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Tutorial on how to install the Android SDK and Eclipse

  1. Download and install the JDK from Oracle's website: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

If you already have the JDK installed, make sure you have the latest stable release and that it's updated.

  1. Download and install Eclipse from Helios: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

If you already have Eclipse installed make sure you have the latest updates.

  1. Download and install the Android SDK from Google's Android developer website: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

If you already have the Android SDK installed, make sure you have the latest updates.

  1. Launch Eclipse. On startup it will ask you to create a working directory. Select a directory where to store your project files in.

  2. Next install the ADT plugin for Eclipse as follows:

    a. Select Help->Install New Software. Click Add in the top-right corner.

b. In the Add Repository dialog that appears, enter "ADT Plugin" for the Name and the following URL for the Location: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse

If you have trouble acquiring the plugin, try using "http" in the Location URL, instead of "https" (https is preferred for security reasons).

c. In the Available Software dialog, select the checkbox next to Developer Tools and click Next. In the next window, you'll see a list of the tools to be downloaded. ClickNext. Read and accept the license agreements, then click Finish. When the installation completes, restart Eclipse.

  1. In Eclipse click Window->Preferences->Androidand set the SDK location to where the SDK was installed (e.g., C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows).

  2. Download and install Hg from Mercurial's website: http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/Download

  3. Now create a clone of the latest "perl-android-apk" repository:

    a. Use windows explorer to create a directory where you will store the clone files in.

b. Hold down the shift key and right click on the directory, then open a command window. If that doesn't work, then go to your Start bar, select Run, and type cmd, and cd to the directory you created.

c. In the command window type: hg clone https://code.google.com/p/perl-android-apk and wait for the files to be downloaded.

Note: The repository may be updated regularly, so use hg pull -u to get updates from the repository periodically.

  1. Finally, open Eclipse and click on File->Import->General->Existing Projects into Workspace->Next and browse to the cloned directory. Click on apk->OK then select all and click Finish.

Next, read the tutorial on how to use the APK template.