Environment Setup

Android application development can be started on either of the following

operating systems

 Microsoft Windows XP or later version.

 Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later version with Intel chip.
 Linux including GNU C Library 2.7 or later.

All the required tools to develop Android applications are freely available and
can be downloaded from the Web.

 Java JDK5 or later version

 Android SDK
 Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6
 Android Studio
 Eclipse IDE for Java Developers (optional)
 Android Development Tools (ADT) Eclipse Plug-in (optional)

Android IDEs
 Android Studio
 Eclipse IDE

There are 3 ways to install android

1. By ADT Bundle
2. By Setup Eclipse Manually
3. By Android Studio

ADT Bundle
It is the simplest technique to install required softwares for android application
development. It includes:

 Eclipse IDE
 Android SDK
 Eclipse Plugin

If you have downloaded the ADT bundle, unjar it, go to eclipse IDE and start
the eclipse by clicking on the eclipse icon.
Android Studio
As per Google official android development, they have launched android studio
as official Android IDE.

Set-up Java Development Kit (JDK)

set PATH=C:\jdk1.7.0_75\bin;%PATH%
set JAVA_HOME=C:\jdk1.7.0_75