In this blog I will elaborate about software requirements for Android application and also given some guidelines, how to install it and build a platform for developing Android based application in widows.

Perform the following steps to build the platform for developing Android

application:

1)    Download and install latest jdk version for your windows.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html 

2)    Download and install android-sdk for windows.

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html 

3)  Download and install eclipse-java-indigo-SR1-win32-x86_64

     https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/ 

4)    Configure ADT (Advanced Development Toolkit) Plugin

·   Start Eclipse, and then Select Help à Install New Software....

·   Click Add, in the top-right corner.

·    In the Add Repository dialog that appears, enter "ADT Plugin" for the Name and the following URL for the Location:

   https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/

·    Click OK

Note: If you have trouble acquiring the plugin, try using "http" in the

Location URL, instead of "https" (https is preferred for security reasons).

·  In the Available Software dialog, select the checkbox next to Developer

Tools and click next.

·   In the next window, you'll see a list of the tools to be downloaded.

Click Next.

·     Read and accept the license agreements, then click Finish.

Note: If you get a security warning saying that the authenticity or validity of

the software can't be established, click OK.

·    When the installation completes, restart Eclipse

After performing the above steps you can easily build an android

application for mobile devices by using eclipse IDE.

Thanks.