Why doesn't Android appear in Eclipses' preferences?

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I've installed the Android Developer tools as per the official instructions.

Installed apps

Why doesn't the tab appear in Windows->Preferences, as they said it should?

Eclipse preferences

Copse answered 25/4, 2012 at 5:30 Comment(2)

What is your version of Eclipse? – Covarrubias 25/4, 2012 at 5:59

Eclipse SDK Version: 3.7.2 Build id: M20120208-0800 – Copse 25/4, 2012 at 6:16

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This won't fix your issue directly, but I suggest your take a look at the MOTODEV STUDIO for Android. Essentially, it's a customized Eclipse IDE with all the Android tools preinstalled and many more of their own tools for app validation. I find their tools usefull, especially the code snippets and the app validator. I believe you will need to register to download, but it's a quick and free process and you can always use a temporary email service. Anyway, this should allow you to get up and running until you find your bug (even if I don't see why you'd switch back to plain eclipse).

MOTODEV STUDIO for ANDROID

Noellenoellyn answered 20/6, 2012 at 13:44 Comment(2)

Thanks, I was Googling for something similar earlier today. +1 – Copse 20/6, 2012 at 15:40

Accepted as an answer, as I finally got the emulator to work within it. – Copse 22/6, 2012 at 11:31

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Remove the plugin, then restart as follows:

eclipse -clean

Now try reinstalling the ADT from the online installation

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Head over to Help -> Install New Software. Click on Available software sites. Delete the Android repo. Uncheck Indigo & Eclipse updates & recheck them. Now head back to Help -> Check for updates. Once done, add the Android repo again. Accept the license & you should be good to go.

Happy Coding..

Erastes answered 21/6, 2012 at 12:0 Comment(1)

I tried with a completely new Eclipse 2 days ago, it did not work. I changed the permissions on that directory to take ownership, and tried again; but it still did not work. – Copse 22/6, 2012 at 14:15

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This won't fix your issue directly, but I suggest your take a look at the MOTODEV STUDIO for Android. Essentially, it's a customized Eclipse IDE with all the Android tools preinstalled and many more of their own tools for app validation. I find their tools usefull, especially the code snippets and the app validator. I believe you will need to register to download, but it's a quick and free process and you can always use a temporary email service. Anyway, this should allow you to get up and running until you find your bug (even if I don't see why you'd switch back to plain eclipse).

MOTODEV STUDIO for ANDROID

Noellenoellyn answered 20/6, 2012 at 13:44 Comment(2)

Thanks, I was Googling for something similar earlier today. +1 – Copse 20/6, 2012 at 15:40

Accepted as an answer, as I finally got the emulator to work within it. – Copse 22/6, 2012 at 11:31

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Check your plugins directory, located in the folder you extracted the original eclipse zip file to.

For me it is located in

eclipse-java-indigo-SR2-win32-x86_64\eclipse\plugins

and I see the following files related to the ADT plugin

com.android.ide.eclipse.adt_18.0.0.v201203301601-306762.jar
com.android.ide.eclipse.ddms_18.0.0.v201203301601-306762.jar
com.android.ide.eclipse.hierarchyviewer_18.0.0.v201203301601-306762.jar
com.android.ide.eclipse.traceview_18.0.0.v201203301601-306762.jar
overlay.com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.overlay_18.0.0.v201203301601-306762.jar

Make sure you have files similar to these.

Now open a shell and run the following in your eclipse install directory

eclipse.exe -console

you should get the osgi (Open Services Gateway Initiative) console. Now you can see whether your bundles have unresolved dependencies and start them manually. So try

osgi> diag com.android.ide.eclipse.adt

and

osgi> start com.android.ide.eclipse.adt

and check the output.

Windrow answered 20/6, 2012 at 16:59 Comment(11)

Yes, I have all those files. Output: C:\Program Files\Eclipse3\plugins>ls *android* com.android.ide.eclipse.adt_18.0.0.v201203301601-306762.jar com.android.ide.eclipse.ddms_18.0.0.v201203301601-306762.jar com.android.ide.eclipse.hierarchyviewer_18.0.0.v201203301601-306762.jar com.android.ide.eclipse.traceview_18.0.0.v201203301601-306762.jar overlay.com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.overlay_18.0.0.v201203301601-306762.jar – Copse 20/6, 2012 at 17:24

@AT ok that's a good sign. I updated my answer with something else to try – Windrow 20/6, 2012 at 17:51

Hmm, I think you're onto something. Here's my output – Copse 20/6, 2012 at 17:54

Oh I already had a problem with wst ! This should be relevant: #4250195 (Use the instruction for Indigo) – Noellenoellyn 20/6, 2012 at 18:20

@AT that looks similar to the problem in this question https://mcmap.net/q/296291/-eclipse-indigo-cannot-install-android-adt-plugin check out the answer I linked and see if installing WST Server Adapters gets you the org.eclipse.wst.xml.* dependency you need – Windrow 20/6, 2012 at 18:21

Installing the WST Server Adapters gave me the same errors. – Copse 21/6, 2012 at 3:48

Hang on a minute... you put Eclipse in Program Files? Try extracting it into your Users/name/Downloads (otherwise you might have to run it as Administrator) and then install ADT. – Windrow 21/6, 2012 at 10:56

@AT I know you are using something other than Eclipse now, but I am curious what the cause of your problems was – Windrow 22/6, 2012 at 12:13

As am I. The bounty is still up if anyone can give me a working solution. – Copse 22/6, 2012 at 14:14

@AT so extracting Eclipse to a folder other than Program Files didn't work? See my comment above – Windrow 22/6, 2012 at 14:19

Thanks a lot, that's the only thing that could tell me my java version was not the one expected after an update. – Perales 6/11, 2012 at 14:39

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Have you restarted eclipse after install of ADT plugin

Vehement answered 25/4, 2012 at 5:59 Comment(7)

Yes, I have restarted the IDE thrice. – Copse 25/4, 2012 at 6:16

are you getting Android sdk manager and AVD manager inside windows. – Vehement 25/4, 2012 at 6:20

Neither appear in the Windows menu, or if you were talking about my Preferences dialogue see above. – Copse 25/4, 2012 at 6:56

even if you are not getting AVD manager and sdk manager inside windows in eclipse.means installation is not done properly.I think you should have to do fresh installation with eclipse. – Vehement 25/4, 2012 at 7:4

I started on a clean install of Windows (thus a clean install of Eclipse), and followed the guide to the letter. So redoing this without changes won't make a difference. – Copse 25/4, 2012 at 8:33

you can follow this pdf..buzztouch.com/resources/… – Vehement 25/4, 2012 at 9:2

Okay, got up to 8. on page 18 before it gave me this (aforementioned) image – Copse 25/4, 2012 at 9:48

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I see you are on Windows, I had the same problem and in my case I had to run Eclipse as administrator to install the plugin, so uninstall it, restart eclipse as administrator and reinstall it. You don't need afterward to run eclipse as administrator just to use the plugin, its only required for the installation.

The root cause might be folders ownership problems, as quoted by others, when I had the same problem I tried setting folders ownership but I could not apply my permission changes so running as administrator eclipse was the easy way for me. If you are not allowed to run eclipse as administrator on your station then you should search on the ADT documentation which folder should be owned by the user running Eclipse.

Ophthalmia answered 27/6, 2012 at 12:11 Comment(0)

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Check the answers in this post:

Maybe going to choose Help > Check for Updates or reinstalling ADT plugin again works.

Covarrubias answered 25/4, 2012 at 6:23 Comment(3)

It didn't find any updates. My software locations are: pastebin.com/PtYX2aEE – Copse 25/4, 2012 at 6:58

I have no more ideas. Maybe i'd try to have another clean installation of eclipse and installing again the ADT plugin. – Covarrubias 25/4, 2012 at 7:10

I started on a clean install of Windows (thus a clean install of Eclipse), and followed the guide to the letter. So redoing this without changes won't make a difference. – Copse 25/4, 2012 at 8:32

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There are chances that the plugin may not have been correctly installed. Try reinstalling the ADT. Or in the help menu check for the updates nad try installing through it. I hope it 'll solve your problem.

Geiss answered 27/6, 2012 at 10:47 Comment(0)

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Which you are using eclipse id , i think you are not using proper id. For better reference visit below links

Hello-world-example

Installing-adt

Marchellemarcher answered 27/6, 2012 at 4:4 Comment(0)

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Same problem here. I've solved it like these:

Start Eclipse, then select Help > 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.
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.
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.

Followed from here

Pester answered 7/5, 2020 at 7:14 Comment(0)

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