How To Setup Android SDK For Windows 7, 8 and 8.1

Setting up Android SDK is very easy and anyone can do with by following tutorial, and the new package from Google that is here to make our lives easier. The package from Google will have everything you need to develop applications in Eclipse or just fastboot and adb tools.

FIRST STEP is downloading Android SDK directly from Google by clicking here. It will detect the system you are running and offer appropriate package for download, but you still need to select 32 or 64-bit package. Download and unpack it to your C:\ drive, and rename extracted folder to ”Android”. Inside that folder you will find two folers named Eclipse and sdk, this means you now have Android SDK on your PC.

SECOND STEP is downloading Sun Java to run the SDK from here, and again you need to select 32 or 64-bit version. When the download is complete just install Java.

THIRD STEP is setting up your PATH (Environment Variables), but make sure you have extracted Android SDK to C:\ and renamed extracted folder to ”Android”, ( C:\Android )

Windows 8 tutorial steps:

• Press Start key
• Type: Environment Variables
• Select: Edit the system environment variables
• Open Environment Variables window: select the PATH line item in the Systems Variables section, and then click Edit
• Add the full path to the Android SDK tools and Android SDK platform-tools folders in the edit box. At the end of the line add ; and then copy entire line from below and add at the end of line after ;

C:\Android\sdk\tools;C:\Android\sdk\platform-tools

Tip: You can also find Environment Variables by pressing Win key + Pause, and when computer information opens you need to select advanced options.

If you have done everything exactly as mentioned above then you have just setup Android SDK on your PC, and you can join the amazing world of Android. This tutorial can be applied in older Windows versions like Windows 7, but Environment Variables can be found by pressing Win Key+Pause and then you select Advanced settings.

Source : droid-now