

After that start the SDK Manager, click on Available Packages (I selected all) and click on Install Packages. Then run installer_r08-windows.exe to install the starter package. Right now the latest version is revision 8, so I downloaded the installer for Windows XP. It will be installed directly, you’ll first need to download the SDK Starter Package, a tools used in install the SDK, The latest version is available at. Several versions are available at, but since Google recommends Eclipse Classic, I just download it (version 3.6.1 – Helios) and got the file eclipse-SDK-3.6.1-win32.zip, which I extracted in C:\ (a directory eclipse will be created). Then you’ll need to install Eclipse, and open source IDE.


I got the jdk-6u23-windows-i586.exe which I installed in the default directory, i.e. I selected Java Platform (JDK), then downloaded Java SE Development Kit 6u23. Linux, Windows, MAC…) and the file you want to download. Here are the steps to setup your Windows XP computer for Android development: The purpose of this blog entry is to summarize what I had to do to install Android development environment (Android 2.3 SDK (Gingerbread)) on Windows XP.īefore installing the Android SDK per se, you’ll need to install some set of tools used by the SDK. You’ll find the full details for installing Android SDK at.
