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diff --git a/docs/html/sdk/requirements.jd b/docs/html/sdk/requirements.jd index c1f74ad..cb9cdf3 100644 --- a/docs/html/sdk/requirements.jd +++ b/docs/html/sdk/requirements.jd @@ -2,48 +2,56 @@ page.title=System Requirements @jd:body <p>The sections below describe the system and software requirements for developing -Android applications using the Android Development Tools, revision 3. </p> +Android applications using the Android SDK. </p> <h3>Supported Operating Systems</h3> <ul> <li>Windows XP (32-bit) or Vista (32- or 64-bit)</li> - <li>Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later (x86 only)</li> + <li>Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later (x86 only)</li> <li>Linux (tested on Linux Ubuntu Hardy Heron) <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 - the <a href="installing.html#troublehooting">Ubuntu Linux + the <a href="installing.html#troubleshooting">Ubuntu Linux installation notes</a>.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h3>Supported Development Environments</h3> -<ul> - <li>Eclipse IDE + +<h4 style="margin-top:.25em"><em>Eclipse IDE</em></h4> <ul> - <li><a href="http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/">Eclipse</a> 3.4 (Ganymede) or 3.5 (Galileo) - <ul> - <li>Note: Eclipse 3.3 has not been tested with the latest version of -ADT and support can no longer be guaranteed. We suggest you upgrade to Eclipse -3.4 or 3.5.</li> - <li>Recommended Eclipse IDE packages: Eclipse IDE for Java EE -Developers, Eclipse IDE for Java Developers, Eclipse for RCP/Plug-in -Developers, or Eclipse Classic (3.5.1+)</li> - <li>Eclipse <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/jdt">JDT</a> plugin -(included in most Eclipse IDE packages) </li> - </ul> - </li> - <li><a href="http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp">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> + <li>Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede) or 3.5 (Galileo) + <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 +href="http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/">http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/</a>. + + <p>Several types of Eclipse packages are available for each platform. For +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> + </ul> + </li> + <li><a href="http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp">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> <li><strong>Not</strong> compatible with Gnu Compiler for Java (gcj)</li> </ul> - </li> - <li>Other development environments or IDEs + + +<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 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> + <li><a href="http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp">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> <li><strong>Not</strong> compatible with Gnu Compiler for Java (gcj)</li> </ul> </li> @@ -53,7 +61,47 @@ plugin</a> (optional)</li> 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. </p> <h3>Hardware requirements</h3> -<ul> - <li>For the base SDK package, at least 600MB of available disk space. For each platform downloaded into the SDK, an additional 100MB is needed. </li> -</ul> + +<p>The Android SDK requires disk storage for all of the components that you choose to install. The table below provides a rough idea of the disk-space requirements to expect, based on the components that you plan to use. </p> + +<table> +<tr> +<th>Component type</th> +<th>Approximate size</th> +<th>Comments</th> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>SDK Tools</td> +<td>50 MB</td> +<td>Required.</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>Android platform (each)</td> +<td>150 MB</td> +<td>At least one platform is required.</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>SDK Add-on (each)</td> +<td>100 MB</td> +<td>Optional.</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>USB Driver for Windows</td> +<td>10 MB</td> +<td>Optional. For Windows only.</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>Samples (per platform)</td> +<td>10M</td> +<td>Optional.</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>Offline documentation</td> +<td>250 MB</td> +<td>Optional.</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>Note that the disk-space requirements above are <em>in addition to</em> those of the Eclipse IDE, JDK, or other prerequisite tools that you may need to install on your development computer.</p> + |