Installing Android SDK

Android proposes a custom plugin for the Eclipse IDE named Android Development Tools (ADT). It accelerates the capabilities of Eclipse and quickly provides you with the option to start up a new Android project, including a simulator. The ADT plugin for Eclipse is an integrated environment in which you can build, debug, and test Android-native applications. The Android SDK provides the tools and APIs that are required to develop an application on the Android platform by using Java programming language.

The initial step is to download the Android SDK, which is not present with IBM Worklight Studio and must be downloaded from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html.

Decompress the downloaded Android SDK file and copy the ...

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