Installing Android Dev Kit. - by SubJeff
SubJeff on 21/2/2010 at 17:13
Anyone know anything about this?
The instructions were clearly written by, and I'm not kidding here, an idiot.
Its pretty incomprehensible with multiple steps that are repeated at different points. Do you install ADT at step 0 or at step 2? Does it matter? If this were PHP/Apache/mySQL the order absolutely would matter so lack of clarity here is ver frustrating.
Now I've DLed Eclipse and the Android SDK but I'm having 2 problems. I've tried installing Eclipse first but...
1. No matter which version of Eclipse I DL when I try to run it I get an error saying it needs java in some /jre/ directory which doesn't exist in the location it states (in the Eclipse directory).
NB: I have the latest JDK.
2. The Android SDK set-up program does nothing. A cmd window flashes up and then... nothing.
This has to have been the most unproductive and frustrating afternoon of the last 5 years. Seriously. :(
Can anyone help?
Al_B on 22/2/2010 at 12:34
The mention of ADT in step 0 is just to say that you'll need to have a supported Eclipse version installed to use it. In fact, as you install the ADT plugin through Eclipse the order of these steps is pretty much pre-determined.
Sounds like your real problem is that your Java runtime is broken. That's a little strange as it should be bundled with the JDK. If you open a command prompt and run "java -showversion" does it come back with something sensible? On my system here it shows java version 1.6.0_18.
SubJeff on 24/2/2010 at 21:51
I've tried everything I can find on the web. I've installed different version of Eclipse and Java.
This the error I get every time.
Inline Image:
http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/6774/javaerror.jpgIt didn't happen the first time I installed all this but that was on the Vista HD (now wiped). I have a new HD and Windows 7 install.
Al_B on 24/2/2010 at 22:31
Do you definitely have the javaw.exe file in your path? Mine lives in c:\windows\system32 but that's on XP.
SubJeff on 26/2/2010 at 12:29
I've sorted that bit out.
Now its all about PATH and getting an Android Virtual Machine working.
