Android development starts with the Android SDK - a collection of tools needed to build any kind of Android app. Discover what's included and how to use it.

A quick start guide to installing the Android Software Development Kit along with your chosen development environments.

Android Studio is a developer kit that you can use to create and troubleshoot your own Android apps. We'll go over what it is (and what it isn't).

The first Android 16 developer preview has arrived - here's what to know before installing it For anyone who develops apps for the Android ecosystem, these preview releases are a must.

Guide to install Android 5.0 Lollipop SDK on Windows and Mac. Android As the Android 5.0 Lollipop Software Development Kit with final APIs is now available, you can do a lot more with this.

Here is the gist: Download and install the Android SDK, which gives you access to the emulator. Android developers should already have this step done.

The Android R Preview SDK just appeared in the SDK Manager, meaning there's likely some new stuff to poke through. As you can see from the screenshot above, Android R revision 1 is now in the list.