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12 <h2>In this document</h2>
13 <ol>
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -070014 <li><a href="#notes">Revisions</a></li>
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -070015 <li><a href="#installing">Installing the ADT Plugin</a>
16 <ol>
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -070017 <li><a href="#preparing">Preparing for Installation</a></li>
18 <li><a href="#downloading">Downloading the ADT Plugin</a>
19 <li><a href="#configuring">Configuring the ADT Plugin</a></li>
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -070020 <li><a href="#troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a></li>
21 </ol>
22 </li>
23 <li><a href="#updating">Updating the ADT Plugin</a></li>
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -070024 </ol>
Robert Ly6c81c302011-10-05 12:59:29 -070025
Scott Main22d39262011-08-25 11:38:50 -070026 <h2>See also</h2>
27 <ol>
28 <li><a href="{@docRoot}guide/developing/tools/adt.html">Android Developer Tools</a></li>
29 </ol>
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -070030
31</div>
32</div>
33
Scott Main081127b2010-10-29 15:56:27 -070034<p>Android Development Tools (ADT) is a plugin for the Eclipse IDE
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -070035that is designed to give you a powerful, integrated environment in which
Robert Lyccea5d22011-02-11 14:59:36 -080036to build Android applications.</p>
Dirk Doughertybf15ce62009-10-23 19:17:12 -070037
Scott Main13244e52010-01-19 11:12:07 -080038<p>ADT extends the capabilities of Eclipse to let you quickly set up new Android
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -070039projects, create an application UI, add components based on the Android
Dirk Doughertybf15ce62009-10-23 19:17:12 -070040Framework API, debug your applications using the Android SDK tools, and even
Scott Main7b013bb2011-03-14 14:17:31 -070041export signed (or unsigned) {@code .apk} files in order to distribute your application.</p>
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -070042
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -070043<p>Developing in Eclipse with ADT is highly recommended and is the fastest way
44to get started. With the guided project setup it provides, as well as tools
45integration, custom XML editors, and debug ouput pane, ADT gives you an
46incredible boost in developing Android applications. </p>
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -070047
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -070048<p>This document provides step-by-step instructions on how to download the ADT
49plugin and install it into your Eclipse development environment. Note that
50before you can install or use ADT, you must have compatible versions of both the
51Eclipse IDE and the Android SDK installed. For details, make sure to read <a
52href="#installing">Installing the ADT Plugin</a>, below. </p>
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -070053
Scott Main081127b2010-10-29 15:56:27 -070054<p>If you are already using ADT, this document also provides instructions on
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -070055how to update ADT to the latest version or how to uninstall it, if necessary.
56</p>
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -070057
Scott Main22d39262011-08-25 11:38:50 -070058<p>For information about the features provided by the ADT plugin, such as code
59editor features, SDK tool integration, and the graphical layout editor (for drag-and-drop layout
60editing), see the <a href="{@docRoot}guide/developing/tools/adt.html">Android Developer Tools</a>
61document.</p>
62
63
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -070064<h2 id="notes">Revisions</h2>
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -070065
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -070066<p>The sections below provide notes about successive releases of
67the ADT Plugin, as denoted by revision number. </p>
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -070068
Scott Maine09743272011-10-14 11:25:46 -070069<p>For a summary of all known issues in ADT, see <a
Scott Mainb321cd92011-10-20 12:57:43 -070070href="http://tools.android.com/knownissues">http://tools.android.com/knownissues</a>.</p>
Scott Maine09743272011-10-14 11:25:46 -070071
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Robert Ly8c703962011-11-11 16:40:29 -0800117ADT 15.0.1</a> <em>(November 2011)</em>
118 <div class="toggleme">
119<dl>
120 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
121
122 <dd>ADT 15.0.1 is designed for use with <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/tools-notes.html">SDK Tools r15</a>.
123 If you haven't already installed SDK Tools r15 into your SDK, use the Android SDK and AVD Manager to
124 do so.</dd>
125
126 <dt>Bug fixes:</dt>
127 <dd>
128 <ul>
129 <li>Fixed how source files are attached to library project <code>.jar</code> files.</li>
130 <li>Fixed how the <code>bin/</code> folder for library projects are refreshed. This ensures that parent projects pick up changes in library projects.</li>
131 <li>Fixed how a parent project's library container is updated when a library project is recompiled. This ensures that parent projects are
132 recompiled when code in a library project changes.</li>
133 <li>Fixed how <code>res/</code> folders are checked in library projects. This ensures that all <code>res</code> folders are properly included
134 even if Eclipse is not aware of them due to refresh issues.</li>
135 <li>Fixed issue that prevented <code>aapt</code> from running when editing certain XML files.</li>
136 <li>Fixed minor XML formatting issues.</li>
137 </ul>
138 </dd>
139</dl>
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Robert Ly490463f2011-10-24 11:06:36 -0700150ADT 15.0.0</a> <em>(October 2011)</em>
151 <div class="toggleme">
152<dl>
153
154<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
155
156<dd>ADT 15.0.0 is designed for use with <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/tools-notes.html">SDK Tools r15</a>.
157If you haven't already installed SDK Tools r15 into your SDK, use the Android SDK and AVD Manager to
158do so.</dd>
159
160<dt>Bug fixes:</dt>
161<dd>
162<ul>
163 <li>Fixed build issue when using Renderscript in projects that target API levels 11-13
164 (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=21006">Issue 21006</a>).</li>
165 <li>Fixed issue when creating projects from existing source code.</li>
166 <li>Fixed issues in the SDK Manager
167 (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=20939">Issue 20939</a>,
168 <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=20607">Issue 20607</a>).</li>
169 <li>Fixed scrolling issue in the new Logcat panel of DDMS.</li>
170</ul>
171</dd>
172</dl>
173
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Robert Ly6c81c302011-10-05 12:59:29 -0700181ADT 14.0.0</a> <em>(October 2011)</em>
182 <div class="toggleme">
183<dl>
184
185<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
186
187<dd>ADT 14.0.0 is designed for use with <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/tools-notes.html">SDK Tools r14</a>.
188If you haven't already installed SDK Tools r14 into your SDK, use the Android SDK and AVD Manager to
189do so.</dd>
190
191<dt>Build system</dt>
192<dd>
193 <ul>
194 <li>Changed <code>default.properties</code> to <code>project.properties</code> and
195 <code>build.properties</code> to <code>ant.properties</code>. ADT automatically
196 renames these files, if necessary, when you open a project in Eclipse.</li>
197 <li>Changed how library projects are built in Eclipse.</a></li>
198 <li>Changed output of <code>javac</code> from <code>bin/</code> to <code>bin/classes</code>
199 in Eclipse.</li>
200 <li>Improved incremental builds so that resource compilation runs less frequently. Builds no
201 longer run when you edit strings or layouts (unless you add a new <code>id</code>) and no longer
202 run once for each library project.</li>
203 <li>Introduced a "PNG crunch cache" that only runs on modified PNG files, instead of
204 crunching all existing PNG files, all the time.</li>
205 <li>Modified resource compilation so it no longer happens for normal save operations. It only
206 happens when running or debugging (the build option that lets you disable the packaging
207 step, which was introduced in ADT 12, is now on by default.)</li>
208 </ul>
209<p>For a complete overview of the build system changes and what you need to do to support them,
210see the <a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/buildchangesinrevision14">Android Tools Project
211site</a>.</p>
212</dd>
213
214<dt>General improvements</dt>
215<dd>
216 <ul>
217
218
219<li>Added a Welcome Wizard to help with the initial setup of the Android
220development environment (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/welcomewizard">more
221info</a>).</li>
222<li>Integrated the Android Asset Studio, which helps you create icons for things
223like the launcher, menus, and tabs. (<a
224href="http://tools.android.com/recent/assetstudiointegration">more
225info</a>).</li>
226<li>Revamped the Logcat view and added support to display and filter logs by
227 application names as well as PIDs (<a
228 href="http://tools.android.com/recent/updatedlogcatviewer">more info</a>).</li>
229<li>Revamped the SDK Manager UI (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/newsdkmanager">more
230info</a>).</li>
231<li>Revamped the New Project and the New XML File wizards to have
232multiple pages. Sample projects are now copied into the workspace such that they can be modified
233and deleted without affecting the master copy
234(<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/revampedwizards">more info</a>).</li>
235<li>Removed the dependency on Eclipse GEF.</li>
236</ul>
237</dd>
238
239<dt>XML and Java editors</dt>
240<dd>
241 <ul>
242 <li>Added a new XML formatter that formats all XML files according to the
243 standard Android coding style. The formatter can also reorder
244 attributes to follow a recommended order and processes any changes made in the Layout editor.
245(<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/xmlformatter">more info</a>).</li>
246 <li>Added the "Go to Matching" (Ctrl-Shift-P) feature, which lets you jump
247between opening and closing tags in XML files.</li>
248 <li>Added support for the "Select Enclosing Element" feature on Mac.</li>
249 <li>Added a Quickfix for extracting Strings when the caret is inside a String (<a href="">see
250more</a>).</li>
251 <li>Improved "smart indent", which allows automatic indentation and un-indentation
252 when pressing the Return key in XML editors (<a
253href="http://tools.android.com/recent/xmleditingimprovements">more info</a>).</li>
254
255 </ul>
256</dd>
257
258<dt>Layout editor</dt>
259<dd>
260 <ul>
261 <li>Added tooltip feedback for dragging and resizing operations. For
262 example, when dragging in a relative layout, the proposed
263 constraints are shown. When resizing, the new dimensions are
264 shown (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/layouteditorfeedbacktooltips">more
265info</a>).</li>
266 <li>Added the ability to suppress rendering fidelity warnings (<a
267href="http://tools.android.com/recent/suppressrenderwarnings">more info</a>).</li>
268 <li>Added "Remove Container" visual refactoring that removes the
269 children of a container up to the top level and transfers
270 namespace and layout attributes if necessary (<a
271href="http://tools.android.com/recent/removecontainervisualrefactoring">more info</a>).</li>
272 <li>Added pull-right menus to the context menu for accessing
273 properties of the parents, which is useful when the children fully
274 cover the parent and make it hard to select on their own.</li>
275 <li>Improved access to properties in the context menu. The most
276 frequently set attributes for each view are listed at the top of
277 the menu. The Properties menu offers access to the most
278 recently set attributes, attributes organized by their defining
279 view, and layout attributes only or all attributes alphabetically (<a
280href="http://tools.android.com/recent/layouteditorcontextmenuimprovements">more info</a>).</li>
281 </ul>
282</dd>
283
284<dt>Bug fixes</dt>
285<dd>Fixed many bugs and added <a
286href="http://tools.android.com/recent/miscellaneousrecentfixes">minor improvements</a>, in
287particular some <a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/linuxfixes">critical bug fixes on
288Linux</a>.</dd>
289
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Robert Ly31ee77e2011-07-06 11:16:19 -0700299ADT 12.0.0</a> <em>(July 2011)</em>
Robert Ly205d1c32011-06-28 13:13:14 -0700300 <div class="toggleme">
301<dl>
302
303<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
304
305<dd>ADT 12.0.0 is designed for use with <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/tools-notes.html">SDK Tools r12</a>. If you haven't
306already installed SDK Tools r12 into your SDK, use
307the Android SDK and AVD Manager to do so.</dd>
308
309<dt>Visual Layout Editor:</dt>
310<dd>
311<ul>
312 <li>New RelativeLayout drop support with guideline suggestions for
313 attachments and cycle prevention
314 (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/revampedrelativelayoutsupport">more info</a>).</li>
315 <li>Resize support in most layouts along with
316 guideline snapping to the sizes dictated by <code>wrap_content</code> and <code>match_parent</code>.
317 In LinearLayout, sizes are mapped to weights instead of pixel widths.
318 (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/resizesupport">more info</a>).</li>
319 <li>Previews of drawables and colors in the resource chooser dialogs
320 (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/imageandcolorpreviews">more info</a>).</li>
321 <li>Improved error messages and links for rendering errors including
322 detection of misspelled class names
323 (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/improvedrenderingerrordiagnostics">more info</a>).</li>
324</ul>
325</dd>
326
327<dt>Build system</dt>
328<dd>
329<ul>
Robert Ly6c81c302011-10-05 12:59:29 -0700330 <li id="build-option">A new option lets you disable the packaging step in the automatic
Robert Ly205d1c32011-06-28 13:13:14 -0700331 builders. This improves performance when saving files by not
332 performing a full build, which can take a long time for large projects.
333 If the option is enabled, the APK is packaged when the
334 application is deployed to a device or emulator or when the
335 release APK is exported (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/finercontroloveradtbuildprocess">more info</a>).</li>
336</ul>
337</dd>
338
339<dt>Bug fixes</dt>
340<dd>Many bug fixes are part of this release
341(<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/adt12bugfixroundup">more info</a>).</dd>
342
343</div>
344</div>
345
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Scott Main25d0b9f2011-05-26 14:12:54 -0700351ADT 11.0.0</a> <em>(June 2011)</em>
Robert Ly205d1c32011-06-28 13:13:14 -0700352 <div class="toggleme">
Scott Main25d0b9f2011-05-26 14:12:54 -0700353
354<dl>
355
356<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
357
358<dd>ADT 11.0.0 is designed for use with SDK Tools r11. If you haven't
359already installed SDK Tools r11 into your SDK, use the Android SDK and AVD Manager to do
360so.</dd>
361
362<dt>Visual Refactoring:</dt>
363<dd>
364 <ul>
365 <li>"Extract Style" feature pulls out style-related attributes from your layout and extracts
366them as a new style defined in {@code styles.xml} (<a
367href="http://tools.android.com/recent/extractstylerefactoring">more info</a>).</li>
368 <li>"Wrap in Container" feature lets you select a group of views then surround them
369 in a new layout (a new view group, such as a LinearLayout), and transfers namespace and layout
370 parameters to the new parent (<a
371href="http://tools.android.com/recent/newrefactoringswrapinchangelayoutchangewidget">more
372info</a>).</li>
373 <li>"Change Layout" feature changes layouts from one type
374 to another, and can also flatten a layout hierarchy (<a
375href="http://tools.android.com/recent/newrefactoringswrapinchangelayoutchangewidget">more
376info</a>).</li>
377 <li>"Change Widget Type" feature changes the type of the
378 selected views to a new type. Also, a new selection context menu
379 in the visual layout editor makes it easy to select siblings as
380 well as views anywhere in the layout that have the same type (<a
381href="http://tools.android.com/recent/newrefactoringswrapinchangelayoutchangewidget">more
382info</a>).</li>
383 <li>"Extract as Include" feature finds identical collections of views
384 in other layouts and offers to combine them into a single layout that you can then include in
385 each layout (<a
386href="http://tools.android.com/recent/extractasincludeimprovements">more info</a>).</li>
387 <li>Quick Assistant in Eclipse can be invoked
388 from the XML editor (with Ctrl-1) to apply any of the above
389 refactorings (and Extract String) to the current selection (<a
390href="http://tools.android.com/recent/refactoringquickassistant">more info</a>).</li>
391 </ul>
392</dd>
393
394<dt>Visual Layout Editor:</dt>
395<dd>
396 <ul>
397 <li>This is the update to the layout editor you've been waiting for! It includes (almost) all
398the goodies demonstrated at Google I/O. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq05KqjXTvs">Watch
399the video</a> on YouTube.</li>
400 <li>The palette now supports different configurations for supported widgets. That is, a single
401view is presented in various different configurations that you can drag into your layout. For
402example, there is a <em>Text Fields</em> palette category where you can drag an {@link
403android.widget.EditText} widget in as a password field, an e-mail field, a phone field, or other
404types of text boxes. Similarly, {@link android.widget.TextView} widgets are preconfigured
405with large, normal and small theme sizes, and {@link android.widget.LinearLayout} elements are
406preconfigured in horizontal and vertical configurations (<a
407href="http://tools.android.com/recent/multipletextfieldandlayouttypes">more info</a>).</li>
408 <li>The palette supports custom views. You can pick up any custom
409 implementations of the View class you've created in your project or from included libraries and
410drag them into your layout (<a
411href="http://tools.android.com/recent/customviewsinthepalette">more info</a>).</li>
412 <li>Fragments are available in the palette for placement in your layout. In the tool, you can
413choose which layout to show rendered for a given fragment tag. Go to declaration works for fragment
Robert Ly6c81c302011-10-05 12:59:29 -0700414classes (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/fragmentsupport">more info</a>).</li>
Scott Main25d0b9f2011-05-26 14:12:54 -0700415 <li>The layout editor automatically applies a "zoom to fit" for newly
416 opened files as well as on device size and orientation changes to
417 ensure that large layouts are always fully visible unless you
418 manually zoom in.</li>
419 <li>You can drop in an {@code &lt;include&gt;} element from the palette, which will pop up
420 a layout chooser. When you select the layout to include, it is added with an {@code
421&lt;include&gt;}. Similarly, dropping images or image buttons will pop up image
422 resource choosers (<a
423href="http://tools.android.com/recent/includetagdropsupport">more info</a>).</li>
424 <li>The configuration chooser now applies the "Render Target" and
425 "Locale" settings project wide, making it trivial to check the
426 layouts for different languages or render targets without having
427 to configure these individually for each layout.</li>
428 <li>The layout editor is smarter about picking a default theme to
429 render a layout with, consulting factors like theme registrations
430 in the manifest, the SDK version, and other factors.</li>
431 <li>The layout editor is smarter about picking a default configuration to render a layout
432with, defaulting to the currently visible configuration in the previous file. It also considers the
433SDK target to determine whether to default to a tablet or phone screen size.</li>
434 <li>Basic focus support. The first text field dropped in a layout is assigned focus, and there
435are <strong>Request Focus</strong> and <strong>Clear Focus</strong> context menu items on text
436fields to change the focus.</li>
437 </ul>
438</dd>
439
440<dt>XML editors:</dt>
441<dd>
Robert Ly6c81c302011-10-05 12:59:29 -0700442<ul>
Scott Main25d0b9f2011-05-26 14:12:54 -0700443 <li>Code completion has been significantly improved. It now works
444 with {@code &lt;style&gt;} elements, completes dimensional units,
445 sorts resource paths in values based on the attribute name, and more. There are also many fixes to
446handle text replacement (<a
447href="http://tools.android.com/recent/xmlcodecompletionimprovements">more info</a>).</li>
448 <li>AAPT errors are handled better. They are now underlined for the
449 relevant range in the editor, and a new quickfix makes it trivial
450 to create missing resources.</li>
451 <li>Code completion for drawable, animation and color XML files (<a
452href="http://tools.android.com/recent/codecompletionfordrawablescolorsandanimationfiles">more
453info</a>).</li>
454</ul>
455</dd>
456
457<dt>DDMS:</dt>
458<dd>
Robert Ly6c81c302011-10-05 12:59:29 -0700459<ul>
Scott Main25d0b9f2011-05-26 14:12:54 -0700460 <li>"New Folder" action in the File Explorer.</li>
461 <li>The screenshot dialog will add timestamps to the filenames and preserve the orientation on
462snapshot refresh.</li>
463</ul>
464</dd>
465
466<dt>General notes:</dt>
467<dd>
468 <ul>
469 <li>TraceView supports zooming with the mouse-wheel in the timeline.</li>
470 <li>The New Android Project wizard now supports Eclipse working sets.</li>
471 </ul>
472</dd>
473</dl>
474<p>More information about tool changes are available on the <a
475href="http://tools.android.com/recent">Android Tools Project Site</a>.</p>
476</div>
477</div>
478
479
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482
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Scott Main7b013bb2011-03-14 14:17:31 -0700487ADT 10.0.1</a> <em>(March 2011)</em>
488 <div class="toggleme">
489
490<dl>
491
492<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
493
494<dd>ADT 10.0.1 is designed for use with SDK Tools r10. If you haven't
495already installed SDK Tools r10 into your SDK, use the Android SDK and AVD Manager to do
496so.</dd>
497
498<dt>General notes:</dt>
499<dd>
500 <ul>
501 <li>Temporary work-around to resolve the rare cases in which the layout editor will
502not open.</li>
503 <li>Fix issue in which ADT 10.0.0 would install on Eclipse 3.4 and lower, even though ADT
504requires Eclipse 3.5 or higher (as of 10.0.0).</li>
505 </ul>
506</dd>
507</dl>
508</div>
509</div>
510
511
512
513<div class="toggleable closed">
514 <a href="#" onclick="return toggleDiv(this)">
515 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-img" height="9px"
516width="9px" />
Robert Lyccea5d22011-02-11 14:59:36 -0800517ADT 10.0.0</a> <em>(February 2011)</em>
518 <div class="toggleme">
519
520<dl>
521
522<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
523
524<dd>ADT 10.0.0 is designed for use with SDK Tools r10. If you haven't
525already installed SDK Tools r10 into your SDK, use the Android SDK and AVD Manager to do
526so.</dd>
527
528<dt>General notes:</dt>
529<dd>
530 <ul>
531 <li>The tools now automatically generate Java Programming Language source files (in the <code>gen/</code> directory) and
532 bytecode (in the <code>res/raw/</code> directory) from your <code>.rs</code> files.</li>
Robert Lya0ef3502011-02-15 16:08:03 -0800533 <li>A Binary XML editor has been added (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/binaryxmleditor">details</a>).</li>
Robert Lyccea5d22011-02-11 14:59:36 -0800534 <li>Traceview is now integrated into the Eclipse UI (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/traceviewineclipse">details</a>).</li>
535 <li>The "Go To Declaration" feature for XML and <code>.java</code> files quickly show all the matches in the project
Robert Lya0ef3502011-02-15 16:08:03 -0800536 and allows you jump to specific items such as string translations or <code>onClick</code> handlers
537 (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/gotodeclarationimprovements">details</a>).</li>
538 <li>The Resource Chooser can create items such as dimensions, integers, ids, and booleans
539 (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/resourcechoosercannowcreatearbitraryvalues">details</a>).</li>
Robert Lyccea5d22011-02-11 14:59:36 -0800540 <li>Improvements to the Visual Layout Editor:
541 <ul>
542 <li>A new Palette with categories and rendering previews
543 (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/newpalette">details</a>).</li>
Robert Lya0ef3502011-02-15 16:08:03 -0800544 <li>A Layout Actions bar that provides quick access to common layout operations
545 (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/layoutactionsbar">details</a>).</li>
Robert Lyccea5d22011-02-11 14:59:36 -0800546 <li>When the Android 3.0 rendering library is selected, layouts render more like they do on devices.
547 This includes rendering of status and title bars to more accurately reflect the actual
Robert Lya0ef3502011-02-15 16:08:03 -0800548 screen space available to applications
549 (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/systembarandactionbar">details</a>).</li>
Robert Lyccea5d22011-02-11 14:59:36 -0800550 <li>Zoom improvements such as fit to view, persistent scale, and keyboard access.
551 (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/zoomimprovements">details</a>).</li>
Robert Lya0ef3502011-02-15 16:08:03 -0800552 <li>Further improvements to <code>&lt;merge&gt;</code> layouts, as well as layouts with gesture overlays
553 (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/improvedsupportformergetags">details</a>).</li>
Robert Lyccea5d22011-02-11 14:59:36 -0800554 <li>Improved rendering error diagnostics.</li>
555 </ul>
Robert Ly6c81c302011-10-05 12:59:29 -0700556 </li>
Robert Lyccea5d22011-02-11 14:59:36 -0800557 </ul>
558</dd>
559</dl>
560</div>
561</div>
562
563<div class="toggleable closed">
564 <a href="#" onclick="return toggleDiv(this)">
565 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-img" height="9px"
566width="9px" />
Robert Lyedc2aac2011-01-14 16:25:09 -0800567ADT 9.0.0</a> <em>(January 2011)</em>
568 <div class="toggleme">
569
570<dl>
571
572<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
573
574<dd>ADT 9.0.0 is designed for use with SDK Tools r9. If you haven't
575already installed SDK Tools r9 into your SDK, use the Android SDK and AVD Manager to do
576so.</dd>
577
578<dt>General notes:</dt>
579<dd>
Robert Ly6c81c302011-10-05 12:59:29 -0700580 <ul>
Robert Lyedc2aac2011-01-14 16:25:09 -0800581 <li>"Go To Declaration" hyperlink support: You can jump directly from code references (such as
582 <code>R.id.main</code>) to the corresponding XML declaration, or from XML attributes (such as
583 <code>@string</code>) to the corresponding resource definition, or from manifest XML
584 registrations to activities and services.</li>
585 <li>Improvements were made to name refactoring.</li>
586 <li>AVDs now automatically save their state, so they can restart almost instantly. You can enable this feature when
Robert Ly6c81c302011-10-05 12:59:29 -0700587 creating an AVD or by editing an AVD with the AVD Manager.</li>
Robert Lyedc2aac2011-01-14 16:25:09 -0800588 <li>Improvements to the Visual Layout Editor:
589 <ul>
590 <li>Support for rendering targets: You can now choose an arbitrary Android platform to
591 render the current page, regardless of the project's minimum platform. This makes it
592 easy to verify the layout and appearance of your activity on different versions of
593 the platform.
594 </li>
595 <li>Improved support for empty and nested layouts: Dragging items over nested and
596 invisible layouts automatically enlarges and highlights these layouts, so that they
597 can receive drops.
598 </li>
599 <li>XML formatting improvements: The editor generates cleaner XML and you can now enable
600 XML auto-formatting in the <strong>Preferences</strong> menu.</li>
601 <li>Improved Outline labels: The Outline tab now displays additional information about each
602 View. Textual Views display a snippet of the actual text. Views with a source
603 (such as ImageView) displays the resource name. Included Views display the name of the View.
604 </li>
605 <li>When you right click a View in the Layout Editor,
606 the context menu now contains <strong>Edit ID...</strong> and <strong>Edit Text...</strong>
607 items. The <strong>Properties...</strong> context menus now list all of the properties and
608 provide a way to edit them
609 (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/editidtextandotherpropertiesviamenu">Details</a>).
610 </li>
611 <li>The layout editor now properly handles
612 <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/resources/layout-resource.html#include-element"><code>&lt;include&gt;</code></a>
613 and <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/resources/layout-resource.html#merge-element"><code>&lt;merge&gt;</code></a>
614 tags (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/supportforincludeandmerge">Details</a>).</li>
615 <li>"Extract as Include" refactoring: The Layout Editor has a new refactoring that allows
616 you to select one or more views in a layout, and extract it into a separate layout
617 (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/extractasincluderefactoring">Details</a>).</li>
618 <li>Improved diagnostics for class loading and rendering errors: Class loading and rendering
619 error messages are more useful and provide better information about the root cause of the
620 error.</li>
621 <li>Improved error handling to prevent drag and reordering operations from adding children
622 into an {@link android.widget.AdapterView}.</li>
623 <li>Outline reordering: Reordering your views in the Outline tab is much easier
624 (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/outlineimprovements">Details</a>).</li>
Robert Ly6c81c302011-10-05 12:59:29 -0700625 <li>Fix for keybinding bug where keyboard shortcuts did not work (Issues
626 <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13231">13231</a> and
Robert Lyedc2aac2011-01-14 16:25:09 -0800627 <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13134">13134</a>).</li>
Robert Ly6c81c302011-10-05 12:59:29 -0700628 <li>Fix for problems with Custom layout attribute menu (Issue
Robert Lyedc2aac2011-01-14 16:25:09 -0800629 <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13134">13134</a>).</li>
630 <li>Automatic configuration for various view types: Certain views have properties configured
631 by default. For example, the width of an {@link android.widget.EditText} object is set to
632 <code>match_parent</code> when added to a vertical {@link android.widget.LinearLayout}
633 or a default image is added to an {@link android.widget.ImageButton}.</li>
634 <li>Previews during dragging: Dragging from the palette or dragging within the layout editor
635 now shows live previews of the dragged item.</li>
636 <li>Navigation improvements: In the Layout Editor, double-clicking Views jumps to the
637 corresponding XML element. In the Outline view, double-clicking opens the Properties view.</li>
638 <li>The editor has Honeycomb style animation preview support.</li>
639 <li>Improved rendering support for various Views (such as TabHosts and SlidingDrawers) in
640 Honeycomb (Issues <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3162">3162</a>
641 and <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13092">13092</a>).</li>
642 <li>Included layouts can be rendered and edited in the context of the layouts that include
643 them. From a layout using an <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/resources/layout-resource.html#include-element">
Robert Ly6c81c302011-10-05 12:59:29 -0700644 <code>&lt;include&gt;</code></a> tag, double-clicking on the
Robert Lyedc2aac2011-01-14 16:25:09 -0800645 <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/resources/layout-resource.html#include-element">
646 <code>&lt;include&gt;</code></a> element edits the referenced layout in the context of the
647 current layout. Additionally, when editing a layout that is included by other layouts,
648 you can quickly change between context layouts, by right clicking in the editor and choosing
649 <strong>Show included in...</strong>. This feature is only available in Honeycomb.</li>
650 </ul>
651 </li>
652 <li>This release fixes many other bugs, but the most important ones are listed below:
653 <ul>
654 <li>Fixed issue that prevented launching debug builds on productions devices when
Robert Ly6c81c302011-10-05 12:59:29 -0700655 <code>debuggable=true</code> was not set in the Android manifest.</li>
Robert Lyedc2aac2011-01-14 16:25:09 -0800656 <li>The LogCat view in DDMS properly handles UTF-8 characters.</li>
657 <li>The SDK Manager is more reliable on Windows
658 (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/sdkmanagerfixes">Details</a>).</li>
Robert Ly6c81c302011-10-05 12:59:29 -0700659 <li>A JUnit initialization bug that prevented you from working with JUnit tests was fixed
660 (Issue <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=12411">12411</a>).</li>
Robert Lyedc2aac2011-01-14 16:25:09 -0800661 </ul>
662</li>
663 </ul>
664</dd>
665</dl>
666</div>
667</div>
668
669
670
671
672<div class="toggleable closed">
673 <a href="#" onclick="return toggleDiv(this)">
674 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-img" height="9px"
675width="9px" />
Scott Main92b03082010-12-14 17:55:27 -0800676ADT 8.0.1</a> <em>(December 2010)</em>
677 <div class="toggleme">
678
679<dl>
680
681<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
682
683<p><p>ADT 8.0.1 is designed for use with SDK Tools r8. If you haven't
684already installed SDK Tools r8 into your SDK, use the Android SDK and AVD Manager to do
685so.</p></dd>
686
687<dt>General notes:</dt>
688<dd>
689<ul>
690 <li>This is a quick follow-up to ADT 8.0.0 to fix some bugs.</li>
691 <li>Fixes an issue in which projects failed to compile, citing a dex error.</li>
692 <li>Better ProGuard error reporting when exporting applications for release.</li>
693</ul>
694<p>Also see the recent release notes for 8.0.0, below.</p>
695</dd>
696</dl>
Robert Lyedc2aac2011-01-14 16:25:09 -0800697</div>
Scott Main92b03082010-12-14 17:55:27 -0800698</div>
699
700
701<div class="toggleable closed">
702 <a href="#" onclick="return toggleDiv(this)">
703 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-img" height="9px"
704width="9px" />
Dirk Dougherty9f7580d2010-10-26 09:29:03 -0700705ADT 8.0.0</a> <em>(December 2010)</em>
Dirk Dougherty9a97aaf2010-09-23 11:48:54 -0700706 <div class="toggleme">
707
Scott Mainc0c0c422010-11-05 15:23:36 -0700708<dl>
Dirk Dougherty9a97aaf2010-09-23 11:48:54 -0700709
Scott Mainc0c0c422010-11-05 15:23:36 -0700710<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
711
Dirk Dougherty9f7580d2010-10-26 09:29:03 -0700712<p><p>ADT 8.0.0 is designed for use with SDK Tools r8. If you haven't
Scott Mainc0c0c422010-11-05 15:23:36 -0700713already installed SDK Tools r8 into your SDK, use the Android SDK and AVD Manager to do
714so.</p></dd>
715
716<dt>General notes:</dt>
717<dd>
718<ul>
719 <li>New version number scheme that follows the SDK Tools revision number. The major version
720number for your ADT plugin should now always match the revision number of your SDK Tools. For
721example, ADT 8.x is for SDK Tools r8.</li>
722 <li>Support for true debug build. You no longer need to change the value of the
723 <code>debuggable</code> attribute in the Android Manifest.
724 <p>Incremental builds automatically insert <code>debuggable="true"</code>, but if you perform
725 "export signed/unsigned application package", ADT does <em>not</em> insert it.
726 If you manually set <code>debuggable="true"</code> in the manifest file, then release builds will
727 actually create a debug build (it does not remove it if you placed it there).</p></li>
Scott Main60c4e032011-01-07 14:48:18 -0800728 <li>Automatic <a href="{@docRoot}guide/developing/tools/proguard.html">ProGuard</a> support in
729 release builds. For it to work, you need to have a <code>proguard.config</code>
730 property in the <code>default.properties</code> file that points to a ProGuard config file.</li>
Scott Mainc0c0c422010-11-05 15:23:36 -0700731 <li>Completely rewritten Visual Layout Editor. (This is still a work in progress.) Now includes:
732 <ul>
733 <li>Full drag and drop from palette to layout for all Layout classes.</li>
734 <li>Move widgets inside a Layout view, from one Layout view to another and from one layout file to another.</li>
735 <li>Contextual menu with enum/flag type properties.</li>
736 <li>New zoom controls.</li>
737 </ul></li>
738 <li>New HierarchyViewer plug-in integrated in Eclipse.</li>
739 <li>Android launch configurations don't recompile the whole workspace on launch anymore.</li>
740 <li><code>android.jar</code> source and javadoc location can now be configured.</li>
Dirk Dougherty9a97aaf2010-09-23 11:48:54 -0700741</ul>
742</dd>
Scott Mainc0c0c422010-11-05 15:23:36 -0700743</dl>
744 </div>
745</div>
746
747
748<div class="toggleable closed">
749 <a href="#" onclick="return toggleDiv(this)">
750 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-img" height="9px" width="9px" />
751ADT 0.9.9</a> <em>(September 2010)</em>
752 <div class="toggleme">
Dirk Dougherty9a97aaf2010-09-23 11:48:54 -0700753
754<dl>
755
756<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
757
758<dd><p>ADT 0.9.9 replaces ADT 0.9.8 and is designed for use with SDK Tools r7
759and later. ADT 0.9.9 includes the ADT 0.9.8 features as well as an important
760bugfix, so we recommend that you upgrade as soon as possible. If you haven't
761already installed SDK Tools r7 into your SDK, use the Android SDK Manager to do
762so.</p></dd>
763
764<dt>General notes:</dt>
765<dd>
766<ul>
767<li>Fixes a problem in project import, in which source files were deleted in some cases.</li>
768<li>Includes all other ADT 0.9.8 features (see below).</li>
769</ul>
770</dd>
771</dl>
772 </div>
773</div>
774
775<div class="toggleable closed">
776 <a href="#" onclick="return toggleDiv(this)">
777 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-img" height="9px" width="9px" />
Dirk Dougherty74a74d32010-09-09 18:40:13 -0700778ADT 0.9.8</a> <em>(September 2010)</em>
Dirk Dougherty022171b2010-07-30 19:24:17 -0700779 <div class="toggleme">
780
781
782</ul>
783</dd>
784
785<dl>
786
787<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
788
Dirk Dougherty9a97aaf2010-09-23 11:48:54 -0700789<dd><p>ADT 0.9.8 is now deprecated. Please use ADT 0.9.9 instead.</p></dd>
Dirk Dougherty022171b2010-07-30 19:24:17 -0700790
791<dt>General notes:</dt>
792<dd>
793<ul>
794<li>Adds a new Action, "Rename Application Package", to the Android Tools
795contextual menu. The Action does a full application package refactoring.
796<li>Adds support for library projects that don't have a source folder
797called <code>src/</code>. There is now support for any number of source folders,
798with no name restriction. They can even be in subfolder such as
799<code>src/java</code>. If you are already working with library projects created
Scott Main081127b2010-10-29 15:56:27 -0700800in ADT 0.9.7, see <a
Robert Lyc74a69a82011-01-04 22:48:02 -0800801href="{@docRoot}guide/developing/projects/index.html#libraryMigrating">Migrating
Dirk Dougherty022171b2010-07-30 19:24:17 -0700802library projects to ADT 0.9.8</a> for important information about moving
803to the new ADT environment.</li>
804<li>Adds support for library projects that depend on other library
805projects.</li>
806<li>Adds support for additional resource qualifiers:
807<code>car</code>/<code>desk</code>, <code>night</code>/<code>notnight</code> and
808<code>navexposed</code>/<code>navhidden</code>.</li>
809<li>Adds more device screen types in the layout editor. All screen
Scott Main081127b2010-10-29 15:56:27 -0700810resolution/density combinations listed in the <a
Dirk Dougherty022171b2010-07-30 19:24:17 -0700811href="{@docRoot}guide/practices/screens_support.html#range">Supporting
812Multiple Screens</a> are now available.</li>
813<li>Fixes problems with handling of library project names that
814contain characters that are incompatible with the Eclipse path variable.
815Now properly sets up the link between the main project and the library
816project.</li>
817</ul>
818</dd>
819</dl>
820 </div>
821</div>
822
823
824<div class="toggleable closed">
825 <a href="#" onclick="return toggleDiv(this)">
Dirk Dougherty0d1b0812010-04-07 17:05:16 -0700826 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-img" height="9px" width="9px" />
Dirk Doughertyc7c7afd2010-05-24 09:07:14 -0700827ADT 0.9.7</a> <em>(May 2010)</em>
Dirk Dougherty0d1b0812010-04-07 17:05:16 -0700828 <div class="toggleme">
829
830<dl>
831<dt>Library projects:</dt>
832<dd>
833<p>The ADT Plugin now supports the use of <em>library projects</em> during
834development, a capability that lets you store shared Android application
835code and resources in a separate development project. You can then reference the
836library project from other Android projects and, at build time, the tools
837compile the shared code and resources as part of the dependent applications.
838More information about this feature is available in the <a
Robert Lyc74a69a82011-01-04 22:48:02 -0800839href="{@docRoot}guide/developing/projects/index.html#LibraryProjects">Creating and Managing Projects</a> document. </p>
Scott Main081127b2010-10-29 15:56:27 -0700840<p>If you are not developing in Eclipse, <a
841href="tools-notes.html">SDK Tools r6</a> provides the equivalent library
Dirk Dougherty0d1b0812010-04-07 17:05:16 -0700842project support through the Ant build system.</p>
843</dd>
844</dl>
845 </div>
846</div>
847
Dirk Dougherty022171b2010-07-30 19:24:17 -0700848
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -0700849<div class="toggleable closed">
850 <a href="#" onclick="return toggleDiv(this)">
851 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-img" height="9px" width="9px" />
852ADT 0.9.6</a> <em>(March 2010)</em>
853 <div class="toggleme">
854
855<dl>
856<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
857
Scott Main081127b2010-10-29 15:56:27 -0700858<dd><p>ADT 0.9.6 is designed for use with SDK Tools r5 and later. Before
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -0700859updating to ADT 0.9.6, we highly recommend that you use the Android SDK and
860AVD Manager to install SDK Tools r5 into your SDK.</p></dd>
861
862<dt>General Notes:</dt>
863<dd>
864<ul>
865<li>Editing <code>default.properties</code> outside of Eclipse will now
866automatically update the project.</li>
867<li>Loads the SDK content only when a project requires it. This will make
868Eclipse use less resources when the SDK contains many versions of Android.</li>
869<li>Resolves potential deadlock between modal dialogs, when launching ADT the
870first time with the SDK Usage panel.</li>
871<li>Fixes issues with the New Project Wizard when selecting samples.</li>
872</ul>
873</dd>
874<dt>AVD/SDK Manager:</dt>
875<dd>
876<ul>
877<li>Adds support for platform samples components.</li>
878<li>Improves support for dependency between components.</li>
879<li>AVDs now sorted by API level.</li>
880<li>The AVD creation dialog now enforces a minimum SD card size of 9MB.</li>
881<li>Prevents deletion of running AVDs.</li>
882</ul>
883</dd>
884<dt>DDMS:</dt>
885<dd>
886<ul>
887<li>DDMS plug-in now contains the Allocation Tracker view.</li>
888<li>New action in the Logcat view: "Go to problem" lets you go directly from an
889exception trace output to the code.</li>
890</ul>
891</dd>
892<dt>Editors:</dt>
893<dd>
894<ul>
895<li>Explode mode in the Visual Layout Editor adds a margin to all layout objects
896so that it's easier to see embedded or empty layouts.</li>
897<li>Outline mode in the Visual Layout Editor draws layout outline to make it
898easier to see layout objects.</li>
899<li>Several fixes in the configuration selector of the Visual Layout
900Editor.</li>
901</ul>
902</dd>
903<dt>Application launching:</dt>
904<dd>
905<ul>
906<li>Applications launched from ADT now behave as if they were clicked from the
907Home screen.</li>
908<li>Fixes issue where add-on with no optional library would not show up as valid
909targets for application launches.</li>
910<li>Resolves possible crash when launching applications.</li>
911</ul>
912</dd>
913</dl>
914 </div>
915</div>
916
917<div class="toggleable closed">
918 <a href="#" onclick="return toggleDiv(this)">
919 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-img" height="9px" width="9px" />
920ADT 0.9.5</a> <em>(December 2009)</em>
921 <div class="toggleme">
922<dl>
923<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
924
925<dd><p>ADT 0.9.5 requires features provided in SDK Tools r4 or higher. If you install
926ADT 0.9.5, which is highly recommended, you should use the Android SDK and AVD
Scott Main92b03082010-12-14 17:55:27 -0800927Manager to download the latest SDK Tools into your SDK. For more information,
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -0700928see <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/adding-components.html">Adding SDK Components</a>.</p>
929</dd>
930
931<dt>General Notes:</dt>
932<dd>
933<ul>
934<li>AVD Launch dialog now shows scale value.</li>
935<li>Fixes potential NPE in SDK Manager on AVD launch, for older AVD with no skin name specified.</li>
936<li>Fixes XML validation issue in on older Java versions.</li>
937<li>.apk packaging now properly ignores vi swap files as well as hidden files.</li>
938</ul>
939</dd>
940</dl>
941 </div>
942</div>
943
944<div class="toggleable closed">
945 <a href="#" onclick="return toggleDiv(this)">
946 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-img" height="9px" width="9px" />
947ADT 0.9.4</a> <em>(October 2009)</em>
948 <div class="toggleme">
949<dl>
950<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
951
952<dd><p>ADT 0.9.4 requires features provided in SDK Tools r3 or higher. If you install
953ADT 0.9.4, which is highly recommended, you should use the Android SDK and AVD
954Manager to download the latest SDK Tools into your SDK. For more information,
955see <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/adding-components.html">Adding SDK Components</a>.</p>
956</dd>
957
958<dt>Project Creation Wizard:</dt>
959<dd>
960<ul>
961<li>New option to create a project from a sample by choosing it from a list.</li>
962</ul>
963</dd>
964
965<dt>Layout Editor:</dt>
966<dd>
967<ul>
968<li>Improved Configuration selector that lets you see how your layout will
969render on different devices. Default device descriptions include ADP1
970and Google Ion, while SDK add-ons can also provide new descriptions.
971A new UI allows you to create custom descriptions.</li>
972<li>Adds a new clipping toggle, to let you see your full layout even if it's
973bigger than the screen.</li>
974</ul>
975</dd>
976
977<dt>DDMS Integration:</dt>
978<dd>
979<ul>
980<li>Includes the improvements from the standlone DDMS, revision 3.</li>
981<li>Adds an option to open HPROF files into eclipse instead of writing them on
Scott Main081127b2010-10-29 15:56:27 -0700982disk. If a profiler such as MAT (<a href="http://eclipse.org/mat">Memory Analyzer
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -0700983Tool</a>) is installed, it'll open the file.</li>
984</ul>
985</dd>
986
987<dt>Android SDK and AVD Manager integration:</dt>
988<dd>
989<ul>
Scott Main081127b2010-10-29 15:56:27 -0700990<li>Includes the improvements from the standalone Android SDK and AVD Manager,
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -0700991revision 3.</li>
992</ul>
993</dd>
994</dl>
995 </div>
996</div>
997
Scott Main77847a32010-11-09 16:41:32 -0800998
999
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -07001000<h2 id="installing">Installing the ADT Plugin</h2>
1001
1002<p>The sections below provide instructions on how to download and install
1003ADT into your Eclipse environment. If you encounter problems, see the <a
1004href="#troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a> section.</p>
1005
Scott Main77847a32010-11-09 16:41:32 -08001006
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -07001007<h3 id="preparing">Preparing Your Development Computer</h3>
1008
1009<p>ADT is a plugin for the Eclipse IDE. Before you can install or use ADT,
1010you must have a compatible version of Eclipse installed on your development
Robert Ly2a36cf42011-03-09 10:33:20 -08001011computer. Check the <a
1012href="requirements.html">System Requirements</a> document for
1013a list of Eclipse versions that are compatible with the Android SDK.</li></p>
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -07001014
1015<ul>
1016<li>If Eclipse is already installed on your computer, make sure that it is
Robert Ly6c81c302011-10-05 12:59:29 -07001017a version that is compatible with ADT and the Android SDK.
Robert Ly2a36cf42011-03-09 10:33:20 -08001018
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -07001019<li>If you need to install or update Eclipse, you can download it from this
1020location:
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -07001021
Dirk Dougherty22558d02009-12-10 16:25:06 -08001022<p style="margin-left:2em;"><a href=
1023"http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/">http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/</a>
1024</p>
1025
Robert Ly2a36cf42011-03-09 10:33:20 -08001026<p>The "Eclipse Classic" version is recommended. Otherwise, a Java or RCP
Scott Main77847a32010-11-09 16:41:32 -08001027version of Eclipse is recommended.</p></li>
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -07001028</ul>
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -07001029
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -07001030<p>Additionally, before you can configure or use ADT, you must install the
1031Android SDK starter package, as described in <a
Robert Lyef13d022010-07-12 14:32:22 -07001032href="installing.html#Installing">Downloading the SDK Starter Package</a>.
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -07001033Specifically, you need to install a compatible version of the Android SDK Tools
1034and at least one development platform. To simplify ADT setup, we recommend
1035installing the Android SDK prior to installing ADT. </p>
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -07001036
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -07001037<p>When your Eclipse and Android SDK environments are ready, continue with the
1038ADT installation as described in the steps below. </p>
1039
1040<h3 id="downloading">Downloading the ADT Plugin</h3>
1041
Robert Ly2a36cf42011-03-09 10:33:20 -08001042<p>Use the Update Manager feature of your Eclipse installation to install the latest
Bill Gruber604917b2011-04-04 12:11:49 -07001043revision of ADT on your development computer.<>
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -07001044
1045<p>Assuming that you have a compatible version of the Eclipse IDE installed, as
1046described in <a href="#preparing">Preparing for Installation</a>, above, follow
1047these steps to download the ADT plugin and install it in your Eclipse
Robert Ly2a36cf42011-03-09 10:33:20 -08001048environment.</p>
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -07001049
Robert Ly2a36cf42011-03-09 10:33:20 -08001050
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -07001051<ol>
Scott Main77847a32010-11-09 16:41:32 -08001052 <li>Start Eclipse, then select <strong>Help</strong> &gt; <strong>Install New
1053Software...</strong>.</li>
1054 <li>Click <strong>Add</strong>, in the top-right corner.</li>
1055 <li>In the Add Repository dialog that appears, enter "ADT Plugin" for the <em>Name</em> and the
1056following URL for the <em>Location</em>:
1057 <pre>https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/</pre>
Bill Gruber604917b2011-04-04 12:11:49 -07001058 </li>
1059 <li>Click <strong>OK</strong>
1060 <p>Note: If you have trouble acquiring the plugin, try using "http" in the Location URL,
1061instead of "https" (https is preferred for security reasons).</p></li>
1062 <li>In the Available Software dialog, select the checkbox next to Developer Tools and click
1063<strong>Next</strong>.</li>
Scott Main77847a32010-11-09 16:41:32 -08001064 <li>In the next window, you'll see a list of the tools to be downloaded. Click
1065<strong>Next</strong>. </li>
Bill Gruber604917b2011-04-04 12:11:49 -07001066 <li>Read and accept the license agreements, then click <strong>Finish</strong>.
1067 <p>Note: If you get a security warning saying that the authenticity or validity of
1068the software can't be established, click <strong>OK</strong>.</p></li>
Scott Main77847a32010-11-09 16:41:32 -08001069 <li>When the installation completes, restart Eclipse. </li>
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -07001070</ol>
1071
Scott Main369c1c12010-12-07 11:17:00 -08001072<h3 id="configuring">Configuring the ADT Plugin</h3>
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -07001073
Bill Gruber604917b2011-04-04 12:11:49 -07001074<p>After you've successfully downloaded the ADT as described above, the next step
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -07001075is to modify your ADT preferences in Eclipse to point to the Android SDK directory:</p>
1076
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -07001077<ol>
1078 <li>Select <strong>Window</strong> &gt; <strong>Preferences...</strong> to open the Preferences
1079 panel (Mac OS X: <strong>Eclipse</strong> &gt; <strong>Preferences</strong>).</li>
Bill Gruber604917b2011-04-04 12:11:49 -07001080 <li>Select <strong>Android</strong> from the left panel.</li>
1081 <p>You may see a dialog asking whether you want to send usage statistics to Google. If so,
1082make your choice and click <strong>Proceed</strong>. You cannot continue with this procedure until
1083you click <strong>Proceed</strong>.</p>
Scott Main081127b2010-10-29 15:56:27 -07001084 <li>For the <em>SDK Location</em> in the main panel, click <strong>Browse...</strong> and
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -07001085 locate your downloaded SDK directory. </li>
1086 <li>Click <strong>Apply</strong>, then <strong>OK</strong>.</li>
1087</ol>
1088
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -07001089<p>Done! If you haven't encountered any problems, then the installation is
Scott Main081127b2010-10-29 15:56:27 -07001090complete. If you're installing the Android SDK for the first time, return to <a
1091href="{@docRoot}sdk/installing.html#InstallingADT">Installing the SDK</a> to complete your setup.
1092</p>
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -07001093
1094
1095<h3 id="troubleshooting">Troubleshooting ADT Installation</h3>
1096
1097<p> If you are having trouble downloading the ADT plugin after following the
1098steps above, here are some suggestions: </p>
1099
1100<ul>
1101 <li>If Eclipse can not find the remote update site containing the ADT plugin,
1102try changing the remote site URL to use http, rather than https. That is, set
1103the Location for the remote site to:
Scott Main081127b2010-10-29 15:56:27 -07001104<pre>http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/</pre></li>
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -07001105<li>If you are behind a firewall (such as a corporate firewall), make sure that
Scott Main77847a32010-11-09 16:41:32 -08001106you have properly configured your proxy settings in Eclipse. In Eclipse,
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -07001107you can configure proxy information from the main Eclipse menu in
1108<strong>Window</strong> (on Mac OS X, <strong>Eclipse</strong>) &gt;
1109<strong>Preferences</strong> &gt; <strong>General</strong> &gt; <strong>Network
1110Connections</strong>.</li>
1111</ul>
1112
1113<p> If you are still unable to use Eclipse to download the ADT plugin as a
1114remote update site, you can download the ADT zip file to your local machine and
1115manually install it:</p>
1116
1117<ol>
1118 <li>Download the current ADT Plugin zip file from the table below (do not unpack it).
1119
1120 <table class="download">
1121 <tr>
1122 <th>Name</th>
1123 <th>Package</th>
1124 <th>Size</th>
1125 <th>MD5 Checksum</th>
1126 </tr>
1127 <tr>
1128 <td>ADT {@adtZipVersion}</td>
1129 <td>
1130 <a href="http://dl.google.com/android/{@adtZipDownload}">{@adtZipDownload}</a>
1131 </td>
1132 <td>{@adtZipBytes} bytes</td>
1133 <td>{@adtZipChecksum}</td>
1134 </tr>
1135</table>
1136</li>
1137
1138</li>
Scott Main081127b2010-10-29 15:56:27 -07001139 <li>Follow steps 1 and 2 in the <a href="#installing">default install
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -07001140 instructions</a> (above).</li>
1141 <li>In the Add Site dialog, click <strong>Archive</strong>.</li>
1142 <li>Browse and select the downloaded zip file.</li>
Scott Main77847a32010-11-09 16:41:32 -08001143 <li>Enter a name for the local update site (e.g.,
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -07001144 "Android Plugin") in the "Name" field.</li>
1145 <li>Click <strong>OK</strong>.
Scott Main081127b2010-10-29 15:56:27 -07001146 <li>Follow the remaining procedures as listed for
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -07001147 <a href="#installing">default installation</a> above,
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -07001148 starting from step 4.</li>
1149</ol>
1150
1151<p>To update your plugin once you've installed using the zip file, you will have
1152to follow these steps again instead of the default update instructions.</p>
1153
1154<h4>Other install errors</h4>
1155
Scott Main081127b2010-10-29 15:56:27 -07001156<p>Note that there are features of ADT that require some optional
1157Eclipse components (for example, WST). If you encounter an error when
1158installing ADT, your Eclipse installion might not include these components.
1159For information about how to quickly add the necessary components to your
1160Eclipse installation, see the troubleshooting topic
1161<a href="{@docRoot}resources/faq/troubleshooting.html#installeclipsecomponents">ADT
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -07001162Installation Error: "requires plug-in org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui"</a>.</p>
1163
1164<h4>For Linux users</h4>
Scott Main081127b2010-10-29 15:56:27 -07001165<p>If you encounter this error when installing the ADT Plugin for Eclipse:
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -07001166<pre>
1167An error occurred during provisioning.
1168Cannot connect to keystore.
1169JKS</pre>
1170<p>
1171...then your development machine lacks a suitable Java VM. Installing Sun
1172Java 6 will resolve this issue and you can then reinstall the ADT
1173Plugin.</p>
1174
1175
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -07001176<h2 id="updating">Updating the ADT Plugin</h2>
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -07001177
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -07001178<p>From time to time, a new revision of the ADT Plugin becomes available, with
1179new features and bug fixes. Generally, when a new revision of ADT is available,
1180you should update to it as soon as convenient. </p>
1181
1182<p>In some cases, a new revision of ADT will have a dependency on a specific
1183revision of the Android SDK Tools. If such dependencies exist, you will need to
1184update the SDK Tools component of the SDK after installing the new revision of
1185ADT. To update the SDK Tools component, use the Android SDK and AVD Manager, as
1186described in <a href="adding-components.html">Adding SDK Components</a>.</p>
1187
1188<p>To learn about new features of each ADT revision and also any dependencies on
1189the SDK Tools, see the listings in the <a href="#notes">Revisions</a>
Scott Main081127b2010-10-29 15:56:27 -07001190section. To determine the version currently installed, open the
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -07001191Eclipse Installed Software window using <strong>Help</strong>
Scott Main081127b2010-10-29 15:56:27 -07001192&gt; <strong>Software Updates</strong> and refer to the version listed for
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -07001193"Android Development Tools".</p>
1194
Scott Main081127b2010-10-29 15:56:27 -07001195<p>Follow the steps below to check whether an update is available and, if so,
Dirk Dougherty7b229ef2010-03-26 17:32:26 -07001196to install it. </p>
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -07001197
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -07001198<ol>
Scott Main77847a32010-11-09 16:41:32 -08001199 <li>Select <strong>Help</strong> &gt; <strong>Check for Updates</strong>.
1200 <p>If there are no updates available, a dialog will say so and you're done.</p></li>
1201 <li>If there are updates available, select Android DDMS, Android Development Tools,
1202 and Android Hierarchy Viewer, then click <strong>Next</strong>.</li>
1203 <li>In the Update Details dialog, click <strong>Next</strong>.</li>
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -07001204 <li>Read and accept the license agreement and then click <strong>Finish</strong>.
Scott Main081127b2010-10-29 15:56:27 -07001205 This will download and install the latest version of Android DDMS and
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -07001206 Android Development Tools.</li>
1207 <li>Restart Eclipse.</li>
1208</ol>
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -07001209
1210
Scott Main090a3dc2010-12-07 10:38:55 -08001211<p>If you encounter problems during the update, remove the existing ADT plugin from Eclipse, then
1212perform a fresh installation, using the instructions for <a href="#installing">Installing the ADT
1213Plugin</a>.</p>
Dirk Doughertyee58d1b2009-10-16 15:25:15 -07001214