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Android

Posted by Max Reinsch
Max Reinsch
5,740 Points

Android bundle

The file bundles are available for Windows and Mac, but I don't see an option for Linux (I'm using Ubuntu 12.04).

I'm referring to the following video:

http://teamtreehouse.com/library/build-a-simple-android-app/getting-started-with-android/android-setup-and-the-crystal-ball-project-2

I don't know where to begin; ideas anyone?

2 Answers

Gunjeet Hattar
Gunjeet Hattar
14,483 Points

Simply head over to the link here Adnroid SDK
If you don't see the option of the bundle at first when viewing from Ubuntu. What you can do is simply go down the webpage and look for Donwload for other platforms
The download likes are right there.

Hope that helps.

Rick Rakin
Rick Rakin
6,531 Points
Rick Rakin
Rick Rakin
6,531 Points

Same concern here. I don't have a Mac. Forced myself to use Windows 8 for about a year. I have nothing nice to say regarding newer Microsoft products anymore and avoid whenever possible. So ever since Windows 8.1. I'm on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit.

A Linux readme.txt at the least would have saved me about 2 hours of work and would be a nice polish. Oh well.

Here's my recipe:

1)Make sure you have enough room. Often Linux is dual-booted and only given a small portion of hard drive space. I had to repartition and add another 5GB because of this. When the Android Virtual Machine runs it will use up even more space, depending on how big your app is.

2) Make sure you have the Java Development Kit (JDK) installed: Open terminal (Ctrl-Alt-t) then type: ~$>java -version If not present, download and install: ~$>sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-gre This will install the latest icedtea7-plugins as well.

3) Download the Android SDK for Linux right from the parent website: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Warning: It from extracts from ~500MB to ~1.3 GB.

4)Move the extracted zip files to a folder of your choice. I went with /home/rick/android-development I made a folder called "eclipse-workspace" here for when the Eclipse IDE is used for the first time and set as the default folder.

5) I'm not going to go through how to add a program to the Unity Launcher here (plenty of tutorials out there). It's more involved than dragging and dropping a file. I did that as the final step, which involves making an "eclipse.desktop" file and adding some code. Then adding execute permission to said .desktop file.