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@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ page.title=Adding SDK Components
<div id="qv">
<h2>Quickview</h2>
<ul>
<li>Use the Android SDK and AVD Manager to
<li>Use the Android SDK and AVD Manager to
set up your SDK and keep it up-to-date.</li>
</ul>
@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ page.title=Adding SDK Components
<p>Adding and updating components in your Android SDK is fast and easy. To
perform an update, use the <strong>Android SDK and AVD Manager</strong> to
install or update the individual SDK components that you need. The Android SDK
and AVD Manager tool is included in the <a href="index.html">Android SDK
and AVD Manager tool is included in the <a href="index.html">Android SDK
download</a>.</p>
<p>It only takes a couple of clicks to install individual versions of the
@ -53,19 +53,19 @@ a new version of the platform. See the revisions listed in the <a
href="{@docRoot}sdk/tools-notes.html">SDK Tools</a> document for ADT
Plugin compatibility.</p>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN:left; width:600px;">
<img src="{@docRoot}images/sdk_manager_packages.png"
style="padding-bottom:0;margin-bottom:0;" />
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN:left; width:600px;">
<img src="{@docRoot}images/sdk_manager_packages.png"
style="padding-bottom:0;margin-bottom:0;" />
<p class="caption" style="margin:0 0 1.5em 1em;padding:0 0 0
1em;"><strong>Figure 1.</strong> The Android SDK and AVD Manager's
1em;"><strong>Figure 1.</strong> The Android SDK and AVD Manager's
<strong>Available Packages</strong>
panel, which shows the SDK components that are
available for you to download into your environment. </p>
</div>
</div>
<h2 id="launching">Launching the Android SDK and AVD Manager</h2>
<p>The Android SDK and AVD Manager is the tool that you use to install and
<p>The Android SDK and AVD Manager is the tool that you use to install and
upgrade SDK components in your development environment. </p>
<p>You can access the tool in any of three ways:</p>
@ -83,15 +83,15 @@ follow these steps to access the Android SDK and AVD Manager tool:</p>
<ol>
<li>Open Eclipse</li>
<li>Select <strong>Window</strong> &gt; <strong>Android SDK and AVD
<li>Select <strong>Window</strong> &gt; <strong>Android SDK and AVD
Manager</strong>.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Launching from the setup script (Windows only)</h4>
<h4>Launching from the SDK Manager script (Windows only)</h4>
<p>For Windows only, the SDK includes a script that invokes the Android SDK and
AVD Manager. To launch the tool using the script, double-click "SDK
Setup.exe" at the root of the the SDK directory.</p>
AVD Manager. To launch the tool using the script, double-click {@code SDK
Manager.exe} at the root of the the SDK directory.</p>
<h4>Launching from a command line</h4>
@ -100,37 +100,39 @@ and AVD Manager tool from the command line: </p>
<ol>
<li>Navigate to the <code>&lt;<em>sdk</em>&gt;/tools/</code> directory.</li>
<li>Execute the {@code android} tool command with no options.
<li>Execute the {@code android} tool command with no options.
<pre style="width:400px">$ android</pre></li>
</ol>
<h2 id="InstallingComponents">Installing SDK Components</h2>
<p class="caution"><strong>Important:</strong> Before you install SDK components,
we recommend that you disable any antivirus programs that may be running on
your computer.</p>
<p class="caution"><strong>Caution:</strong> Before you install SDK components,
we recommend that you disable any antivirus software that may be running on
your computer. There are cases in which antivirus software on Windows is known to interfere with the
installation process, so we suggest you disable your antivirus until installation is
complete.</p>
<p>Follow these steps to install new SDK components in your environment:</p>
<ol>
<li>Launch the Android SDK and AVD Manager as described in the section above.</li>
<li>Select <strong>Available Packages</strong> in the left panel.
This will reveal all of the components that are currently available for download
This will reveal all of the components that are currently available for download
from the SDK repository.</li>
<li>Select the component(s) you'd like to install and click <strong>Install
Selected</strong>. If you aren't sure which packages to select, read <a
Selected</strong>. If you aren't sure which packages to select, read <a
href="installing.html#which">Which components do I need?</a>.</li>
<li>Verify and accept the components you want and click <strong>Install
Accepted</strong>. The components will now be installed into your existing
Android SDK directories.</li>
</ol>
<p>New platforms are automatically saved into the
<p>New platforms are automatically saved into the
<code>&lt;<em>sdk</em>&gt;/platforms/</code> directory of your SDK;
new add-ons are saved in the <code>&lt;<em>sdk</em>&gt;/add-ons/</code>
directory; samples are saved in the
<code>&lt;<em>sdk</em>&gt;/samples/android-&lt;<em>level</em>&gt;/</code>;
directory; samples are saved in the
<code>&lt;<em>sdk</em>&gt;/samples/android-&lt;<em>level</em>&gt;/</code>;
and new documentation is saved in the existing
<code>&lt;<em>sdk</em>&gt;/docs/</code> directory (old docs are replaced).</p>
@ -184,10 +186,10 @@ if there is dependency that you need to address. </p>
<h2 id="AddingSites">Adding New Sites</h2>
<p>By default, <strong>Available Packages</strong> only shows the default
repository site, which offers platforms, SDK tools, documentation, the
Google APIs Add-on, and other components. You can add other sites that host
repository site, which offers platforms, SDK tools, documentation, the
Google APIs Add-on, and other components. You can add other sites that host
their own Android SDK add-ons, then download the SDK add-ons
from those sites.</p>
from those sites.</p>
<p>For example, a mobile carrier or device manufacturer might offer additional
API libraries that are supported by their own Android-powered devices. In order
@ -199,7 +201,7 @@ Manager:</p>
<ol>
<li>Select <strong>Available Packages</strong> in the left panel.</li>
<li>Click <strong>Add Site</strong> and enter the URL of the
<li>Click <strong>Add Site</strong> and enter the URL of the
{@code repository.xml} file. Click <strong>OK</strong>.</li>
</ol>
<p>Any SDK components available from the site will now be listed under