1 page.title=Installing the Eclipse Plugin 2 walkthru=1 3 adt.zip.version=20.0.0 4 adt.zip.download=ADT-20.0.0.zip 5 adt.zip.bytes=12387628 6 adt.zip.checksum=ea0fc934af3b6b89097f0146c7822ed0 7 8 @jd:body 9 10 11 12 <p>Android offers a custom plugin for the Eclipse IDE, called Android 13 Development Tools (ADT). This plugin is designed to give you a powerful, integrated 14 environment in which to develop Android apps. It extends the capabilites 15 of Eclipse to let you quickly set up new Android projects, build an app 16 UI, debug your app, and export signed (or unsigned) app packages (APKs) for distribution. 17 </p> 18 19 <p>If you will be developing in Eclipse with the ADT Plugin, first make sure that you have a 20 suitable version of Eclipse 21 installed on your computer as described by the 22 <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/index.html#Requirements">system requirements</a>.</p> 23 24 <p>If you need to install Eclipse, you can download it from <a href= 25 "http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/">http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/</a>. 26 We recommend the "Eclipse Classic" version. Otherwise, you should use a Java or 27 RCP version of Eclipse.</p> 28 29 30 <p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> If you prefer to work in a different IDE, you do not need to 31 install Eclipse or ADT. Instead, you can directly use the SDK tools to build and 32 debug your application. So if you're not using Eclipse, continue to the next page by clicking 33 the <strong>Next</strong> link on the right.</p> 34 35 36 37 <h2 id="Download">Download the ADT Plugin</h2> 38 39 40 <ol> 41 <li>Start Eclipse, then select <strong>Help</strong> > <strong>Install New 42 Software...</strong>.</li> 43 <li>Click <strong>Add</strong>, in the top-right corner.</li> 44 <li>In the Add Repository dialog that appears, enter "ADT Plugin" for the <em>Name</em> and the 45 following URL for the <em>Location</em>: 46 <pre>https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/</pre> 47 </li> 48 <li>Click <strong>OK</strong> 49 <p>Note: If you have trouble acquiring the plugin, try using "http" in the Location URL, 50 instead of "https" (https is preferred for security reasons).</p></li> 51 <li>In the Available Software dialog, select the checkbox next to Developer Tools and click 52 <strong>Next</strong>.</li> 53 <li>In the next window, you'll see a list of the tools to be downloaded. Click 54 <strong>Next</strong>. </li> 55 <li>Read and accept the license agreements, then click <strong>Finish</strong>. 56 <p>Note: If you get a security warning saying that the authenticity or validity of 57 the software can't be established, click <strong>OK</strong>.</p></li> 58 <li>When the installation completes, restart Eclipse. </li> 59 </ol> 60 61 62 63 64 <h2 id="Configure">Configure the ADT Plugin</h2> 65 66 <p>After you've installed ADT and restarted Eclipse, you 67 must specify the location of your Android SDK directory:</p> 68 69 <ol> 70 <li>Select <strong>Window</strong> > <strong>Preferences...</strong> to open the Preferences 71 panel (on Mac OS X, select <strong>Eclipse</strong> > <strong>Preferences</strong>).</li> 72 <li>Select <strong>Android</strong> from the left panel.</li> 73 <p>You may see a dialog asking whether you want to send usage statistics to Google. If so, 74 make your choice and click <strong>Proceed</strong>.</p> 75 <li>For the <em>SDK Location</em> in the main panel, click <strong>Browse...</strong> and 76 locate your downloaded Android SDK directory (such as <code>android-sdk-windows</code>).</li> 77 <li>Click <strong>Apply</strong>, then <strong>OK</strong>.</li> 78 </ol> 79 80 81 <p>If you haven't encountered any errors, you're done setting up ADT 82 and can continue to the next step of the SDK installation.</p> 83 84 85 86 87 <h2 id="Updating">Updating the ADT Plugin</h2> 88 89 <p>From time to time, a new revision of the ADT Plugin becomes available, with 90 new features and bug fixes. Generally, when a new revision of ADT is available, 91 you should update to it as soon as convenient. </p> 92 93 <p>In some cases, a new revision of ADT will have a dependency on a specific 94 revision of the Android SDK Tools. If such dependencies exist, you will need to 95 update the SDK Tools package of the SDK after installing the new revision of 96 ADT. To update the SDK Tools package, use the Android SDK Manager, as 97 described in <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/exploring.html">Exploring the SDK</a>.</p> 98 99 <p>To learn about new features of each ADT revision and also any dependencies on 100 the SDK Tools, see the listings in the <a href="#notes">Revisions</a> 101 section. To determine the version currently installed, open the 102 Eclipse Installed Software window using <strong>Help</strong> 103 > <strong>Software Updates</strong> and refer to the version listed for 104 "Android Development Tools".</p> 105 106 <p>Follow the steps below to check whether an update is available and, if so, 107 to install it. </p> 108 109 <ol> 110 <li>Select <strong>Help</strong> > <strong>Check for Updates</strong>. 111 <p>If there are no updates available, a dialog will say so and you're done.</p></li> 112 <li>If there are updates available, select Android DDMS, Android Development Tools, 113 and Android Hierarchy Viewer, then click <strong>Next</strong>.</li> 114 <li>In the Update Details dialog, click <strong>Next</strong>.</li> 115 <li>Read and accept the license agreement and then click <strong>Finish</strong>. 116 This will download and install the latest version of Android DDMS and 117 Android Development Tools.</li> 118 <li>Restart Eclipse.</li> 119 </ol> 120 121 122 <p>If you encounter problems during the update, remove the existing ADT plugin from Eclipse, then 123 perform a fresh installation, using the instructions for <a href="#installing">Installing the ADT 124 Plugin</a>.</p> 125 126 127 128 <h2 id="Troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</h2> 129 130 <p> If you are having trouble downloading the ADT plugin after following the 131 steps above, here are some suggestions: </p> 132 133 <ul> 134 <li>If Eclipse can not find the remote update site containing the ADT plugin, 135 try changing the remote site URL to use http, rather than https. That is, set 136 the Location for the remote site to: 137 <pre>http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/</pre></li> 138 <li>If you are behind a firewall (such as a corporate firewall), make sure that 139 you have properly configured your proxy settings in Eclipse. In Eclipse, 140 you can configure proxy information from the main Eclipse menu in 141 <strong>Window</strong> (on Mac OS X, <strong>Eclipse</strong>) > 142 <strong>Preferences</strong> > <strong>General</strong> > <strong>Network 143 Connections</strong>.</li> 144 </ul> 145 146 <p> If you are still unable to use Eclipse to download the ADT plugin as a 147 remote update site, you can download the ADT zip file to your local machine and 148 manually install it:</p> 149 150 <ol> 151 <li>Download the current ADT Plugin zip file from the table below (do not unpack it). 152 153 <table class="download"> 154 <tr> 155 <th>Name</th> 156 <th>Package</th> 157 <th>Size</th> 158 <th>MD5 Checksum</th> 159 </tr> 160 <tr> 161 <td>ADT {@adtZipVersion}</td> 162 <td> 163 <a href="http://dl.google.com/android/{@adtZipDownload}">{@adtZipDownload}</a> 164 </td> 165 <td>{@adtZipBytes} bytes</td> 166 <td>{@adtZipChecksum}</td> 167 </tr> 168 </table> 169 </li> 170 171 </li> 172 <li>Follow steps 1 and 2 in the <a href="#installing">default install 173 instructions</a> (above).</li> 174 <li>In the Add Site dialog, click <strong>Archive</strong>.</li> 175 <li>Browse and select the downloaded zip file.</li> 176 <li>Enter a name for the local update site (e.g., 177 "Android Plugin") in the "Name" field.</li> 178 <li>Click <strong>OK</strong>. 179 <li>Follow the remaining procedures as listed for 180 <a href="#installing">default installation</a> above, 181 starting from step 4.</li> 182 </ol> 183 184 <p>To update your plugin once you've installed using the zip file, you will have 185 to follow these steps again instead of the default update instructions.</p> 186 187 <h4>Other install errors</h4> 188 189 <p>Note that there are features of ADT that require some optional 190 Eclipse packages (for example, WST). If you encounter an error when 191 installing ADT, your Eclipse installion might not include these packages. 192 For information about how to quickly add the necessary packages to your 193 Eclipse installation, see the troubleshooting topic 194 <a href="{@docRoot}resources/faq/troubleshooting.html#installeclipsecomponents">ADT 195 Installation Error: "requires plug-in org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui"</a>.</p> 196 197 <h4>For Linux users</h4> 198 <p>If you encounter this error when installing the ADT Plugin for Eclipse: 199 <pre> 200 An error occurred during provisioning. 201 Cannot connect to keystore. 202 JKS</pre> 203 <p> 204 ...then your development machine lacks a suitable Java VM. Installing Sun 205 Java 6 will resolve this issue and you can then reinstall the ADT 206 Plugin.</p> 207
