Install - SDK

Prerequisites

Linux

apt-get install openjdk-6-jre openjdk-6-jdk
apt-get install ia32-libs

SDK

Download the SDK starter package from: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

Linux

I downloaded adt-bundle-linux-x86_64.zip

Extract to a convenient location:

cd ~/bin/
tar xzf ~/Downloads/android/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64.zip

The following folder will be created:

~/bin/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64/

Windows

I downloaded android-sdk_r04-windows.zip.

Extract to a convenient location:

C:\tools\android-sdk-windows\

Add the SDK to the PATH:

C:\tools\android-sdk-windows\

Eclipse

Run the Android Developer Tools:

cd ~/bin/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64/eclipse
./eclipse

Issues

Failed to fetch URL https

When starting the Android SDK and AVD Manager, the Refresh Sources window displays the following error message:

Failed to fetch URL https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/repository.xml,
reason: HTTPS SSL error. You might want to force download through HTTP in the settings.

To solve this issue, Close the Refresh Sources window, Cancel the Choose Packages to Install window and click Settings in the Android SDK Manager window. Tick the checkbox: Force https://... sources to be fetched using http://. Click Save & Apply. Click Available Packages followed by Refresh. You should now find the available packages in the Sites, Packages and Archives list.