Hi Curtis, I downloaded Eclipse first, Ganymede(3.4). Then installed the java, latest one.
Of note, I put Eclipse in the Public directory, in it's own subdirectory. The java I accepted the defaults. Then I wrote a simple binary tree example. Then I installed the Android developer kit. In order to install Java, I installed it as an Administrator, under Administrator Permissions. As to the Eclipse, I found it required several modifications of Eclipse.ini, to handle the different applications. With the Android developer kit, you must insure that you have the same workspace as the installation. There are probably workarounds on this. All of these worked well running under user permissions, until they began banging against the firewall. It caused several freeze ups, finally, I made my developer log-on an Administrator. So, it does work under Vista, it just takes adjustments and knowing how to do it. The only real issue I'm noticing, is that it puts extra load on my graphics, and when I work with it to create screen captures of Eclipse, the video is behind the audio. I hope you find something in this post helpful. The biggest recommendation is that you get Eclipse fully operational, and then install the Android libraries. John. http://radiolistenersElectricEasel.com Inc. On Dec 13, 9:04 pm, CurtisCLaugh <dillydallyga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Unfortunately, the "getting started" docs don't help you trouble shoot > installing JDK 5 or 6, or Eclipse. My issue involves the installation > of these two apps on Vista, which is probably my problem. > > My first issue was with eclipse, when I ran the app (from my desktop) > it failed to find ../eclipse/jre/bin/javjw.exe file, so I simply > copied the jre directory from my java install into the eclipse folder. > > When I ran eclipse again, I got an app exit code of -1 (whatever that > means) and some more jargon about needing java version 1.5 (i had > 1.6), so I downloaded 1.5 but I don't think it's compatible with Vista > because it wouldn't install. > > I found some answers on the internet about adding the java bin > directory path to the classpath variable under the environment > variables, but no luck. > > Is there a way to get the vista compatible versions of jdk and eclipse > and is there a certain order to installing them and android? > > Thanks. > > On Nov 30, 2:03 pm, Ralf <ralfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > You can't run theandroid.jaras a desktop java application. It's > > designed to be compiled against using the eclipse plugin or the > > command-line ant script. > > > You might want to read the "getting started" doc here, it explains how > > to start developing, step by step: > > http://code.google.com/android/intro/develop-and-debug.html > > > R/ > > > On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 3:34 PM, John2o01 <john2...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > ok everything i run just to test anything after i downloaded and > > > unzipped the sdk gives me compilation errors and when i try to run the > > > andriod.jar it wont work either it gives me" Failed to load Main-Class > > > manifest attribute from C:\Documents and Settings\TEMP\Desktop > > > \myg1\android-sdk-windows-1.0_r1\android.jar" how can i fix this??- Hide > > > quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
