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4<p>The sections below describe the system and software requirements for developing
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -07005Android applications using the Android SDK. </p>
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7<h3>Supported Operating Systems</h3>
8<ul>
9 <li>Windows XP (32-bit) or Vista (32- or 64-bit)</li>
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -070010 <li>Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later (x86 only)</li>
Scott Mainefd83af2009-10-14 09:11:41 -070011 <li>Linux (tested on Linux Ubuntu Hardy Heron)
12 <ul>
13 <li>64-bit distributions must be capable of running 32-bit applications.
14 For information about how to add support for 32-bit applications, see
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -070015 the <a href="installing.html#troubleshooting">Ubuntu Linux
Scott Main8ef5a6b2009-11-06 18:38:33 -080016installation notes</a>.</li>
Scott Mainefd83af2009-10-14 09:11:41 -070017 </ul>
18 </li>
19</ul>
20
21<h3>Supported Development Environments</h3>
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23<h4 style="margin-top:.25em"><em>Eclipse IDE</em></h4>
Scott Mainefd83af2009-10-14 09:11:41 -070024 <ul>
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -070025 <li>Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede) or 3.5 (Galileo)
26 <li>Eclipse <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/jdt">JDT</a> plugin (included
27in most Eclipse IDE packages) </li>
28 <li>If you need to install or update Eclipse, you can download it from <a
29href="http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/">http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/</a>.
30
31 <p>Several types of Eclipse packages are available for each platform. For
32developing Android applications, we recommend that you install one of these
33packages: </p>
34 <ul>
35 <li>Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers</li>
36 <li>Eclipse IDE for Java Developers</li>
37 <li>Eclipse for RCP/Plug-in Developers</li>
38 <li>Eclipse Classic (versions 3.5.1 and higher)</li>
39 </ul>
40 </li>
41 <li><a href="http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp">JDK 5 or JDK
426</a> (JRE alone is not sufficient)</li>
43 <li><a href="eclipse-adt.html">Android Development Tools plugin</a>
44(optional)</li>
Scott Mainefd83af2009-10-14 09:11:41 -070045 <li><strong>Not</strong> compatible with Gnu Compiler for Java (gcj)</li>
46 </ul>
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48
49<h4><em>Other development environments or IDEs</em></h4>
Scott Mainefd83af2009-10-14 09:11:41 -070050 <ul>
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -070051 <li><a href="http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp">JDK 5 or JDK
526</a> (JRE alone is not sufficient)</li>
53 <li><a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.6.5 or later for
54Linux and Mac, 1.7 or later for Windows</li>
Scott Mainefd83af2009-10-14 09:11:41 -070055 <li><strong>Not</strong> compatible with Gnu Compiler for Java (gcj)</li>
56 </ul>
57 </li>
58</ul>
59
60<p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> If JDK is already installed on your development computer, please take a moment to make sure that it meets the version requirements listed above. In
61particular, note that some Linux distributions may include JDK 1.4 or Gnu Compiler for Java, both of which are not supported for Android development. </p>
62
63<h3>Hardware requirements</h3>
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65<p>The Android SDK requires disk storage for all of the components that you choose to install. The table below provides a rough idea of the disk-space requirements to expect, based on the components that you plan to use. </p>
66
67<table>
68<tr>
69<th>Component type</th>
70<th>Approximate size</th>
71<th>Comments</th>
72</tr>
73<tr>
74<td>SDK Tools</td>
75<td>50 MB</td>
76<td>Required.</td>
77</tr>
78<tr>
79<td>Android platform (each)</td>
80<td>150 MB</td>
81<td>At least one platform is required.</td>
82</tr>
83<tr>
84<td>SDK Add-on (each)</td>
85<td>100 MB</td>
86<td>Optional.</td>
87</tr>
88<tr>
89<td>USB Driver for Windows</td>
90<td>10 MB</td>
91<td>Optional. For Windows only.</td>
92</tr>
93<tr>
94<td>Samples (per platform)</td>
95<td>10M</td>
96<td>Optional.</td>
97</tr>
98<tr>
99<td>Offline documentation</td>
100<td>250 MB</td>
101<td>Optional.</td>
102</tr>
103</table>
104
105<p>Note that the disk-space requirements above are <em>in addition to</em> those of the Eclipse IDE, JDK, or other prerequisite tools that you may need to install on your development computer.</p>
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