This is a quite strange question: why some parts of the android studio wesite aren't written in English but in Japanese?
and why Android Studio on startup tells me that there is an update available but if I visit the official website and start the download it is downloaded a less recent version than the one installed on my computer?
Vesrion installed: android-studio-bundle-141.2343393-windows
Version available for download on http://developer.android.com/intl/ja/sdk/index.html#top:
android-studio-bundle-141.2288178-windows.exe
For the first question, it's probably because you're on the Japanese website. The English one / official one is here : http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
For the version, it's not important. With the new intellij/android studio, update come through the software.
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I am already using IntelliJ IDEA. Do I have to download all the Android Studio files (almost 1 GB)?
Can't I just download the SDK and continue on developing?
Yes, you can download only the SDK. You can find the download link here, under "SDK Tools Only".
My understanding is this: IntelliJ IDEA's Android plugin does not always have all the latest Android-specific features, developed by Google, that are already in Android Studio.
IDEA is fine too, but if you seriously do Android, just get Android Studio, you'll be better off with it.
(I use—and love—IntelliJ IDEA too for backend & web development. Having both installed is no problem. Who cares about 1 GB of disk space.)
I'm new to android programming and going to start with android studio as an IDE. The question is: does android studio with whole packages include everything it needs to work with?
If you are new to Android, simple downloading Android Studio from developer.android.com that includes IDE, platform tools, platform and emulator system image with Google APIs will be enough for you.
Per Requirements -Java Development Kit (JDK) 7 or above
It include all thins you want for Android development.
It comes preconfigured with an optimized emulator image and all the API's you needed installation is easy process and updates give you new versions..
Answer is Yes.
Android studio contains all packages include everything it needs to work with.But you have to install jdk first in order to install android studio.
I have php and .net programming experience.
I want to set up a development system on a windows 7 64 bit PC. I could do with database usage at a later date. I want to do it as hard coding not use software that you just drag and drop objects to play games.
I have already downloaded and installed jdk-8u20-windows-x64.exe
What do I need to do next and in what if any order.
Get your Android SDK and Eclipse IDE here
https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
As this is not a programming question please use Google Search or a source specific to your problem next time.
It's quite simple really. I would suggest using Android Studio, which can be found here :
Download Android Studio
It says it's a beta version but I have (and I'm not the only one) been using it for production without issues for months now. It's really a question of preference but as far as I'm concerned, I found my productivity to be much higher on Android Studio than it was using Eclipse.
Once it is installed, find the SDK manager and download the latest SDK version, build tools and other things you may need (such as the USB driver for debugging, the support library, ...) :
I highly recommend you go through the training on the official documentation page to start getting used to your new toys :-)
I'm an old developer (Active since the Z80 days) starting fresh with Android.
The Android Developers page recommends installing Eclipse before installing the Android SDK.
It also states "There are known issues with the ADT plugin running with Eclipse 3.6. Please stay on 3.5 until further notice."
The Eclipse download page seems to offer 11 different flavors of the package. None mention Android and all seem to be the Version 3.6 that the Android Developers pages recommends avoiding. - What does one do?
Comments welcome
Joe Cullity
Get version 3.5 of Eclipse for Java Developers (you can reach this page via the "Older versions" link on the main download page). One of the problems I had with 3.6 was that autocomplete would freeze up for seconds at a time, trying to look up Android source. Until they fix that, 3.5 is better.
Once you've installed Eclipse, then you can follow the instructions to install the Android plugin.
What I'm running is Eclipse Galileo 3.5.0 and works great for me.
You want to download the "flavor" labeled Eclipse IDE for Java Developers from eclipse.org
I got MotoDev which is a complete Eclipse install with the Android SDK. It has emulators for all Moto phones. Perferct start in my opinion. Plus it's all Eclipse so you can all all the other options you want.
If you are interested download here:
http://developer.motorola.com/docstools/motodevstudio/download/
have fun, I am.
I am new to android dev, own an HTC Eris Droid (OS = 1.5 or 1.6 I believe). I am primarily a Microsoft .NET developer and am trying to figure out where to start.
What dev IDEs are suggested. I've seen the droid dev site and they suggest Eclipse. But which one?
Will installing Eclipse and the JRE interfere with .NET development?
What else will I need to get started? My OS is Win7.
TIA
As a .NET developer who has recently been looking at Android development, I can give you the steps I used:
Download Eclipse Classic 32-bit (as recommend by the Android docs) and extract it to a folder where it has write permissions (I use %homepath%\applications\eclipse\3.5\)
Download and extract the Android SDK to a permanent home and run SDK Setup.exe. Let it download/install all the packages
Add ANDROID_SDK_HOME\tools (expanded, obviously) to your %PATH% system environment variable in System Properties (WIN+BREAK)
Install the ADT (Android/Eclipse integration) plugin for Eclipse
Then to checkout the samples:
Create a workspace and a new Android project
Copy the contents of one of the samples (ANDROID_SDK_HOME\platforms\android-x.x\samples) into your project directory
Refresh your Eclipse view
I also strongly recommend checking out the Android Developer Guide and, in particular, reading the Application Fundamentals. It really gives a good overview of the terms used and the lifecycle of an application.
After that you can dive into the samples (installed by the SDK) with a little bit of clarity.
For development you will need*:
Java JDK - the JRE is not enough for Java development.
Eclipse - it doesn't really matter which "package" you choose, but for your needs the basic (smallest) one should be enough.
Android SDK + ADT
This should have no effect on .Net development, or on anything for that matter.
You don't actually need Eclipse and ADT, but since you asked about IDEs...
The android developer site system requirements says any version of Eclipse after 3.3.
Eclipse uses plugins to support different configurations that's why www.eclipse.org/downloads/ has so many different versions - they're the core IDE with different plugin configurations.
I'd recommend the 'Eclipse IDE for Java Developers' as this will have what you need without too many bits you don't - you can install additional plugins easily.
Of course, you'll also need to add the Android SDK once you have Eclipse - this is a set of tools and plugins that work with Eclipse.
Installing Eclipse and the JRE (Although you want the JDK - The Development Kit rather than just the runtime) will not interfere with your .Net development.
This version of Eclipse should work fine. Just select a download mirror.
You probably already have the JRE installed, but you should install the JDK from here.
Then you need to get the Android SDK, and ADT
After you install the Android SDK, it may be useful to create multiple virtual devices using the included Android emulator running different versions of Android. This will help you to learn features included in Android up to version 2.1 instead of being limited to your current device running 1.x.