=====Objective=====
  * I wanted to right my own apps for a long time but never found the time to actually do it. Now that I have plenty of free time I'm going to try and right one

=====Prerequisites=====
  * If you want to go the acual site to see what you need it is here [[http://linuxaria.com/article/how-configure-an-android-development-environment-on-linux?lang=en|Installing Anroid IDE]]
  * These are steps for installing it into a Linux environment (I'm using Debian so my steps might be a little different)
  * Eclipse

=====Installing Android into Eclipse for Development=====
  * version 6 of java is recommended so in order to install it go to a command line and type
<cli>
root@debian:/home/brett# apt-get install openjdk-6-jre openjdk-6-jdk
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
openjdk-6-jdk is already the newest version.
openjdk-6-jre is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
</cli>

  * I already have these packages installed but if you haven't it should only take about 15 minutes to install
  * You now have to download the android sdk from [[http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html|Developer Kit]]
  * now you have to untar it and copy it to /usr/local
  * there might be some permission issues with this so you now have to run
<cli>
user@debian:/usr/local$ sudo chown -R user /usr/local/android-sdk-linux
</cli>
  * this will fix any permission errors
  * now you have to add /usr/local/android-sdk-linux/tools to your path enviroment

  * to do this type sudo vi /etc/profile and change 
<code>
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
</code>
  * to
<code>
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/andriod-sdk-linux/tools"
</code>

  * After rebooting the system now go to the command line and type android to bring up the sdk manager
  * I clicked on all of the Android 4.* buttons like this
  * {{:user:bkrishe3:portfolio:androidsdkmanager.png?200|}}
  * After that click on install and wait... it takes a while

  * Now install eclipse if not already installed then click on help->install new software
  * then click add it the right corner
  * input ADT PLUGIN for the name and https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/ for the repository link
  * Then run thought next..next...next...finish if you get a security warning just click on ok
  * now restart eclipse and you should see a android icon in the hot bar
  * Now you can get started on making android apps