Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
that the best option would be running the program on an actual Android device. Because we are
dealing with CPU-intensive 3D games in this topic, you should use an actual Android device to run
the example projects (see Figure
1-1
).
Figure 1-1.
Eclipse with Android Development Tools plug-ins
Android SDK Manager
The Android SDK Manager allows you to download new Android platform versions and tools through
its interface. Current tools and platform versions that are installed are also displayed. For example,
in Figure
1-2
, the Android 2.2 platform has already been installed and is ready for use for development.
This means that you can compile your source code to target this platform.
