System Requirements

The sections below describe the system and software requirements for developing Android applications using the Android SDK tools included in Android 1.1 SDK, Release 1.

Supported Operating Systems

• Windows XP (32-bit) or Vista (32- or 64-bit)
• Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later (x86 only)
• Linux (tested on Linux Ubuntu Dapper Drake)

Supported Development Environments

• Eclipse IDE
  • Eclipse 3.3 (Europa), 3.4 (Ganymede)
    • Eclipse JDT plugin (included in most Eclipse IDE packages)
    • WST (optional, but needed for the Android Editors feature; included in most Eclipse IDE packages)
  • JDK 5 or JDK 6 (JRE alone is not sufficient)
  • Android Development Tools plugin (optional)
  • Not compatible with Gnu Compiler for Java (gcj)
• Other development environments or IDEs
  • JDK 5 or JDK 6 (JRE alone is not sufficient)
  • Apache Ant 1.6.5 or later for Linux and Mac, 1.7 or later for Windows
  • Not compatible with Gnu Compiler for Java (gcj)

Note: If JDK is already installed on your development computer, please take a moment to make sure that it meets the version requirements listed above. In particular, note that some Linux distributions may include JDK 1.4 or Gnu Compiler for Java, both of which are not supported for Android development.