10 CHAPTER 1: Setting Up Your Android App Development System
The URL is in the address bar of Figure 1-1, or you can simply Google Java SE 6 JDK Archive
Download, which will also give you the latest link to this web page, which I will also put here, in case
you want to cut and paste it:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-downloads-javase6-419409.html
You can pull the scrollbar on the right side of the web page down the page, until you see the Java
SE Development Kit 6u45 Download button, which you can see on the very bottom of Figure 1-1.
The first link in the long list of version links is the latest revision of the Java SE JDK Development Kit
and since you want to get the latest bug-free version, this is the one you want.
Make sure that you use this Java SE Development Kit 6u45 download link, and do not use a JRE
download link. The JRE is part of the JDK6u45, so you do not have to worry about getting the Java
Runtime separately. In case you’re wondering, you will indeed use the JRE to launch and run your
Eclipse IDE, and you will use the JDK inside of Eclipse to provide the Java core class foundation for
the Android OS Java-based API.
Figure 1-1. Oracle TechNetwork web site JavaSE6 Archive; scroll to the middle to find the JavaSE 6u45 JDK download