Alternative installation of the ADT

If the preceding methods for installing Eclipse and the ADT plugin don't work for some reason, you could always take the old school route and download your own copy of Eclipse and install the ADT plugin manually via Eclipse.

How to do it...

Downloading and plugging in the ADT works as follows:

  1. Download Eclipse—Helios or a later version—from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/. Please make sure to select the appropriate version for your operating system. You should see a page that looks like the following screenshot:
    How to do it...
  2. Download the ADT bundle for your platform version from the Android website, http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/installing-adt.html ...

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