The sections below describe the system and software requirements for developing Android applications using the Android Development Tools, revision 3.

Supported Operating Systems

• Windows XP (32-bit) or Vista (32- or 64-bit)
• Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later (x86 only)
• Linux (tested on Linux Ubuntu Hardy Heron)
  • 64-bit distributions must be capable of running 32-bit applications.
    For information about how to add support for 32-bit applications, see
    the Ubuntu Linux installation notes.

Supported Development Environments

• Eclipse IDE
  • Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede) or 3.5 (Galileo)
    • 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.
    • 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+)
    • Eclipse JDT plugin (included in most Eclipse IDE packages)
  • JDK 5 or JDK 6 (JRE alone is not sufficient)
  • Android Development Tools plugin (optional)
  • Not compatible with Gnu Compiler for Java (gcj)
• Other development environments or IDEs
  • JDK 5 or JDK 6 (JRE alone is not sufficient)
  • Apache Ant 1.6.5 or later for Linux and Mac, 1.7 or later for Windows
  • Not compatible with Gnu Compiler for Java (gcj)

Note: If JDK is already installed on your development computer, please take a moment to make sure that it meets the version requirements listed above. In 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.

Hardware requirements

• For the base SDK package, at least 600MB of available disk space. For each platform downloaded into the SDK, an additional 100MB is needed.