Setting Up Eclipse for Android Development with Google Maps &              How to Install Apps and Run them Directly On the Emulator &      How to Correct the INSTALL_FAILED_MISSING_SHARED_LIBRARY Error !

4) Install #1 Eclipse a) Extract and place files where you want your IDE to be. b) Go to folder and double click on the Eclipse icon [blue] c) Define your folder where your default projects will be     I use:     C:\root\Eclipse Java Projects\  d) Eclipse will then auto initialize itself

5) Install #2 The Android SDK  Simply extract to a working path

6) Install #3 ADT Plugin a) This is done from directly from Eclipse. b) Depending on which version you are installing follow these instructions to install: c.1) For Galileo do the following: Start Eclipse, then select Help > Install New Software. In the Available Software dialog, click Add.... In the Add Site dialog that appears, enter a name for the remote site (for example, "Android Plugin") in the "Name" field. In the "Location" field, enter this URL: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/ Note: If you have trouble acquiring the plugin, you can try using "http" in the URL, instead of "https" (https is preferred for security reasons). Click OK. Back in the Available Software view, you should now see "Developer Tools" added to the list. Select the checkbox next to Developer Tools, which will automatically select the nested tools Android DDMS and Android Development Tools. Click Next. In the resulting Install Details dialog, the Android DDMS and Android Development Tools features are listed. Click Next to read and accept the license agreement and install any dependencies, then click Finish. Restart Eclipse. c.2) For Ganymede do the following: Start Eclipse, then select Help > Software Updates.... In the dialog that appears, click the Available Software tab. Click Add Site... In the Add Site dialog that appears, enter this URL in the "Location" field: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/ Note: If you have trouble acquiring the plugin, try using "http" in the Location URL, instead of "https" (https is preferred for security reasons). Click OK. Back in the Available Software view, you should see the plugin listed by the URL, with "Developer Tools" nested within it. Select the checkbox next to Developer Tools and click Install... On the subsequent Install window, "Android DDMS" and "Android Development Tools" should both be checked. Click Next. Read and accept the license agreement, then click Finish. Restart Eclipse.

7) SET YOUR PREFERENCES ! Select Window > Preferences... to open the Preferences panel (Mac OS X: Eclipse > Preferences). Select Android from the left panel. For the SDK Location in the main panel, click Browse... and locate your downloaded SDK directory. Click Apply, then OK.

8) Install all of the Android SDKs and Google Maps APIs Select Windows > SDK and AVD Manager   Ganymede [I believe the standard SDK contains these APIs]   Galileo  Select Available Packages  Select all packages  Download  Install selected  go eat brunch, lunch or dinner Note: Sometimes all the packages selected will not install. The work around for this is to install one or fewer packages at a time! Make sure before exiting this step that all packages are installed !

9) Set up a specialized emulator for Goggle Maps Select Windows > SDK and AVD Manager or Android AVD Manager Ganymede a) In the Name field enter in the text "AndroidMapDevice" b) From the Target drop down list select "Google APIs Level 7   Galileo a) Select the New Button b) In the Name field enter in the text "AndroidMapDevice" c) From the Target drop down list select "Google APIs Level 7 d) For the SD Card size enter in 200 Mb e) Press the create AVD button

10)  Run Any Application in the emulator The apps are pushed into APK files which are like CAB files in the Windoze world.   a) From Eclipse launch the emulator from the by: b) Select Windows > SDK and AVD Manager c) Select the emulator defined, press the start button  [alternative method] Now navigate to the $SDK_ROOT/tools directory and execute the emulator. This is the Android emulator itself. Depending upon your development device, you may need to wait couple of minutes until it loads. emulator -avd AndroidMapDevice   d) Download and save locally a APK-file which you want to install/evaluate on the emulator.  recommend to save the APK file directly in the tools directory. [android-sdk_r04-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools] e) From the tools directory type-in the following command using the android debug bridge: for the latest SDK this is [android-sdk_r04-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools from a command line prompt. adb install APP.APK where APP.APK is the name of the APK file. You could also build a batch file to do this like the following: adb install -r app.apk pause f) Select menu on the emulator device, and press the middle up arrow on the center of the device [Image 1, 2] g) The app you installed will be in the client area, select  in the client area the app runs [Image 3]   [Note: if you receive an error [INSTALL_FAILED_MISSING_SHARED_LIBRARY], you need to go back and confirm that you installed all of the run time libraries. Go back to step 8 and verify that all available packages have been installed. If you install more libraries you must then delete your emulator and re-create a new one. Delete your emulator and repeat step 9 and then onto step 10 again !]

Image One - Android DDMS/ADT 0.9.5.v2009111191123-20404 Emulator on Start up

Image Two - Android Emulator - Main Screen

Image Three - Android Emulator - Viewing Installed Applications

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