I am brand newbie guys and the biggest issue I am finding to date is the set up process to get started.All help welcome as I have tried following some docs but them seem little dated....This is my first call out for help...

Hi in Dublin.. For sure you're not alone and the setup (on your machine) can be a huge pain. Generally speaking, iOS on a Mac (xcode) is a thousand times easier than Eclipse (on windows or PC). There are countless tutorials online on how to do this but @GoNorthwest in our community has made some awesome PDF's covering this exact topic. Have a look at his "Setting up your development environment" in the How To's - I think you'll be happy with his detailed info :-) Welcome aboard.

Thank you I have had look and went through his excellent doc but still I get lost as the doc is few months old a seems some updates have been added since.But his doc is super just i have not managed to succeed in getting it complete yet but I will...........Thanks David.

Ah...makes sense. Must Android on Windows. LOL. Just guessing. Most of the trouble / confusion is NOT related to Eclipse but instead getting the Android SDK to "play nicely" in the Eclipse environment. For most folks its.... 1) Eclipse download, running, no problem. Easy. 2) Android SDK Download. running, maybe, starts getting confusing. 3) Eclipse running, Android SDK "on the machine somewhere" not playing nice with Eclipse. Ugh. Ah, but wait....looks like Google's trying to streamline this this. See this (looks awesome): http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/bundle.html

Thanks David I will have look.

Wow, great find David. That is a real bundle of joy. If that single download works as well as advertised, that will save a lot of folks tons of time and headaches setting up eclipse. Welcome Padjo - Let us know how this goes if you try the bundle. If you want to follow the @gonorthwestguide you can still download older versions of eclipse, like the 3.7.2 he uses. Look for OLDER VERSIONS link on the site. I have a hunch that bundle will need some of the older SDK's and stuff added, and the instructions inside that guide will assist you to adding these. I could be wrong, that bundle may have the right SDK but I doubt it.

Hi @Padjo, Welcome aboard! Have any questions just post, follow each guide, and go to the learning path. LA

Hi @Padjo, Welcome to buzztouch! Please don't hesitate to PM me if you have any questions about the documents, or you get stuck with anything. For the most part, the Android guide doc should get you going, but it can be tricky sometimes because Android simply refuses to play well. Like @David mentioned, though, Android appears to have streamlined the install process, and I'll be writing up a doc very soon on that. @ATRAIN53 : Looks like the SDK in the new process comes with Android Jelly Bean, but not the Google APIs. So, that's really the only thing extra that you have to download. Everything else is just there! It's actually quite amazing. Mark

@Padjo, I would like to say welcome! Feel free to ask questions and other users will definitely have an answer for you. Good luck app-ing!

Thanks for all help ,but after 2 days of trying I have to come back .I cannot get the stuff to open in elcipse ? 2 days but when I do find out how to do it I will have a video done to help others as this seems to be a mindfield to get started

Thanks for all help ,but after 2 days of trying I have to come back .I cannot get the stuff to open in elcipse ? 2 days but when I do find out how to do it I will have a video done to help others as this seems to be a mindfield to get started

Hi @Padjo, I'd be more than willing to help get you going via TeamViewer. Just send me the login information to MrkFleming at gmail dot com and we can go from there. Mark

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Got Paddy's environment all set up and ready to go! Now it's just time to develop an app!