Android Setup

Its very easy to start with android programing as the programming language is a combination of Java (with some additional libraries for back end processing) and XML (for the front end Graphical User Interface GUI). All that is required is that java is installed on the operating system used(Windows, Mac, Linux, etc...).  After Java has been successfully installed and configured(setting the path variable on the OS) the next step is to simply download either of the following:

• Android Development Tools (ADT) bundle (the complete package ,highly recommended as everything is already set however no longer supported)
• Eclipse IDE for java developers(after helio version )+android Software Development Kit (SDK)+android adt plugin (all downloaded separately and have to be configured which is a time consuming process)
• Android Studio which is an IDE provided by google based on IntelleJ (a complete package)

After acquiring the software, the next task is to download the tools required (such as the image file ) for the android version (Lollipop ,KitKat, Jellybean etc..) from the android sdk manager.