Game Development Reference
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1.2 Installing the Android ADT Bundle
The Android Developer Tools (ADT) bundle is distributed through the Android Developer
Forums , it includes the essential Android SDK components and a version of the Eclipse IDE
with built-in ADT (Android Developer Tools) to streamline your Android app development.
• Eclipse + ADT plugin
• Android SDK tools
• Android platform-tools
• The latest Android platform
• The latest Android system image for the emulator
You will need to read, review and accept the terms of the license to proceed. When you get
to the list of downloads, you will see a table of distributions (figure 1.3). Select the one for
your operating system (XP and Vista use the same distribution). The package (file) names
include the release date number. For example, as this is written, the latest version of the SDK
is 20140321, so the file you would download for Windows is named adt-bundle-windows-
x86-20140321.zip or adt-bundle-windows-x64-20140321.zip.
The file you download is an archive zip file, extract the archive file to a directory where
you want to install Android. The extraction will create a directory tree containing a bunch of
sub-directories, including essential developer tools.
Figure 1.3 ADT Bundle Distributions
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