If you have trouble acquiring the plugin, try using "http" in the Location URL, |
| instead of "https" (https is preferred for security reasons).</p></li> |
| <li>In the Available Software dialog, select the checkbox next to Developer Tools and click |
| <strong>Next</strong>.</li> |
| <li>In the next window, you'll see a list of the tools to be downloaded. Click |
| <strong>Next</strong>. </li> |
| <li>Read and accept the license agreements, then click <strong>Finish</strong>. |
| <p>Note: If you get a security warning saying that the authenticity or validity of |
| the software can't be established, click <strong>OK</strong>.</p></li> |
| <li>When the installation completes, restart Eclipse. </li> |
| </ol> |
| |
| <h3 id="configuring">Configuring the ADT Plugin</h3> |
| |
| <p>After you've successfully downloaded the ADT as described above, the next step |
| is to modify your ADT preferences in Eclipse to point to the Android SDK directory:</p> |
| |
| <ol> |
| <li>Select <strong>Window</strong> > <strong>Preferences...</strong> to open the Preferences |
| panel (Mac OS X: <strong>Eclipse</strong> > <strong>Preferences</strong>).</li> |
| <li>Select <strong>Android</strong> from the left panel.</li> |
| <p>You may see a dialog asking whether you want to send usage statistics to Google. If so, |
| make your choice and click <strong>Proceed</strong>. You cannot continue with this procedure until |
| you click <strong>Proceed</strong>.</p> |
| <li>For the <em>SDK Location</em> in the main panel, click <strong>Browse...</strong> and |
| locate your downloaded SDK directory. </li> |
| <li>Click <strong>Apply</strong>, then <strong>OK</strong>.</li> |
| </ol> |
| |
| <p>Done! If you haven't encountered any problems, then the installation is |
| complete. If you're installing the Android SDK for the first time, return to <a |
| href="{@docRoot}sdk/installing.html#InstallingADT">Installing the SDK</a> to complete your setup. |
| </p> |
| |
| |
| <h3 id="troubleshooting">Troubleshooting ADT Installation</h3> |
| |
| <p> If you are having trouble downloading the ADT plugin after following the |
| steps above, here are some suggestions: </p> |
| |
| <ul> |
| <li>If Eclipse can not find the remote update site containing the ADT plugin, |
| try changing the remote site URL to use http, rather than https. That is, set |
| the Location for the remote site to: |
| <pre>http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/</pre></li> |
| <li>If you are behind a firewall (such as a corporate firewall), make sure that |
| you have properly configured your proxy settings in Eclipse. In Eclipse, |
| you can configure proxy information from the main Eclipse menu in |
| <strong>Window</strong> (on Mac OS X, <strong>Eclipse</strong>) > |
| <strong>Preferences</strong> > <strong>General</strong> > <strong>Network |
| Connections</strong>.</li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| <p> If you are still unable to use Eclipse to download the ADT plugin as a |
| remote update site, you can download the ADT zip file to your local machine and |
| manually install it:</p> |
| |
| <ol> |
| <li>Download the current ADT Plugin zip file from the table below (do not unpack it). |
| |
| <table class="download"> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Name</th> |
| <th>Package</th> |
| <th>Size</th> |
| <th>MD5 Checksum</th> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>ADT {@adtZipVersion}</td> |
| <td> |
| <a href="http://dl.google.com/android/{@adtZipDownload}">{@adtZipDownload}</a> |
| </td> |
| <td>{@adtZipBytes} bytes</td> |
| <td>{@adtZipChecksum}</td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </li> |
| |
| </li> |
| <li>Follow steps 1 and 2 in the <a href="#installing">default install |
| instructions</a> (above).</li> |
| <li>In the Add Site dialog, click <strong>Archive</strong>.</li> |
| <li>Browse and select the downloaded zip file.</li> |
| <li>Enter a name for the local update site (e.g., |
| "Android Plugin") in the "Name" field.</li> |
| <li>Click <strong>OK</strong>. |
| <li>Follow the remaining procedures as listed for |
| <a href="#installing">default installation</a> above, |
| starting from step 4.</li> |
| </ol> |
| |
| <p>To update your plugin once you've installed using the zip file, you will have |
| to follow these steps again instead of the default update instructions.</p> |
| |
| <h4>Other install errors</h4> |
| |
| <p>Note that there are features of ADT that require some optional |
| Eclipse components (for example, WST). If you encounter an error when |
| installing ADT, your Eclipse installion might not include these components. |
| For information about how to quickly add the necessary components to your |
| Eclipse installation, see the troubleshooting topic |
| <a href="{@docRoot}resources/faq/troubleshooting.html#installeclipsecomponents">ADT |
| Installation Error: "requires plug-in org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui"</a>.</p> |
| |
| <h4>For Linux users</h4> |
| <p>If you encounter this error when installing the ADT Plugin for Eclipse: |
| <pre> |
| An error occurred during provisioning. |
| Cannot connect to keystore. |
| JKS</pre> |
| <p> |
| ...then your development machine lacks a suitable Java VM. Installing Sun |
| Java 6 will resolve this issue and you can then reinstall the ADT |
| Plugin.</p> |
| |
| |
| <h2 id="updating">Updating the ADT Plugin</h2> |
| |
| <p>From time to time, a new revision of the ADT Plugin becomes available, with |
| new features and bug fixes. Generally, when a new revision of ADT is available, |
| you should update to it as soon as convenient. </p> |
| |
| <p>In some cases, a new revision of ADT will have a dependency on a specific |
| revision of the Android SDK Tools. If such dependencies exist, you will need to |
| update the SDK Tools component of the SDK after installing the new revision of |
| ADT. To update the SDK Tools component, use the Android SDK and AVD Manager, as |
| described in <a href="adding-components.html">Adding SDK Components</a>.</p> |
| |
| <p>To learn about new features of each ADT revision and also any dependencies on |
| the SDK Tools, see the listings in the <a href="#notes">Revisions</a> |
| section. To determine the version currently installed, open the |
| Eclipse Installed Software window using <strong>Help</strong> |
| > <strong>Software Updates</strong> and refer to the version listed for |
| "Android Development Tools".</p> |
| |
| <p>Follow the steps below to check whether an update is available and, if so, |
| to install it. </p> |
| |
| <ol> |
| <li>Select <strong>Help</strong> > <strong>Check for Updates</strong>. |
| <p>If there are no updates available, a dialog will say so and you're done.</p></li> |
| <li>If there are updates available, select Android DDMS, Android Development Tools, |
| and Android Hierarchy Viewer, then click <strong>Next</strong>.</li> |
| <li>In the Update Details dialog, click <strong>Next</strong>.</li> |
| <li>Read and accept the license agreement and then click <strong>Finish</strong>. |
| This will download and install the latest version of Android DDMS and |
| Android Development Tools.</li> |
| <li>Restart Eclipse.</li> |
| </ol> |
| |
| |
| <p>If you encounter problems during the update, remove the existing ADT plugin from Eclipse, then |
| perform a fresh installation, using the instructions for <a href="#installing">Installing the ADT |
| Plugin</a>.</p> |
| |