Installation Tutorial for Android
SDK with Netbeans
1. Downloads:
JDK:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk-6u26-dow
nload-400750.html
JRE:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre-6u26-dow
nload-400751.html
NetBeans (All Supported Technologies Recommended):
http://netbeans.org/downloads/index.html
Android SDK: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
2. Installation:
(1)Install JDK
(2)Install JRE
(1)Install NetBeans
(2)Install Android SDK(extract first, and then run SDK
Setup.exe )
3. Configure SDK Manager
(1)Install All Package(Recommended)
We just use SDK Platform Android 2.3.3 in this tutorial
(2)Set up the environment
Click-> Start
Search keyword “environment”
Choose-> Edit the system environment variables
Click-> Environment Variables
Set the Variable “PATH” either in User Variables or System
Variables. Add the SDK’s tools location into Variable Value, like:
“C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\tools”.
Add JDK bin’s location into “PATH” of “User Variable”
location to Variable Value like "C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_23\bin” (use ‘;’ to separate each value).
Note: the jdk’s version and location may be changed according to the
version you downloaded and installed, please remember to change
it.Click OK.
Set the Variable “CLASSPATH”, add the following two values:
%JAVA_HOME%\lib\dt.jar; %JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar
Create two new variables: “JAVA_HOME” and “JRE_HOME” in user
variables (the version number and location could be changed
according to the version you downloaded and installed)
Add “C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_23” to “JAVA_HOME”
Add “C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_07” to “JRE_HOME”
Then, go to folder:“C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\”,
open SDK Manager.exe
Click “Vitual devices”-> “New”
Set the “Name”, “Target”, “Built-in”, and “Hardware Property”
as following, then click “Create AVD”, and close the SDK Manager
(3)Setup Android plugin in Netbeans
Click “Tools”-> “Plugins”-> “Setting” -> “Add”
With the name “nbandroid” and the following address, click OK.
http://kenai.com/downloads/nbandroid/updatecenter/updates.xml
Then go to “Available Plugins”, find and check plugins, click
install.(If you are using NetBeans 7.0, please don’t check “Android
Test Runner for NetBeans 6.9(or 6.9.1)” and vice versa)
OK, we have done it. Then you can build an Android project.