What you need for this learning path

Any recent and free version of Eclipse or Android Studio running on any of the major operating systems can use the code in this course.

Android Studio is the recommended development tool, and at time of publication, the minimum system requirements are:

For Windows:

  • Microsoft Windows 8/7/Vista/2003 (32 or 64-bit)
  • GB RAM minimum, 4 GB RAM recommended
  • 400 MB hard disk space
  • At least 1 GB for Android SDK, emulator system images, and caches
  • 1280 x 800 minimum screen resolution
  • Java Development Kit (JDK) 7
  • Optional for accelerated emulator: Intel processor with support for Intel VTx, Intel EM64T (Intel 64), and Execute Disable (XD) Bit functionality

For Mac OS X:

  • Mac OS X 10.8.5 or higher, up to 10.9 (Mavericks)
  • 2 GB RAM ...

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