Requirements for Designing Android Apps

For designing Android Apps you need to download Android SDK, Android SDK provides you the (Application programming interface) API libraries and developer tools necessary to build, test, and debug apps for Android.You should download the ADT Bundle to quickly start developing apps. It includes the essential Android SDK components and a version of the Eclipse IDE with built-in ADT (Android Developer Tools)for Android app development. ADT Bundle includes everything you need to begin developing apps: Such as Eclipse ,ADT plugin,,Android SDK Tools,Android Platform-tools,Latest Android platform,latest Android system image for the emulator You can easily down Android SDK from websites such as http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html A new Android development environment called Android Studio, based on IntelliJ IDEA is now available as an early access preview. Your Computer System Requirements:- Operating Systems 1.Windows XP 32-bit, Window Vista 32 or 64 bit), or Windows 7 (32 or 64 bit) 2.Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later (x 86 only) 3.Linux 4.GNU C Library (glibc) 2.7 or later is required. 5.On Ubuntu Linux, version 8.04 or later is required. 6.64-bit distributions must be capable of running 32-bit applications. Eclipse IDE Eclipse 3.6.2 or greater Eclipse JDT plugin JDK 6 Android Development Tools plugin Not compatible with GNU Compiler for Java (gcj) Other development environments JDK 6 Apache Ant 1.8 or later Not compatible with Gnu Compiler for Java (gcj)