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am f4724cdd: Merge "docs: update eclipse guide for eclipse 3.6 also update system requirements" into gingerbread
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diff --git a/docs/html/sdk/eclipse-adt.jd b/docs/html/sdk/eclipse-adt.jd
index 350f2b0..c3afebd 100644
--- a/docs/html/sdk/eclipse-adt.jd
+++ b/docs/html/sdk/eclipse-adt.jd
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ adt.zip.checksum=7deff0c9b25940a74cea7a0815a3bc36
</ol>
</li>
<li><a href="#updating">Updating the ADT Plugin</a></li>
- <li><a href="#uninstalling">Uninstalling the ADT Plugin</a></li>
</ol>
</div>
@@ -52,9 +51,6 @@ href="#installing">Installing the ADT Plugin</a>, below. </p>
how to update ADT to the latest version or how to uninstall it, if necessary.
</p>
-<p class="caution"><strong>Caution:</strong> There are known issues with the ADT plugin running with
-Eclipse 3.6. Please stay on 3.5 until further notice.</p>
-
<h2 id="notes">Revisions</h2>
<p>The sections below provide notes about successive releases of
@@ -397,12 +393,15 @@ revision 3.</li>
</div>
</div>
+
+
<h2 id="installing">Installing the ADT Plugin</h2>
<p>The sections below provide instructions on how to download and install
ADT into your Eclipse environment. If you encounter problems, see the <a
href="#troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a> section.</p>
+
<h3 id="preparing">Preparing Your Development Computer</h3>
<p>ADT is a plugin for the Eclipse IDE. Before you can install or use ADT,
@@ -421,7 +420,8 @@ location:
"http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/">http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/</a>
</p>
-<p>A Java or RCP version of Eclipse is recommended.</p></li>
+<p>For Eclipse 3.5 or newer, the "Eclipse Classic" version is recommended. Otherwise, a Java or RCP
+version of Eclipse is recommended.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Additionally, before you can configure or use ADT, you must install the
@@ -445,54 +445,51 @@ these steps to download the ADT plugin and install it in your Eclipse
environment. </p>
<table style="font-size:100%">
-<tr><th>Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede)</th><th>Eclipse 3.5 (Galileo)</th></tr>
+<tr><th>Eclipse 3.5 (Galileo) and 3.6 (Helios)</th><th>Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede)</th></tr>
<tr>
<td width="45%">
-<!-- 3.4 steps -->
+<!-- 3.5+ steps -->
<ol>
- <li>Start Eclipse, then select <strong>Help</strong> &gt; <strong>Software Updates...</strong>.
- In the dialog that appears, click the <strong>Available Software</strong> tab. </li>
- <li>Click <strong>Add Site...</strong> </li>
- <li>In the Add Site dialog that appears, enter this URL in the "Location" field:
- <pre style="margin-left:0">https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/</pre>
+ <li>Start Eclipse, then select <strong>Help</strong> &gt; <strong>Install New
+Software...</strong>.</li>
+ <li>Click <strong>Add</strong>, in the top-right corner.</li>
+ <li>In the Add Repository dialog that appears, enter "ADT Plugin" for the <em>Name</em> and the
+following URL for the <em>Location</em>:
+ <pre>https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/</pre>
<p>Note: If you have trouble acquiring the plugin, try using "http" in the Location URL,
instead of "https" (https is preferred for security reasons).</p>
<p>Click <strong>OK</strong>.</p></li>
- <li>Back in the Available Software view, you should see the plugin listed by the URL,
- with "Developer Tools" nested within it. Select the checkbox next to
- Developer Tools and click <strong>Install...</strong></li>
- <li>On the subsequent Install window, "Android DDMS" and "Android Development Tools"
- should both be checked. Click <strong>Next</strong>. </li>
- <li>Read and accept the license agreement, then click <strong>Finish</strong>.</li>
- <li>Restart Eclipse. </li>
+ <li>In the Available Software dialog, select
+the checkbox next to Developer Tools and click <strong>Next</strong>.</li>
+ <li>In the next window, you'll see a list of the tools to be downloaded. Click
+<strong>Next</strong>. </li>
+ <li>Read and accept the license agreements, then click <strong>Finish</strong>.</li>
+ <li>When the installation completes, restart Eclipse. </li>
</ol>
</td>
-<td>
-<!-- 3.5 steps -->
+<td width="50%">
+
+<!-- 3.4 steps -->
<ol>
- <li>Start Eclipse, then select <strong>Help</strong> &gt; <strong>Install
- New Software</strong>. </li>
- <li>In the Available Software dialog, click <strong>Add...</strong>.</li>
- <li>In the Add Site dialog that appears, enter a name for the remote site
- (for example, "Android Plugin") in the "Name" field.
- <p>In the "Location" field, enter this URL:</p>
+ <li>Start Eclipse, then select <strong>Help</strong> &gt; <strong>Software Updates...</strong>.
+In the dialog that appears, click the <strong>Available Software</strong> tab.</li>
+ <li>Click <strong>Add Site</strong>.</li>
+ <li>In the Add Site dialog that appears, enter this URL in the "Location" field:
<pre>https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/</pre>
<p>Note: If you have trouble acquiring the plugin, you can try
using "http" in the URL, instead of "https" (https is preferred for
security reasons).</p>
<p>Click <strong>OK</strong>.</p>
</li>
- <li>Back in the Available Software view, you should now see "Developer
- Tools" added to the list. Select the checkbox next to Developer Tools,
- which will automatically select the nested tools Android DDMS and Android
- Development Tools.
- Click <strong>Next</strong>. </li>
- <li>In the resulting Install Details dialog, the Android DDMS and Android
- Development Tools features are listed. Click <strong>Next</strong> to
- read and accept the license agreement and install any dependencies,
- then click <strong>Finish</strong>. </li>
- <li>Restart Eclipse. </li>
+ <li>Back in the Available Software view, you should see the plugin listed by the URL,
+ with "Developer Tools" nested within it. Select the checkbox next to Developer Tools,
+ which will automatically select the nested tools. Then click
+ <strong>Install</strong></li>
+ <li>On the subsequent Install window, all of the included tools
+ should be checked. Click <strong>Next</strong>. </li>
+ <li>Read and accept the license agreements, then click <strong>Finish</strong>.</li>
+ <li>When the installation completes, restart Eclipse. </li>
</ol>
</td>
@@ -530,7 +527,7 @@ try changing the remote site URL to use http, rather than https. That is, set
the Location for the remote site to:
<pre>http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/</pre></li>
<li>If you are behind a firewall (such as a corporate firewall), make sure that
-you have properly configured your proxy settings in Eclipse. In Eclipse 3.3/3.4,
+you have properly configured your proxy settings in Eclipse. In Eclipse,
you can configure proxy information from the main Eclipse menu in
<strong>Window</strong> (on Mac OS X, <strong>Eclipse</strong>) &gt;
<strong>Preferences</strong> &gt; <strong>General</strong> &gt; <strong>Network
@@ -567,7 +564,7 @@ manually install it:</p>
instructions</a> (above).</li>
<li>In the Add Site dialog, click <strong>Archive</strong>.</li>
<li>Browse and select the downloaded zip file.</li>
- <li>In Eclipse 3.5 only, enter a name for the local update site (e.g.,
+ <li>Enter a name for the local update site (e.g.,
"Android Plugin") in the "Name" field.</li>
<li>Click <strong>OK</strong>.
<li>Follow the remaining procedures as listed for
@@ -623,37 +620,32 @@ Eclipse Installed Software window using <strong>Help</strong>
to install it. </p>
<table style="font-size:100%">
-<tr><th>Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede)</th><th>Eclipse 3.5 (Galileo)</th></tr>
+<tr><th>Eclipse 3.5 (Galileo) and 3.6 (Helios)</th><th>Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede)</th></tr>
<tr>
-<td width="50%">
-<!-- 3.4 steps -->
+<td>
+<!-- 3.5+ steps -->
<ol>
- <li>Select <strong>Help</strong> &gt; <strong>Software Updates</strong>.</li>
- <li>Select the <strong>Available Software</strong> tab.</li>
- <li>Select the checkboxes next to Android DDMS and Android Developer Tools,
- then click <strong>Update</strong>.</li>
- <li>In the resulting Available Updates dialog, ensure that both Android DDMS
- and Android Development Tools are selected, then click
- <strong>Next</strong>.</li>
+ <li>Select <strong>Help</strong> &gt; <strong>Check for Updates</strong>.
+ <p>If there are no updates available, a dialog will say so and you're done.</p></li>
+ <li>If there are updates available, select Android DDMS, Android Development Tools,
+ and Android Hierarchy Viewer, then click <strong>Next</strong>.</li>
+ <li>In the Update Details dialog, click <strong>Next</strong>.</li>
<li>Read and accept the license agreement and then click <strong>Finish</strong>.
This will download and install the latest version of Android DDMS and
Android Development Tools.</li>
<li>Restart Eclipse.</li>
</ol>
</td>
-<td>
-<!-- 3.5 steps -->
+
+<td width="50%">
+<!-- 3.4 steps -->
<ol>
- <li>Select <strong>Help</strong> &gt; <strong>Check for Updates</strong>. </li>
- <li>In the resulting Available Updates dialog, locate the Android DDMS and
- Android Development Tools features in the list and ensure that the checkboxes
- next to them are selected. Click <strong>Next</strong>.
- <p>If the Available Updates dialog does not list Android DDMS and Android
- Development tools, make sure that you have set up a remote update site
- for them, as described in
- <a href="#installing">Installing the ADT Plugin</a>.
- </p></li>
- <li>In the Update Details dialog, click <strong>Next</strong>.</li>
+ <li>Select <strong>Help</strong> &gt; <strong>Software Updates</strong>.</li>
+ <li>Select the <strong>Available Software</strong> tab.</li>
+ <li>If there are updates available, select Android DDMS, Android Development Tools,
+ and Android Hierarchy Viewer, then click <strong>Update</strong>.</li>
+ <li>In the resulting Available Updates dialog, ensure that each of the listed tools
+ are selected, then click <strong>Next</strong>.</li>
<li>Read and accept the license agreement and then click <strong>Finish</strong>.
This will download and install the latest version of Android DDMS and
Android Development Tools.</li>
@@ -671,38 +663,3 @@ href="#uninstalling">Uninstalling the ADT Plugin</a>, below. To reinstall
the plugin, follow the instructions in <a
href="#installing">Installing the ADT Plugin</a>, above.</p>
-
-<h2 id="uninstalling">Uninstalling the ADT plugin</h2>
-
-<p>If you encounter problems when installing or updating ADT, you
-can try removing the existing ADT plugin and then performing a fresh
-installation. To remove ADT, follow these steps: </p>
-
-<table style="font-size:100%">
-<tr><th>Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede)</th><th>Eclipse 3.5 (Galileo)</th></tr>
-<tr>
-<td width="50%">
-<!-- 3.4 steps -->
-<ol>
- <li>Select <strong>Help</strong> &gt; <strong>Software Updates</strong> &gt;
- <strong>Manage Configuration</strong>. </li>
- <li>Expand the list in the left panel to reveal the installed tools.</li>
- <li>Right-click "Android Editors" and click <strong>Uninstall</strong>. Click <strong>OK</strong>
- to confirm.</li>
- <li>Restart Eclipse.
- <p>(Do not uninstall "Android Development Tools".)</p></li>
-</ol>
-</td>
-<td>
-<!-- 3.5 steps -->
-<ol>
- <li>Select <strong>Help</strong> &gt; <strong>Install New Software</strong>.</li>
- <li>In the "Details" panel, click the "What is already installed?" link.</li>
- <li>In the <strong>Eclipse Installation Details</strong> dialog, select "Android DDMS" and "Android Development Tools" and then click <strong>Uninstall</strong>.</li>
- <li>In the next window, confirm that the ADT features are selected for uninstall and then click <strong>Finish</strong> to uninstall.</li>
- <li>Restart Eclipse.</li>
-</ol>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-
diff --git a/docs/html/sdk/requirements.jd b/docs/html/sdk/requirements.jd
index 7b11654..3679d44 100644
--- a/docs/html/sdk/requirements.jd
+++ b/docs/html/sdk/requirements.jd
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Android applications using the Android SDK. </p>
<ul>
<li>Windows XP (32-bit), Vista (32- or 64-bit), or Windows 7 (32- or 64-bit)</li>
<li>Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later (x86 only)</li>
- <li>Linux (tested on Linux Ubuntu Hardy Heron)
+ <li>Linux (tested on Linux Ubuntu Hardy Heron and Lucid Lynx)
<ul>
<li>64-bit distributions must be capable of running 32-bit applications.
For information about how to add support for 32-bit applications, see
@@ -22,10 +22,7 @@ installation notes</a>.</li>
<h4 style="margin-top:.25em"><em>Eclipse IDE</em></h4>
<ul>
- <li>Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede) or 3.5 (Galileo)
- <p class="caution"><strong>Caution:</strong> There are known issues with the ADT plugin
-running with Eclipse 3.6. Please stay on 3.5 until further notice.</p>
- </li>
+ <li>Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede) or greater</li>
<li>Eclipse <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/jdt">JDT</a> plugin (included
in most Eclipse IDE packages) </li>
<li>If you need to install or update Eclipse, you can download it from <a
@@ -35,23 +32,22 @@ href="http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/">http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/</a>.
developing Android applications, we recommend that you install one of these
packages: </p>
<ul>
- <li>Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers</li>
<li>Eclipse IDE for Java Developers</li>
- <li>Eclipse for RCP/Plug-in Developers</li>
<li>Eclipse Classic (versions 3.5.1 and higher)</li>
+ <li>Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers</li>
</ul>
</li>
- <li><a href="http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp">JDK 5 or JDK
+ <li><a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html">JDK 5 or JDK
6</a> (JRE alone is not sufficient)</li>
<li><a href="eclipse-adt.html">Android Development Tools plugin</a>
-(optional)</li>
+(recommended)</li>
<li><strong>Not</strong> compatible with Gnu Compiler for Java (gcj)</li>
</ul>
<h4><em>Other development environments or IDEs</em></h4>
<ul>
- <li><a href="http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp">JDK 5 or JDK
+ <li><a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html">JDK 5 or JDK
6</a> (JRE alone is not sufficient)</li>
<li><a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.6.5 or later for
Linux and Mac, 1.7 or later for Windows</li>
@@ -75,7 +71,12 @@ particular, note that some Linux distributions may include JDK 1.4 or Gnu Compil
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SDK Tools</td>
-<td>50 MB</td>
+<td>35 MB</td>
+<td>Required.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>SDK Platform-tools</td>
+<td>6 MB</td>
<td>Required.</td>
</tr>
<tr>