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Android Development Tools (ADT) is a plugin for the Eclipse IDE that is designed
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applications. Work ow Installing the Eclipse Plugin

ADT extends the capabilities of Eclipse to let you quickly set up new Android
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projects, create an application UI, add packages based on the Android
Framework API, debug your applications
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order to distribute your application.
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Developing in Eclipse with ADT is highly recommended and is the fastest way to get started. With the guided project setup it
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provides, as well as tools integration, custom XML editors, and debug output pane, ADT gives you an incredible boost in
developing Android applications. Platforms
This document provides step-by-step instructions on how to download the ADT plugin and install it into your Eclipse
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development environment. Note that before you can install or use ADT, you must have compatible versions of both the
Eclipse IDE and the Android SDK installed. For details, make sure to read Installing the Eclipse Plugin
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(../../sdk/installing/installing-adt.html).

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If you are already using ADT, this document also provides instructions on how to update ADT to the latest version or how to
uninstall it, if necessary.

For information about the features provided by the ADT plugin, such as code editor features, SDK tool integration, and the
graphical layout editor (for drag-and-drop layout editing), see the Android Developer Tools (../../tools/help/adt.html) document.

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The sections below provide notes about successive releases of the ADT Plugin, as denoted by revision number.

For a summary of all known issues in ADT, see http://tools.android.com/knownissues (http://tools.android.com/knownissues).

ADT 21.1.0 (#) (February 2013)

Dependencies:
Java 1.6 or higher is required for ADT 21.1.0.
Eclipse Helios (Version 3.6.2) or higher is required for ADT 21.1.0.
ADT 21.1.0 is designed for use with SDK Tools r21.1.0. If you haven't already installed SDK Tools r21.1.0 into your
SDK, use the Android SDK Manager to do so.
General Notes:
Added new code templates for noti cations, blank fragments and list fragments.
Added support for resource rename refactoring. Renaming a resource XML le, drawable icon, an R. eld name or
ID in the layout editor invokes a refactoring routine to update all resource references.
Added more than 15 new Lint checks, including checks for overriding older APIs, XML resource problems, graphic
asset issues and manifest tags.
Updated XML Editor to respond to refactoring shortcut keys such as Refactor > Rename.
Updated XML Editor to improve double click handling.
Added code completion improvements for custom views, theme references and class references. For example,
code completion in a <fragment android:name=””> tag now suggests completion with a list of fragment
classes. Similarly, code completion in the manifest now offers implementations suitable for the given tag.
Updated the Project Import dialog so that it shows a table for all imported projects where you can edit the name of
the imported project.
Added support for layout aliases in the Layout Editor.
Bug xes:
Fixed issued with refactoring support for renaming and moving classes and packages.

ADT 21.0.1 (#) (December 2012)

ADT 21.0.0 (#) (November 2012)

ADT 20.0.3 (#) (August 2012)

ADT 20.0.2 (#) (July 2012)

ADT 20.0.1 (#) (July 2012)

ADT 20.0.0 (#) (June 2012)

ADT 18.0.0 (#) (April 2012)

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ADT 17.0.0 (#) (March 2012)

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ADT 16.0.1 (#) (December 2011)

ADT 16.0.0 (#) (December 2011)

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ADT 15.0.1 (#) (November 2011)
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ADT 15.0.0 (#) (October 2011)
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ADT 14.0.0 (#) (October 2011)
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ADT 12.0.0 (#) (July 2011)

ADT 11.0.0 (#) (June 2011) Tools

ADT 10.0.1 (#) (March 2011) ADT Plugin

Platforms
ADT 10.0.0 (#) (February 2011)

ADT 9.0.0 (#) (January 2011) Extras

ADT 8.0.1 (#) (December 2010)

Samples
ADT 8.0.0 (#) (December 2010)
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ADT 0.9.9 (#) (September 2010)

ADT 0.9.8 (#) (September 2010)

ADT 0.9.7 (#) (May 2010)

ADT 0.9.6 (#) (March 2010)

ADT 0.9.5 (#) (December 2009)

ADT 0.9.4 (#) (October 2009)

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