Android 1.0 SDK, release 1

September 23, 2008

This is NOT the current Android SDK release.

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The sections below provide an overview of the SDK package.

For more information on this SDK release, read the Release Notes.

Included in this SDK

Development tools

The SDK includes a variety of tools for developing and debugging application code and designing an application UI. You can read about the tools in the documentation included with the SDK. You can access the tools in the <sdk>/tools/ directory.

System Images

The Android system images listed below are included in this SDK.

System ImageAPI LevelNotesDescription
Android 1.0 1 N/A Includes the com.google.android.maps external library and a set of standard development applications.

Sample Code and Applications

You can look at a variety of tutorials and samples in the documentation included with the SDK and access the sample code itself in the <sdk>/samples/ directory of the SDK package.

Documentation

The SDK package provides a full set of local documentation, including installation and upgrade instructions. To view it, open the <sdk>/documentation.html file in a web browser. If you are developing in an IDE such as Eclipse, you can also view the reference documentation directly in the IDE.