Specifications

IfyoualreadyhaveanexistinginstallationoftheAndroidDevelopmentToolspriorto23.0.2,
youmayseecompatibilityerrorswhenstartingEclipsedependingonwhichpackagesyou
downloadedfromtheSDKManager.Insomecasesyoumaybeabletofixthesecompatibility
issuesbygoingtoEclipse>Help>InstallNewSoftware.AddtheURL
https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/ intheWorkwith:fieldandselectAdd.Namethe
repository“Eclipse”,selectthepackagesthatappearunderDeveloperToolsandchoose
Next.Ifyoureceiveinstallationerrors,youcantrytoresolvethese(youshouldbeoffered
someresolutionsteps)ortryinstallingonepackageatatime.Ifyoucontinuetoreceiveerrors,
trythestepsbelow.
MakesureyouhavedownloadedthelatestADTbundleandverifythatalloftherequired
environmentvariables(includingPATH)pointtothelocationofthenewbundle.Launchthe
SDKManagerfromthenewADTbundleinstallationanddownloadtherequiredpackagesas
indicatedinsectionIV.LaunchEclipsefromthenewbundle,gotoWindow>Preferencesand
verifythattheSDKLocationfieldtherepointstothelocationwhereyouinstalledthenew
versionoftheADTbundle.ReverifythatallpathsinEclipseandallsystemenvironment
variablesarecorrectandreboot.
MissingNDKOptioninAndroidMenu
AtthispointyoushouldverifythattheNDKpathissetcorrectlyintheEclipseSettingsas
showninsectionIV.1.5(Windows),IV.2.5(OSX),orIV.3.3.(Ubuntu).IfNDKdoesnotappear
underPreferences>Android,makesureyouhaveallofthelatestdevelopmenttools
installed.
InEclipse,gotoHelp>InstallNewSoftware.InsomeversionsofADTtheexistinglinksfor
AndroidDevelopmentToolsUpdateSiteappeartobebroken(thehttpsispairedwiththe
wrongURL).IfanyofthepredefinedlinksforWorkwith:fielddonotallowproper
installation,clickAdd...,input"eclipse"forName:andintheLocationfieldtype:https://dl-
ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
DownloadallofthepackagesunderDevelopmentToolsandcompletetheinstallationsteps.
JavaBuildErrors
TheSDKcurrentlyusessomedeprecatedJavainterfaces.Ifyouseebuilderrors(listedunder
ErrorsandprecededbyaredXicon)relatedtoJavadeprecation,suchas“Thetype
ActivityGroupisdeprecated”,thensetdeprecationerrorstowarnings.GotoWindow>
Preferences>Java>Compiler>Errors/WarningsandscrolldowntotheDeprecatedand
RestrictedAPIsection.NexttoDeprecatedAPI,changeErrortoWarningorIgnoreasshown
below:
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