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karlos
Courses Plus Student 66 PointsMY ECLIPSE DOESN'T OPEN!!!
I don't understand why my eclipse doesn't work. It comes up with a pop up that says a bunch of random code that I don't understand! Please help!
5 Answers
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherCan you link to a screenshot? Where did you download it from?
karlos
Courses Plus Student 66 PointsI dowloaded it from your link in the description. Could you please tell me how to attach a screenshot?
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherI updated the bundles this afternoon and it appears there's an issue. I'm on it now - stay tuned! If you're really stuck, grab the ADT bundle from the Android developer site. It's the same thing at this point: http://developer.android.com/sdk
Which version of the bundle did you download? Windows or Mac? 32 bit or 64 bit?
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherI made a mistake packaging up the Windows 64 bit bundle, but I've fixed it and uploaded it to the site. Hopefully you're already on your way, but if not, download it again and you should be good. :)
Ryan Carson
23,287 PointsYou can use this free tool called TinyGrab to take a screenshot of the pop up with all the random code.
When I have problems with Eclipse, I usually delete it and unzip it again, and re-open it and that often solves it.
karlos
Courses Plus Student 66 PointsThank you so much!
karlos
Courses Plus Student 66 PointsThank you I got the reason from Mr. Jakuben
karlos
Courses Plus Student 66 PointsNow when I open Eclipse I am told that I don't have Java Development Kit, which I do, and I don' t understand what to download.
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherArgh - I know what I did! I had to revert to a different version of Java and forgot to switch a number in the eclipse.ini file. I'll fix it right now, but you can fix it yourself, too:
1) Open up the android_dev_environment folder, then go into the eclipse folder.
2) Open up eclipse.ini for editing in a text editor like Notepad.
3) About three quarters of the way down are these two lines:
-vm
..\Java\jdk1.6.0_45\bin\javaw.exe
4) Change 45 to 35, so it ends up looking like this:
..\Java\jdk1.6.0_35\bin\javaw.exe
5) Save it, and you should be able to run Eclipse this time.
Really sorry about the trouble! The bundle on the site will be updated as soon as I upload the new version to the server (starting that now).
karlos
Courses Plus Student 66 PointsThank you so much! My father and I were utterly perplexed as to what to do! :)
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherSo sorry about the confusion! Blame the teacher. :) Hopefully you're on your way now...
karlos
Courses Plus Student 66 Pointskarlos
Courses Plus Student 66 PointsHow do you attach a screenshot? I downloaded it from the description under your video. Thank you for replying so quickly!
karlos
Courses Plus Student 66 Pointskarlos
Courses Plus Student 66 PointsOk thank you. Yes, I did download 64 bit Windows.