Summary
Setting up our Android development platform is a bit tedious but is hopefully performed once and for all!
In summary, we installed all the prerequisite packages on our system. Some of them are specific to the target OS, such as Cygwin on Windows, Developer Tools on OS X, or build-essential packages on Linux. Then, we installed the Android Studio bundle, which contains both the Android Studio IDE and the Android SDK. The Android NDK has to be downloaded and set up separately.
Even if we will not use it much throughout this book, Android Studio remains one of the best choices for pure Java development. It is guaranteed to be maintained by Google and may become a good choice when Gradle NDK's integration gets more mature.
Meanwhile, the simplest ...
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