Installing Android SDK Tools in Windows XP

Introduction

 
You need these applications to install the Android SDK Tools:
Let's Start the Installation process
 
First of all, you need to install the JDK 1.6 (Standard Edition) because Android SDK lies on it.
 
Second, you need to start the Android SDK installer. The first screen you may see looks like this:android sdk installation
 
android sdk installation
 
It's a welcome screen; click Next.
 
jdk not found
 
You'll see the above window if you didn't install the JDK. It may be seen, even you have installed JDK, in some cases, if so, then there is no need to worry about this rubbish, just go Back and press Next again.
 
jdk found
 
The mess is then gone; press Next. Now, you'll see the following window as shown in the following image:
 
select destination folder
 
Select the destination folder for installation and press Next.
 
choose start menu folder
 
Click Install; the installation process is started.
 
android sdk installation start
 
After a few seconds, the following window is shown:
 
android sdk installation complete
 
Press Next.
 
android sdk installation finish
 
If you are seeing the above window, that means that you have successfully installed the Android SDK Tools.
 
Click Finish to start SDK Manager to download system images and other stuffs.
 
refresh sources
 
When sources are refreshed, you'll see this window
 
choose package to install
 
Choose packages, click Install. Now, packages will be downloaded and installed.
 
You can also see available packages to be download by clicking on Available packages in the left panel, as shown in following image
 
available packages
 
And Installed packages could be seen by clicking on Installed packages. Update and delete options are available for installed packages.
 
installed packages
 
Now, it's the time to create an AVD; select Virtual devices and click on the New button.
 
virtual devices
 
You'll see a new window, as follows
 
create new avd
 
Fill the information- AVD Name, Target Version, SD Card Size, etc. according to your need and press Create AVD. A few seconds later, you'll see the following message:
 
message- avd created
 
If everything is going correctly, you can see that a new AVD is available in the list.
 
Android virtual devices list
 
Now, select AVD and press Start. The following Launch Options are shown.
 
avd launch options
 
Press Launch. If there is no error, the following window will appear and hide automatically; that means that the AVD is started. Otherwise, you'll receive any error message.
 
starting android emulator
 
Now, the emulator is ready to run. Locate the "emulator-arm.exe" in the Android installation folder, as follows:
 
locate emulator-arm.exe
 
Open a command prompt and go to the directory, where "emulator-arm.exe" resides. Use the following command to run the emulator:
 
emulator-arm @<avd-name>
 
For example emulator-arm @myavd
 
emulator-arm @<avd-name />
 
After some time the emulator is started up.
 
emulatro started
 
And you'll see the Home Screen.
 
Android home screen


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