Setup Android Development Environment
In my
previous post I mentioned that I created a web application for
Flames Game. So I was thinking about anything I can add to it
apart from some new feature. Suddenly I got an idea to create an
Android app. Actually I don't have any experience in Android app
creation, but I have experience in Mobile app development with
iPhone IOS and PhoneGap. The feature of PhoneGap is that it is a
cross mobile framework. So I thought of developing Android app for
FlamesGame using PhoneGap.
First I had to setup the development environment for Android. There is a good documentation in the Android website (Android Setup Documentation) which directs you to install/setup the environment. So I just mention what I did for the setup:
- Downloaded JDK
- Setup the PATH variables for JAVA
- Downloaded Android and unzip
- Downloaded Eclipse and unzip
- Installed and configured the ADT plugin for Eclipse
Then I created a new Android application by the guidance of this
document. But I faced some issues while developing the app.
- Create an AVD: I was not able to create the AVD because while creating a new AVD it will ask for the target device, and it was a select box with empty option. Then I googled and found that I have to download the target Android API from the 'Available packages' section just below the 'virtual devices'. After installing those packages, I created the AVD.
- Change Android Emulator Language: The default language for the emulator was Chinese. I changed the language from the emulator itself by going to settings -> Language & Keyboard and check the Android Keyboard option.
Now I have a FlamesGame App for Android. So I tried to publish this app to the Android
Market. But for publish a Android app you have register as a
Android developer. So I uploaded the Android app for FlamesGame
to the FlamesGame
site.