Android development: first steps

I've been interested in learning more about Android development, so I thought I'd try to act on that interest.

The first step is to go to the developer web site, and to set up the Android SDK. This involves:

• Downloading the SDK


• Configuring my machine by
  
  
  
  • Placing the Android tools directory in my PATH
  
  
  • Ensuring that my default JDK version is JDK 1.5 or higher
  
  


• Bringing up the Android SDK Manager and adding two packages:
  
  
  
  • The documentation
  
  
  • A particular platform
  
  

Since I don't know much about the platform at this point, I chose the latest platform, which is currently Android 2.0.1.

That's probably about all I'll manage to get done on this today.