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| <h2 id="quickstart">Quick Start</h2> |
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| <p>The steps below provide an overview of how to get started with the Android |
| SDK. For detailed instructions, start with the <a |
| href="{@docRoot}sdk/installing.html">Installing</a> guide. </p> |
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| <p><strong>0. Prepare your development computer</strong></p> |
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| <p>Read the <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/requirements.html">System Requirements</a> |
| document and make sure that your development computer meets the hardware and |
| software requirements for the Android SDK. Install any additional software |
| needed before downloading the Android SDK. In particular, if you plan to develop |
| Android applications in the Eclipse IDE using the ADT Plugin (see below), make |
| sure that you have the correct version of Eclipse installed. |
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| <p><strong>1. Download and install the SDK starter package</strong></p> |
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| <p>Select a starter package from the table at the top of this page and download |
| it to your development computer. To install the SDK, simply unpack the starter |
| package to a safe location and then add the location to your PATH. </p> |
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| <p><strong>2. Install the ADT Plugin for Eclipse</strong></p> |
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| <p>If you are developing in Eclipse, set up a remote update site and install the |
| Android Development Tools (ADT) plugin. For detailed instructions, see <a |
| href="{@docRoot}sdk/eclipse-adt.html">Installing and Updating ADT</a>.</p> |
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| <p><strong>3. Add Android platforms to your SDK</strong></p> |
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| <p>Use the Android SDK and AVD Manager, included in the SDK starter package, to |
| add one or more Android platforms (for example, Android 1.6 or Android 2.0) to |
| your SDK. In most cases, you will want to download multiple platforms, so that |
| you can build your application on the lowest version you want to support, but |
| test against higher versions that you intend the application to run on. |
| Information about each platform is available at left, under "Downloadable SDK |
| Components."</p> |
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| <p>To launch the Android SDK and AVD Manager on Windows, execute <code>SDK |
| Setup.exe</code>, at the root of the SDK directory. On Mac OS X or Linux, |
| execute the <code>android</code> tool in the <code><sdk>/tools/</code> |
| folder. For more information about how to add platforms and other components, |
| see <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/adding-components.html">Adding SDK Components</a>. |
| </p> |
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| <p><strong>4. Get the latest documentation</strong></p> |
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| <p>If you develop while offline, use the Android SDK and AVD Manager to download |
| the latest documentation package. The documentation covers all versions of the |
| API and lets you filter out those versions that your application won't support. |
| Once installed, the documentation is also available to you directly from the |
| Eclipse IDE. When you are online, you can always access the latest documentation |
| at the Android Developers site.</p> |
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| <p><strong>5. Download other SDK components</strong></p> |
| |
| <p>You can use the Android SDK and AVD Manager to download other SDK components, |
| such as the SDK add-ons. An SDK add-on provides a development environment for an |
| Android external library or a customized Android system image. For example, the |
| Google APIs Add-On lets you develop an application that takes advantage of the |
| Google Maps external library. </p> |
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| <p><strong>6. Get started with an application project</strong></p> |
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| <p>Once you've set up your SDK, the next step is to start a new application |
| project or move existing applications into the new SDK.</p> |
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| <p>If you are new to Android, you can use the <a |
| href="{@docRoot}resources/tutorials/hello-world.html">Hello World</a> tutorial to |
| get started quickly. <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/installing.html#NextSteps">Next |
| Steps</a> offers other suggestions of how to begin. Welcome!</p> |