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Desmond56

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Hi I am using a windows 7 64 bit for software development in languages lice PHP and C#. I want to get into apps.

I have looked on the net and downloaded and installed JDK SE Dev 8u5

I have been advised to go to the android developer website and have downloaded and un zipped. Android SDK from

Android SDK | Android Developers

there are thousands of files in > adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321

I double click SDK Manager.exe but it doesn't seem to do much so I am a bit stuck here

I am told to download installer_r15-windows.exe but I don't find a link to that. Is that an alternative to the bundle which is
Android SDK | Android Developers

HELP please.

Desmond.
 
In the adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321 when un zipped
I run SDK Manager.exe and in the eclipse folder I run eclipse.exe
This installs Android development tools and I have the ADT window. This program does not apear in windows start menu system. It looks like I have to install every time
Developer.android.com states I create a project with eclipse. Don't they mean the ADT window/application
I have created the sample.
Run on the Emulator
a.In Eclipse, click Android Virtual Device Manager from the toolbar. There is no menu item however I discovered I can go to Window -> Android Virtual Device Manager
The instructions are rubbish.
Having created an AVD I run it after un checking all the snapshot boxes as it dosn't like them being ticked.
I have an emulator but how do I now run it
6.After the emulator boots up, unlock the emulator screen.
WHAT does this mean? How? It seems the instructions are intended for the experts only.
 
Is there a link to anywhere for newbes to get instructions and links to software downloads then?

Why JDK 8, is it even compatible with dex tool?


What is or are dex tools?

In THIS FORUMS stickys Android development there is a link
http://code.google.com/android/download.html

But this is the same website I used so why no help? When I download the ADT bundle and run the
eclipse/eclipse.exe it installs and runs but does NOT leave an application in any startup for future running. This is how windows applications work!
 
what do you mean leave application in startup? i run eclipse juno with java 7 and just pinned eclipse to my taskbar. works fine.
 
what do you mean leave application in startup?

k Basicaly what this means is Microsoft invented Windows. At the bottom there is a start button. Click on here shows all the programs installed. When you install Eclipse it automatically runs. IT DOES NOT add any runnable exe file in the startup system or anywhere else that can be run on subsequent re boots of a PC. Eclipse has to be installed every day.
 
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