</li>
</ul>
+<p>When you open the SDK Manager for the first time, several packages will be selected by
+default. Leave these selected, but be sure you have everything you need
+to get started by following these steps:</p>
+
+
<ol class="large">
<li>
<h2 id="GetTools" class="norule">Get the latest SDK tools</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Android SDK Tools</strong></li>
<li><strong>Android SDK Platform-tools</strong></li>
- <li><strong>Android SDK Build-tools</strong></li>
+ <li><strong>Android SDK Build-tools</strong> (highest version)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Open the first Android X.X folder (the latest version) and select:
<strong>ARM EABI v7a System Image</strong></li>
</ul>
</li>
- <li>Click <strong>Install</strong>.</li>
</ol>
</li>
<h2 id="GetSupportLib" class="norule">Get the support library for additional APIs</h2>
<div class="sidebox">
- <h3>Why use the support library?</h3>
-
<p>The support library is required for:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="{@docRoot}wear/index.html">Android Wear</a></li>
<li><a href="{@docRoot}google/play-services/cast.html">Google Cast</a></li>
</ul>
- <p>The support library also provides these popular APIs:</p>
+ <p>It also provides these popular APIs:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="{@docRoot}reference/android/support/v4/widget/DrawerLayout.html">Navigation
drawer</a></li>
<p>The <a href="{@docRoot}tools/support-library/features.html">Android Support Library</a>
provides an extended set of APIs that are compatible with most versions of Android.</p>
- <p>To download the support library:</p>
- <ol>
- <li>Open the <strong>Extras</strong> directory and select:
+ <p>Open the <strong>Extras</strong> directory and select:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Android Support Repository</strong></li>
<li><strong>Android Support Library</strong></li>
</ul>
- </li>
- <li>Click <strong>Install</strong>.</li>
- </ol>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<h2 id="GetGoogle" class="norule">Get Google Play services for even more APIs</h2>
<div class="sidebox">
- <h3>Why use Google Play services?</h3>
<p>The Google Play services APIs provide a variety of features and services for your Android
apps, such as:</p>
</div>
<p>To develop with Google APIs, you need the Google Play services package:</p>
- <ol>
- <li>Open the <strong>Extras</strong> directory and select:
+ <p>Open the <strong>Extras</strong> directory and select:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Google Repository</strong></li>
<li><strong>Google Play services</strong></li>
</ul>
- </li>
- <li>Click <strong>Install</strong>.</li>
- </ol>
<p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> Google Play services APIs are not available on all
Android-powered devices, but are available on all devices with Google Play Store. To use these
</li>
+<li>
+ <h2 id="Install" class="norule">Install the packages</h2>
+ <p>Once you've selected all the desired packages, continue to install:</p>
+ <ol>
+ <li>Click <strong>Install X packages</strong>.</li>
+ <li>In the next window, double-click each package name on the left
+ to accept the license agreement for each.</li>
+ <li>Click <strong>Install</strong>.</li>
+ </ol>
+ <p>The download progress is shown at the bottom of the SDK Manager window.
+ <strong>Do not exit the SDK Manager</strong> or it will cancel the download.</p>
+</li>
<li>
<h2 id="Build" class="norule">Build something!</h2>
your JDK folder, for example <code>C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_21</code>.</p>
</p>
</li>
-
+
</ol>
<p>The individual tools and
other SDK packages are saved within the Android Studio application directory.
-To access the tools directly, use a terminal to navigate into the application and locate
+If you need to access the tools directly, use a terminal to navigate into the application and locate
the {@code sdk/} directory. For example:</p>
<p><code>\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Android\android-studio\sdk\</code></p>
<p>The individual tools and
other SDK packages are saved within the Android Studio application directory.
-To access the tools directly, use a terminal to navigate into the application and locate
+If you need access the tools directly, use a terminal to navigate into the application and locate
the {@code sdk/} directory. For example:</p>
<p><code>/Applications/Android\ Studio.app/sdk/</code></p>