Steps to setting up Eclipse and the Google Android SDK in Windows in order to develop Android applications.

  1. Download Eclipse 3.4, unzip everything to $ProgramFiles$ (read C:\Program Files, or D:\Program Files, or whereever you have it)
  2. Download Google Android SDK, android-sdk-windows-1.0_r1.zip, (from http://code.google.com/android/download.html), unzip everything to $ProgramFiles$\eclipse
  3. Download Java 1.6 SDK, and install. (Should go to $ProgramFiles$\Java\jdk1.6.0_10)
  4. set global environment variable JAVA_HOME to point to $ProgramFiles$\Java\jdk1.6.0_10
  5. Start Eclipse 3.4 by running $ProgramFiles$\eclipse\eclipse.exe
  6. In the Eclipse IDE, go to Windows, Preferences, Android, and set SDK Location to $ProgramFiles$\eclipse\android-sdk-windows-1.0_r1
  7. Configure the Eclipse IDE according to section Installing the Eclipse Plugin at http://code.google.com/android/intro/installing.html#installingplugin

Once the above steps are done, you're good to go!

Failure to adhere to the above will cause the following error messages:

[2008-11-11 23:55:03 - appname] Android Launch!
[2008-11-11 23:55:03 - appname] Could not find appname.apk!