Setup Eclipse for Android Development

If you are thinking about setting up Eclipse to build Android mobile apps, then check out these helpful links:

My Delicious.com Links For Eclipse Android Mobile Development

The major steps to keep in mind are:

1. Setup Eclipse for Java Developers (that gets you JDK and Eclipse all at once).
2. Download the Android SDK and decompress the file to a folder on your computer.
3. In Eclipse preferences add the URL to the google android classes repository and update eclipse.
4. Point the new Preference section in Eclipse over to the SDK you decompressed.
5. Update Eclipse again to get all of the components for Android (including the Google Maps API).
6. Open the Android SDK and AVD Manager from the Eclipse "window" menu item.
7. Setup a new Android AVD for Android 2.1 (this is your Android Device Emulator!).
8. Finally start a new Android project.

I also took a moment and created a "workspace" specifically for my Android projects.  This is basically a folder on your computer. Hopefully this will get you started!