Android - Environment Setup

  Android development can be done on any of the following operating systems operating systems.

   i. Windows

  ii. MAC OS

  iii. LINUX Including GNU libraries.

All the tools for development are available on Web for free and can be downloaded easily. Following are the list of software needed for android development.  

  i. JDK 5 or later.

 ii. Android SDK

iii. Java Run time environment (JRE) .

iv. Android Studio.

 v. Eclipse IDE (Optional)

vi. Android development Tools. (ADT) optional.

Set-up Java Development Kit (JDK)

You can download the latest version of Java JDK from Oracle's Java site. You will find instructions for installing JDK in downloaded files, follow the given instructions to install and configure the setup. Finally set PATH and JAVA_HOME environment variables to refer to the directory that contains java and javac, typically java_install_dir/bin and java_install_dir respectively.

Android IDEs

 there are many technologies to download and start development.

1) Android Studio.

2) Eclipse IDE.