Install Android Development Tools

Posted by on Apr 12, 2013 in Java Video Tutorial | 105 comments

Install Android Development ToolsWelcome to my tutorial on how to Install Android Development Tools. I received many requests on how to do this and it is a great topic to cover right before I start my Android Development Tutorial.

I’ll cover how to install Googles ADT plugin, all of the common errors people get and take you through running your first app. Many important things need to be pointed out like the fact that Googles emulators are terribly slow. If you haven’t installed Eclipse yet, definitely checkout my tutorial Install Eclipse for Java first.

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Step-by-Step Way to Install Android Development Tools

Installing the Android SDK on Mac and PC

1. Don't get the Android Developer Tools at http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

2. Install Eclipse for Java - Eclipse IDE for Java Developers - http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/release/indigo/sr2

a. Make sure the path to Eclipse doesn't contain any spaces. If it does then expect errors. Here is mine in Windows C:\Users\Derek\Documents\eclipse-java-indigo-SR2-win32-x86_64\eclipse

3. Eclipse - Help - Install New Software

a. Work with: Click Add
b. Name: Android Developer Tools
c. Location: http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
d. Shows list of plugins - Click Next
e. Accept the license agreement - Next - Finish
f. Restart Eclipse
g. Help - Check for Updates to update the ADT

4. Create a new project - File - New - Project - Android Project Application

a. Application Name: HelloWorld
b. Replace example in Package Name with your web address
c. Define the version of the Android SDK you plan to develop with

5. Setup an Android Virtual Device

a. Windows users will have to open the Android SDK Manager 
b. Select the chosen emulator and click start
c. Wait it is terribly slow and it normally crashes the first 3 times

6. If you have trouble executing check in folders res - layout. If you see a file named activity_main.out.xml delete it. Then click Project - Clean in the top menu bar

a. Select HelloWorld in the Package Explorer and then run the emulator
b. You can help solve this error by going : Preferences - Run/Debug - Launching - Launch Operation and then check Always Launch Previously....

105 Responses to “Install Android Development Tools”

  1. Lakhs says:
    April 13, 2013 at 6:18 am

    Carnt wait for the Android development tutorials…

    hope it will it be a short game App… a Androids Asteroids Game perhaps.

    cool let me kno.. cya

    Reply
  2. Israel says:
    April 13, 2013 at 3:51 pm

    I’ve been wanting for Android Development tutorials explained by you. Thanks Derek! =)

    Reply
  3. Anonymous says:
    April 14, 2013 at 2:26 pm

    I had an error. It says location of the Android SDK has not been set up in the preferences. What do I do?

    Reply
  4. Anonymous says:
    April 14, 2013 at 2:29 pm

    or it says cannot find ‘tools’ inside SDK C:\Users\MYACCOUNTNAME\android-sdks

    Reply
  5. Ifiok Jr. says:
    April 16, 2013 at 2:07 am

    I’m looking forward to these tutorials. Will be watching them and hopefully developing Android apps soon!

    Reply
  6. Bacem says:
    May 4, 2013 at 12:19 am

    When i run the hello world application, the emulator runs but then i never get “hello world!” printed on the screen, and the screen shows this text: “charging 50%”.
    What can i do to fix this ?

    Reply
  7. kapil says:
    May 18, 2013 at 10:15 am

    i have already installed ecpilse and android enumlater ,but of old version. So i should remove it or go for upgrade???

    Reply
  8. Sudeepto Dutta says:
    May 23, 2013 at 4:28 am

    Hello Derek,

    I wish to learn app development for Android . But I guess I have to learn Java first before jumping straight to Android app development …

    Tell me what should I do . I am learning Java from “Head First Java” .

    Should I also watch your Java tutorials first ??

    Do reply ..

    Thaank You.. 🙂

    Reply
  9. Joe says:
    June 6, 2013 at 12:22 pm

    Derek, many thanks for the Java, Android tutorial series. I had Eclipse installed previously and it had worked flawlessly. However, after having installed Android Studio recently, the Eclipse stopped working (couldn’t find java). I’d tried to reinstalled Eclipse following your steps, however, now I just got Eclipse flashing for a second, then nothing happened. The 2nd time on, nothing happened.

    I also tried to uninstall Android Studio and then reinstalled Eclipse, but still cannot start Eclipse.

    Many thanks in advance!

    Joe

    Reply
  10. Lahiru says:
    June 8, 2013 at 12:09 am

    Thank you very much for your tutorials. They are great!!

    My problem is that my Android Virtual Device (came along with ADT) runs very very slow. It takes about 5 minutes to start, and keeps terribly lagging then.

    Reply
  11. kea says:
    June 8, 2013 at 4:58 pm

    I get this message. I am not able to complete the install. What are your thoughts? Thanks!!

    Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found.
    Software being installed: Android Native Development Tools 22.0.1.v201305230001–685705 (com.android.ide.eclipse.ndk.feature.group 22.0.1.v201305230001–685705)
    Missing requirement: Android Native Development Tools 22.0.1.v201305230001–685705 (com.android.ide.eclipse.ndk.feature.group 22.0.1.v201305230001–685705) requires ‘org.eclipse.cdt.feature.group 0.0.0’ but it could not be found

    Reply
  12. Bob Hill says:
    June 17, 2013 at 6:46 pm

    I followed the instruction and so far the only problem I see is that, the “status” column in Android Device Manager has different icon for “Installed” packages. The check icons in front of the word Inslled are all red instead of usual green. Is this a problem?
    Thanks,

    Reply
  13. marke says:
    July 13, 2013 at 1:52 pm

    Hello Derek,

    Great tutorials you have. The best I’ve ever seen!

    What I’d really like to see as a tutorial is what to do if I already have an .apk file (from an app building site) and all I need to do is preview it on the emulator – what software to download and use just for that purpose.

    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Derek Banas says:
      July 14, 2013 at 8:24 am

      Hello, Thank you very much 🙂 An APK file can be opened with a zip utility tool and then loaded into the emulator. I hope that helps

      Reply
      • Marke says:
        July 16, 2013 at 6:48 am

        Hello Derek,

        Apologies, but I’m totally lost with this.

        What software would I need to install (for PC) to get the ** emulator only** up and running. (I don’t need anything but the emulator for screenshots of the app)

        And how would I load the unzipped .apk file into the emulator (looks like several files unzipped)?

        Thanks!

        Reply
  14. Yingjun says:
    July 16, 2013 at 6:32 pm

    why eclipse not Android Studio?

    Reply
  15. laD says:
    July 23, 2013 at 9:57 pm

    where can i find the SDK location? on what folder? I installed eclipse indigo and followed your instructions but its looking for an android preferences
    . Pls I need your help.

    Reply
    • Derek Banas says:
      July 24, 2013 at 5:18 pm

      Try the following
      Window - Preferences – Android – SDK Location – Locate the folder (Run SDK Manager to find path OR search for a folder named sdk on your computer)
      OR Help - Check for Updates
      More things to try stackoverflow. com/questions/6219588/eclipse-­­­­will-not-find-adb-exe-or-sd­k­

      Reply
  16. maha says:
    July 29, 2013 at 1:20 am

    hello sir
    I have problem while launching emulator for AVD MyNexus7.It gives the Error of emulator-arm.exe has stopped work and Failed to allocate memory: 8
    This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
    Please tell me what should I do.

    Reply
  17. Adija Palmer says:
    August 7, 2013 at 5:27 am

    This is the error i’m getting while trying to install ADT plugin

    Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found.
    Software being installed: Android Native Development Tools 22.0.5.v201307292155–757759 (com.android.ide.eclipse.ndk.feature.group 22.0.5.v201307292155–757759)
    Missing requirement: Android Native Development Tools 22.0.5.v201307292155–757759 (com.android.ide.eclipse.ndk.feature.group 22.0.5.v201307292155–757759) requires ‘org.eclipse.cdt.feature.group 0.0.0’ but it could not be found

    Reply
  18. Edwin says:
    August 10, 2013 at 4:41 pm

    Hello..Great work with your tutorials..
    One question..
    What do you mean I don’t have to download sdktools from google?
    ADT-plugin doesn’t install.. that’s why everybody can’t find the SDK location..

    Reply
    • Derek Banas says:
      August 16, 2013 at 6:04 am

      Thank you 🙂 I prefer to use the plugin like I demonstrated here. The download from Google was hard for a bunch of people to install for some reason, so I looked for the easiest solution

      Reply
  19. Fraser says:
    August 19, 2013 at 1:20 pm

    Hey just curious as to what the difference between the version of eclipse is that is bundled with the Android SDK and Eclipse IDE? Cheers 🙂

    Reply
  20. P0pali says:
    August 19, 2013 at 11:23 pm

    Hi Derek,
    Thanks for your tutorial!

    The link for the plugin download os broken – can you supplay another one insead?

    (https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse)

    Thanks in advance and keep up!!!

    Reply
  21. Tekk3y says:
    August 25, 2013 at 10:45 am

    Hey, got the bug where I couldn’t finish setting up the Android Virtual Device but when I went into the Android SDK manager the Mips System image isnt stated under Android 4.3 and when selecting an Android version to base the virtual device off that is the only version I am allowed to choose. What should I do?

    Reply
  22. Mohamed says:
    September 1, 2013 at 6:04 am

    Dear Mr. Banas,

    Hello from Egypt.

    First of all i would like to thank you very much for every thing you publish here in your site … everything is simply useful.

    i don’t have too much experience in JAVA, but i’m taking your Java Tutorial these days. do i need to finish the whole Java tutorial before i begin in Android development tutorial?

    i really love to be an Android Developer… Any advice ?

    Sorry if My English is not so good
    and thank you in advance.

    Mohamed S. Ali

    Reply
  23. Mohamed says:
    September 11, 2013 at 2:04 am

    Dear Mr. Banas,

    Hello again

    what do you think about the (MIT app inventor)?

    http://appinventor.mit.edu/

    i’m studying the tutorials and planing to continue.
    for me it’s a lot of fun to know how things works, of course it’s a little difficult for my average mind, but i’m trying to hang in there (:

    Reply
    • Derek Banas says:
      September 11, 2013 at 5:27 pm

      Hi, I haven’t looked at the course, but I’m sure it is probably very good. I think it is a great idea to watch tutorials and read articles from many different sources. Stick with Android and you’ll get it. It is only complicated in the beginning.

      Reply
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    September 11, 2013 at 7:36 am

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  25. Victor says:
    September 19, 2013 at 2:12 am

    Hi Derek,

    Thanks for the huge effort you’ve put into making such great Android tutorials. I just can’t get enough of watching them and following along.
    They are definitely the exact kind of thing to get me going with Android app development. I consider your tutorials to be the best thing around in this field, especially when it comes to getting started from nothing.

    Thanks again,
    Victor

    Reply
    • Derek Banas says:
      September 22, 2013 at 4:53 pm

      Hi Victor,

      Thank you for the nice compliments. I’m working harder then ever to make sure each Android tutorial is good. I structured to to make sure you actually learn how to make apps. You’re very welcome 🙂

      Reply
  26. Dror says:
    September 26, 2013 at 7:31 am

    Hi Derek.
    i did everything the tutorial said but when i restart eclipse to start a new project it says i need something called SDK. i don’t know what that is and you don’t seem to get that message in your video so i was wondering if you could explain what i should do..

    thanx for any reply 🙂

    Reply
    • Derek Banas says:
      September 27, 2013 at 4:50 pm

      Hi,

      In Eclipse Click Window – SDK Manager. You’ll find the location of your SDK there.

      If that isn’t an option, Eclipse – Help – Install New Software

      a. Work with: Click Add
      b. Name: Android Developer Tools
      c. Location: http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
      d. Shows list of plugins – Click Next
      e. Accept the license agreement – Next – Finish
      f. Restart Eclipse
      g. Help – Check for Updates to update the ADT

      Tell me if that doesn’t work

      Reply
  27. safo says:
    September 26, 2013 at 9:54 am

    Hey Derek , thank u for all this great tutorial , really appreciate your amazing effort , i wanna be a professional in the android Development where i must start? is java and xml necessary and if yes for any level ?
    thank you again , keep it up . peace

    Reply
  28. Ithihas says:
    October 1, 2013 at 7:35 am

    Is it same for linux?

    Reply
  29. Marzio says:
    October 2, 2013 at 10:58 pm

    Another fine tutorial. My compliments. I am looking to develop iOS applications on a Linux platform. If this capability becomes available, I would apprecite tutorials on that subject matter. Thanks for the great tutorials Derek.

    Reply
  30. nishant says:
    December 8, 2013 at 8:59 am

    hello admin i got error while starting up the emulator
    Failed to allocate memory: 8
    This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
    Please contact the application’s support team for more information.
    ????

    Reply
  31. Peter says:
    January 11, 2014 at 11:13 am

    I followed the steps and got the emulator to run, but I don’t see the Hello World display. When I unlock the screen it just takes me to the Android main screen where I can scroll around.

    I’m thinking it might be the package name I used when creating the project. I didn’t have a web address so I also just used com.newthinktank.helloworld. Would that affect it?

    Reply
  32. Yair says:
    February 25, 2014 at 3:18 am

    Hi Derek,

    Thanks a lot for your tutorials.

    You recommend to use Eclipse Indigo, what about the new versions of Eclipse like Kepler ?

    I try to use it but there is a lot of troubles when installing the SDK

    Thanks

    Yair

    Reply
  33. Ivan says:
    February 26, 2014 at 5:57 am

    I installed Eclipse and plugin successfully. But when I open Eclipse it displays message “Could not find SDK folder”. Do I need to install SDK anyway? Thanks

    Reply
  34. dsdsds says:
    March 8, 2014 at 1:21 am

    hello derek

    i have problem with the emulator when i try to open
    the emulator it says Failed to install kkkokkojjj.apk on device ’emulator-5556! do you know how to fix it?

    Reply
  35. Shawn says:
    March 14, 2014 at 8:22 pm

    Sir in my layout folder I’m now seeing an activity_main.xml file along with a “fragment_main.xml”
    This is the code im seeing for both:
    activity_main.xml:

    fragment_main.xml–>

    #Also each time I create a new project, I get “appcompat_v7, appcompat_v7_3…etc” each time i create a new project. whats the reason for all of that? Thanks in advanced!

    Reply
  36. Minas Kamel says:
    March 22, 2014 at 11:44 am

    Can I use eclipse juno or kepler, or i have to use indigo for your tutorial?

    Reply
  37. Yusuf says:
    May 6, 2014 at 12:37 pm

    Hi Derek,
    I already have eclipse Kepler on my computer. Is there specific reason to use indigo or shall I continue using Kepler. Not sure what all these version mean.
    Thanks
    Yusuf

    Reply
  38. Yusuf says:
    May 6, 2014 at 9:46 pm

    Derek,
    You can ignore both my earlier questions. I think I solved the problem after I downloaded and unpacked the SDK from the developer website. Thanks.

    Reply
  39. aimrr says:
    September 3, 2014 at 2:40 pm

    hi there!
    when i open up activity_main (or anything else)
    in the description i get 14 errors, and “Loading data for Android L (preview) has encountered a problem”. Parsing data for android-L failed”

    Do you no why this is happening?

    thanks!

    Reply
  40. Rosemale-John II Villacorta says:
    November 13, 2014 at 5:36 pm

    Do you have a tutorial on how to convert websites to android application.?

    Reply
  41. Israel says:
    December 1, 2014 at 2:50 pm

    Hi Derek,
    I really appreciate what you are doing.Your tutorials really are helpful…I thank you so much and keep up the good work.

    Reply

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