2. Setting Up Your Android Development Environment

Android developers write and test applications on their computers and then deploy those applications onto the actual device hardware for further testing.

In this chapter, you become familiar with all the tools you need to master in order to develop Android applications. You also explore the Android Software Development Kit (SDK) installation and all it has to offer.

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The Android development tools are updated frequently. We have made every attempt to provide the latest steps for the latest tools. However, these steps and the user interfaces described in this chapter may change at any time. ...

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