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3.2 The Software Development Kit (SDK)
Google unveiled the SDK software so that users are able to write their
own applications for a smartphone, a tablet PC or both. The SDK con-
tains a collection of various helpful tools such as a debugger tool and
an emulator plus a series of example applications and tutorials on the
website.
Open following link to download the SDK:
http://developer.Android.com/sdk
On this page you will nd the installation les and extensive instructi-
ons on how to install the SDK.
3.3 Eclipse
Eclipse is an open source framework of the Eclipse Foundation, a non-
prot association for software development environment. The most
popular application is the development environment for the Java pro-
gramming language.
The SDK contains an Eclipse plug-in that enables a programmer to
easily start, compile, debug and emulate an android project.
The Eclipse programme is an open source software and can be down-
loaded on following
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
3.4 Hello World
The „Hello World“ programming instructions explain how easy it is
to transfer the text „Hello World“ in an application to a terminal. The
instructions explain step by step how you have to start a project up to
the very last step, how you represent the „Hello World“ in the emula-
tor.
The website of the tutorial is:
http://developer.Android.com/resources/tutorials/hello-world.html