{"id":1623,"date":"2011-08-21T12:41:59","date_gmt":"2011-08-21T11:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/t-machine.org\/?p=1623"},"modified":"2011-08-21T15:53:28","modified_gmt":"2011-08-21T14:53:28","slug":"august-2011-googles-install-process-for-android-is-still-terrible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/new.t-machine.org\/index.php\/2011\/08\/21\/august-2011-googles-install-process-for-android-is-still-terrible\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2011: Google’s install process for Android is still terrible"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following my own install-guide from Jan 2011<\/a> (because Google didn’t provide one at the time)…<\/p>\n

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  1. Google still doesn’t provide an install guide\n
  2. Eclipse is a *little* clearer on what to download – but only slightly\n
  3. Eclipse.app on Mac OS X is *still* broken\n
  4. ADT is still “hidden” by Google for no good reason (my install guide still works)\n
  5. Google still blocks you from downloading any “Android OS platform” (this is a core part of the SDK that is *not* included in the SDK – you need it to make Android apps)\n<\/ol>\n

    (also, in passing, I updated the instructions to be a lot clearer \/ a bit more idiot-proof. I just used them to do a fresh install, and it went smoothly – with fewer problems than trying to use Google’s auto-installer)<\/p>\n

    EDIT: On the plus side:<\/p>\n

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    1. My install guide spared me waiting for an extra 0.5Gb of Android OS platforms to download (I was able to copy\/paste them on the hard-drive, no extra install work needed. Just don’t use the installer!)\n
    2. ADT v 12 is noticeably more stable and better-integrated with the Android emulator – auto-starting smoothly where previous versions needed you to lead them through baby steps on first-run\n<\/ol>\n

      Which means the key problem from a year ago still holds today:<\/p>\n

      \nGoogle is still effectively blocking you from using Source Control on Android projects\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

      And they wonder why people still prefer the pain of working with Apple…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Following my own install-guide from Jan 2011 (because Google didn’t provide one at the time)… Google still doesn’t provide an install guide Eclipse is a *little* clearer on what to download – but only slightly Eclipse.app on Mac OS X is *still* broken ADT is still “hidden” by Google for no good reason (my install […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,30,20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/new.t-machine.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/new.t-machine.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/new.t-machine.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/new.t-machine.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/new.t-machine.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/new.t-machine.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/new.t-machine.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/new.t-machine.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/new.t-machine.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}