According to your error information, your Java is 1.4.2, which is ancient, and will not work for Android development anyway. Please upgrade to Java 6:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk6downloads-1902814.html If you believe that you do have a newer Java installed, then check your environment variables (e.g., JAVA_HOME) to ensure that you are pointing at your newer Java. On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 7:11 AM, Chris Church <accidentrep...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I have just downloaded the lastest version of the SDK and am trying to > simply follow the instructions. I have unzipped the file and then gone to > the eclipse directory and launched eclipse as it states. Instead of an > installation or anythig else though I get an error: > > An error has occured. See the log file c:\xxx\xxx\xxx\342197325164.log > > The log then states the following: > > !SESSION 2013-02-07 12:08:57.104 > ----------------------------------------------- > eclipse.buildId=unknown > java.version=1.4.2_08 > java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc. > BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=en_GB > Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86 > > !ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2013-02-07 12:08:57.646 > !MESSAGE Application error > !STACK 1 > java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to acquire application service. > Ensure that the org.eclipse.core.runtime bundle is resolved and started (see > config.ini). > at > org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:74) > at > org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:353) > at > org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:180) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) > at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:629) > at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:584) > at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1438) > > > Does anyone have any ideas what is going wrong??? > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 4.6 Available! -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.