Download and install the Google Android SDK starter package in Windows 7
This article assumes that you have already set up the following:
The way Google Android SDK is supposed to be set up on your Windows system is to first install an SDK starter package. After that you add or remove components as required by your development needs.
The Android Starter package is located at this URL
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Remember to click on the ‘Use an Existing IDE’ node to reveal the location to use to download the SDK Tools for Windows (also known as the Android Starter Package)
Selecting ‘Download the SDK Tools for Windows’ results in an executable file in the form:
installer_r<release number>-windows.exe
It is about 80 Mb in size.
Installation
The first thing the installer checks is that there is a JDK installed.
- Choose the following default settings:
Install location: c:\program files\android\android-sdk
After the installation is complete, you should get a message like this:
- Click ‘next’ and then click on ‘Finish’ to exit the in installer.
The starter package has been installed and will execute as a separate program with the icon below:
Android SDK Manager shortcut as seen from the Windows Desktop
Make sure that you have Internet access whenever you run the SDK and AVD Manager.
The first time you run the Manager, you will notice that it uses the following URL in order to retrieve the most recent repository:
https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/repository.xml
There are other xml files subsequently retrieved and once they are interpreted by the Manager. The initial screen looks like this:
We are only going to exit the Android SDK Manager for now as our priority is to download the most important componenf for development: the Eclipse ADT
Additional references
Check out the original android.com instructions on setting up the Android SDK
