Android Installation

What is Android ?
Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications.Using Android, you can create applications,like you can do using J2ME.

Installing Android on Windows XP
Its very easy to install android after you read this tutorial.Just follow the steps:
1. Go to http://code.google.com/android/ and download the Android SDK.This contains Android emulator, documentation and sample codes.
2. Go to http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ and download Eclipse IDE using which you will write your applications.
3. You now need to download ADT, which is a plugin.It needs to be configured with Eclipse so that you can create applications.
4. Open your Eclipse IDE, Click on Help-Software Updates-Available Sofwares (tab)-Add Site.
5. On the location box write, https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/ and click OK.
6. You will now get a check box, expand it and check all the items.Click on the Install button.
7. After this, click on a couple of next and finish and wait until it gets downloaded form internet.
8. Right click on My Computer-Properties-Advanced(tab)-Environment Variables-Edit the variable Path and give the location of the tools folder in the unzipped Android SDK folder.
9. Restart your computer.
10. Open Eclipse, Click on File-New-Android Project..

Congratulations, you have now successfully installed Android..