CHAPTER 1: Setting Up Your Android App Development System 11Make sure not to download a JDK 7u45 or the JDK 7u45 Bundle, which includes NetBeans 7.
from the normal (non-archived) download page, because Android 4.4 uses JavaSE 6u45 and the
Eclipse 4.4 IDE, not the NetBeans 7.4 IDE for its ADT plug-ins, so be very careful regarding this
foundational install step.
I actually use a completely different workstation for Android development, which has Java SE 6u
and Eclipse 4.4, and have another HTML5 development workstation that has Java SE 8u5 and
NetBeans 8.0 (only) installed on it. These will be covered in my upcoming Beginner Java 8 Games
Development title from Apress.
- Once you click on the Java SE Development Kit 6u45 link, you will be taken
to the Java SE Development Kit 6u45 Download section of this page, shown
in Figure 1-2, where you will be able to select the OS you are using.
Figure 1-2. Java SE u45 download links after Accept License Agreement Radio Button on the left enables them
Note The JRE is the executable (platform) that runs your Java software once it has been compiled into an
application, and thus a JRE will be needed to run Eclipse, because Eclipse is 100% written using Java SE.- I am using what is described in these links as “Windows x64,” which
is the 64-bit version of Windows, for my Windows 7 and Windows 8.
workstations. Once you click on an Accept License Agreement radio button
on the top-left of this download links table, the links will become bolded and
you will be able to click on the link for the OS version that you need to use.