Android setup

BY:-HIMANSHU SHEKHAR
BRANCH:- CSE
ROLL NO.:-13H91A0505
COLLEGE:- GITAS
*ANDROID SETUP

Android is an open source and Linux-based
Operating System. Android was developed by
the Open Handset Alliance, led by Google, and
other companies.
Android offers a unified approach to application
development for mobile devices which means
developers need only develop for Android, and
their applications should be able to run on
different devices powered by Android.
The first beta version of the Android Software
Development Kit (SDK) was released by Google
in 2007 where as the first commercial version,
Android 1.0, was released in September 2008.

Feature Description
Beautiful UI Android OS basic screen provides a beautiful and
intuitive user interface.
Connectivity GSM/EDGE, IDEN, CDMA, EV-DO, UMTS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi,
LTE, NFC and WiMAX.
Storage SQLite, a lightweight relational database, is used for
data storage purposes.
Media support H.263, H.264, MPEG-4 SP, AMR, AMR-WB, AAC, HE-AAC,
AAC 5.1, MP3, MIDI, Ogg Vorbis, WAV, JPEG, PNG, GIF,
and BMP
Messaging SMS and MMS

Web browser Based on the open-source WebKit layout engine, coupled
with Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine supporting HTML5 and
CSS3.
Multi-touch Android has native support for multi-touch which was
initially made available in handsets such as the HTC Hero.
Multi-tasking User can jump from one task to another and same time
various application can run simultaneously.
Resizable widgets Widgets are resizable, so users can expand them to show
more content or shrink them to save space
Multi-Language Supports single direction and bi-directional text.

GCM Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) is a service that lets
developers send short message data to their users on
Android devices, without needing a proprietary sync
solution.
Wi-Fi Direct A technology that lets apps discover and pair directly, over
a high-bandwidth peer-to-peer connection.
Android Beam A popular NFC-based technology that lets users instantly
share, just by touching two NFC-enabled phones together.

Android applications are usually developed in the Java
language using the Android Software Development Kit.
Once developed, Android applications can be packaged easily and sold
out either through a store such as Google Play or the Amazon Appstore.

You will
be glad
to know
that you
can start
your
Android
applicati
on
develop
ment on
either of
the
following
operating
systems:
Microsoft Windows XP or later version.
Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later version with Intel
chip.
Linux including GNU C Library 2.7 or later.

Following
is the list
of
software'
s you will
need
before
you start
your
Android
applicati
on
program
ming.
Java JDK5 or JDK6
Android SDK
Eclipse IDE for Java Developers
(optional)
Android Development Tools (ADT)
Eclipse Plugin (optional)

If you are running Windows and installed the JDK in C:jdk1.6.0_15,
you would have to put the following line in your C:autoexec.bat file.
set PATH=C:jdk1.6.0_15bin;%PATH% set JAVA_HOME=C:jdk1.6.0_15 .

*Setup your environment on Windows machine having
Windows 7 operating system.
*let's launch Android SDK Manager using the
option All Programs > Android SDK Tools > SDK
Manager, this will give you following window:

Next click Install 7 Packages button to proceed, which will
display following dialogue box:

Step 3 - Setup Eclipse IDE
Eclipse can be started by executing the following
commands on windows machine, or you can simply
double click on eclipse.exe %C:eclipseeclipse.exe

After a successful startup, if everything is fine
then it should display following result:

Step 4 - Setup Android Development Tools (ADT) Plugin
start with launching Eclipse and then, choose Help >
Software Updates > Install New Software. This will
display the following dialogue box.

Eclipse starts searching for the plug-in available the given location and finally lists
down the found plugins.

Step 5 - Create Android Virtual Device
Launch Android AVD Manager using Eclipse menu
optionsWindow > AVD Manager> which will launch Android
AVD Manager. Use New button to create a new Android
Virtual Device and enter the following information, before
clicking Create AVD button.

If your AVD is created successfully it means your
environment is ready for Android application
development.

Android setup

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