How to set up NetBeans IDE 7.1 for Android Development

Eclipse IDE is commonly used in Android Development. But some people prefer NetBeans IDE for Development. So here is how you can configure NetBeans IDE 7.1 for Android Development. Very simple straight forward steps and less time consuming. I have put up some screenshots to make it easy.

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http://kenai.com/projects/nbandroid/pages/Install

To begin with

You must be having NetBeans IDE 7.1 installed.

Step 1

Install using autoupdate center

Go to Tools -> Plugins and go to the Settings tab inside the new Plugins window opened

Press the Add button and enter the Name Android and URL below
http://kenai.com/downloads/nbandroid/updatecenter/updates.xml

Now click OK and go ahead. The screen will look like this

Go to Available Plugins tab in the same window. Select Android and the appropriate version of Android Test Runner plugin which matches your IDE.

Click Next and Accept Licence Agreement and click Install.

Ignore Untrusted Certificate warning and Press Continue.

Press Finish and that's it. You are ready for Android Development in NetBeans IDE .

Step 2

Creating a test Android project.

Go to File -> New Project and Choose Android. Click Next.

Enter Project Name, Package Name and Activity Name which is the first screen in your application.

An error will be displayed below asking to choose the Android SDK location. Choose the Android SDK direction location from your file system by clicking on Manage Android SDK button.