Transfer eclipse and android SDK to new Computer - java

I have an good eclipse and ADT on it and everything is good. but i have to transfer it to my new computer and I m worry about reinstalling google and eclipse plugins again.
please help me to find a way for offline transfer of all my eclipse, plugins, android sdk and android emulator

for using in the same architecture and also the same OS, simply copy eclipse and sdk folders. if you want your emulators too, in linux, copy ~/.android folder too.

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How to set eclipse for android development?

I just downloaded java JDK 8 and set the environment variables for JDK and JRE, downloaded android SDK extracted them directly to C: (there were no platform tools so I used the command line to download them) and also set the environment variables. And I downloaded eclipse oxygen and I installed new software for ADT Plugin. When I set preferences I referred to the SDK folder and hit apply but nothing seems to happen like no SDK targets are listed. Hhuhuhuhuhuhuhu T^T I have deleted everything from Java, SDK, eclipse and downloaded them all again while disabling my antivirus but that didn't fix it. I also cant open my Android SDK Manager using eclipse, like it shows that it's loading but after that nothing happens even if I wait for 10 mins nothing shows up on screen, not even the command line that seems to just flash briefly which is what most people are having problems with when I search google. Can someone please tell me what to do?? I'm mainly using eclipse for android projects in school
By the end of 2015, Google ended the development and official support for the Android Developer Tools (ADT) in Eclipse.
As stated by Google, every app development project should be migrated to Android Studio.
So you should migrate your eclipse project to android studio.

How to build Android apps without Gradle

First up, I'm totally new to the Android ecosystem and mobile app dev in general. However I am a veteran C#/C++/JS/Java app and web dev. So currently my corporate firewall has rules to prevent our work PCs from connecting online. I'm supposed to be doing android app dev fully offline. I got Android Studio installed and created a test app, however gradle refuses to build offline, even with the "Offline work" option ticked. If I build an app on my internet-connected laptop all goes fine. If I copy that app to my work PC, gradle crashes with "cannot find module XYZ in gradle cache". I tried copying over the<user>/.gradle/caches/ dir from my laptop to my PC but that doesn't work either.
So, I'm left with no option but to attempt to build my android project without gradle. I'd like to use the Android Studio IDE if possible, else I'd fallback to SublimeText. So my question is, how do I build, debug and emulate android apps without gradle?
Things I've tried:
Creating a hello world app on my laptop, building it and emulating it. Gradle updates all its libs and stuff, and I used the AVD Manager to download an AVD image an setup an emulator.
Copying over the test app project dir to my work PC
Copying over the updated Android SDK dir to my work PC (with the AVD image, etc)
Copying over the gradle caches to my work PC
At least you need internet connection once for the first build, then you can go to settings & enable offline. then you can build without the internet connection.
Android Studio makes life easier. Anything other than that is going to very hard.
You can use this gist to download dependencies to a local folder. You can then use:
repositories {
maven {
url uri('c:/path/to/repo')
}
}
To work offline
Shameless plug: I wrote a series of scripts to build a Java/Kotlin Android app, including dependencies, without Gradle. There's a separate script to download packages, which is configured to look for AndroidX packages by default but you can provide it a full URL instead. After that point, running the other scripts is enough to build the app offline.
Link: https://github.com/jbendtsen/tiny-android-template
You can do it through the Intellij with android plugin, however somewhat unsupported features are still existed.
Mostly I work on Android Studio sometimes I'm using IntelliJ community version.
please try...

running an existing project in eclipse setup

I received a full working project's sourcecode for an app written in java.
to set up my win7 machine I followed these steps:
http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2013/03/setup-your-java-development-environment-in-windows-7.html
i opened eclipse and need to work on this project, but have NO idea how to pull in the project with all its files so I can actually run it and test it.
I need to make changes to this project.
the folder is located in MyDocuments folder called Budget
within Budget I have:
.metadata
dev (see screenshot of what is in this folder)
can some one help me setup everything? I have never done this, I am only familiar with XAMPP
i also looked at
How to open an existing project in Eclipse?
i tried it and get files and filders in the navigation pane, how from here?
What you have installed is JavaSE SDK plus a lot of other stuff for regular Java development. But in your screenshot I can see that your project has a Blackberry and Android versions. To develop in these platforms, your Java SDK install is not enough. You'll need to setup both BB and android development environments in your machine. You'll probably need:
For BlackBerry:
Blackberry Java SDK (check which version was the BB subproject made for)
Eclipse with BlackBerry Java plugin. There used to exist eclipse versions with the BB plugin already installed available for download in Blackberry's site. If you don't have one, this is the one you want. And if you already have an eclipse, resist the temptation to just add the BB plugin to it. The BB plugin messes up with almost every other plugin you might already have. Also each plugin was made to a target eclipse version, so just download the bundled eclipse+plugin from BB and be happy:
http://developer.blackberry.com/bbos/java/download/
Also some simulators for your target platform. I think the eclipse plugin comes with one already installed. They are really slow though, so you might want a real device instead.
For android:
Android SDK
An eclipse with the ADT plugin, if the project was made with eclipse, or the newer Android Studio. This eclipse plugin is better made than BB's so you won't need a dedicated eclipse like in BB's case.
Simulators are made with the ADM tool included in the SDK.
Good luck!

Android Studio no installation wizard

I have downloaded the latest Android Studio and when I run studio64.exe it opens Android Studio as a standalone application, however I would like to install it to my system.
The website says there is an installation wizard however I get taken straight to the Android Studio start screen. Is there still a way to install it on a Windows machine?
Turns out that Android Studio is now portable - like Eclipse. In other words, there is no installing, you just get the zip file, which contains everything you need, such as the executables that run Android Studio. You'll need to store this folder somewhere relevant and create a shortcut to the studio(64).exe file to run it from desktop/start menu.
The SDK is also no longer bundled with Android Studio, so that will need to be downloaded separately.
As of this post the Android Studio installation instructions by Google are out of date.
you can get the sdk manager as stand alone installer.once installed you need to run it as "administrator", than only it will be able to download and install packages and api's. follow the given below link:
http://dl.google.com/android/installer_r23.0.2-windows.exe
Check if its in compatible mode with your OS version of your machine. Right click on the downloaded bundle > Move to properties> Compatibility tab> Select Compatibility tab> Tick the check-box- Run in Compatibility mode> Select your OS version from the drop down.
You will get the set up wizard :)
Worked for me :)

which version of Eclipse I should use for Android Development

I am almost confused about these versions of Eclipse. There are indigo and Kepler which can be downloaded from Eclipse website. Another thing is, when I download the ADT inside its folder there is another executable file for Eclipse that when you execute it, a different logo than the previously mentioned versions appears with title Android Development Tools, is it also another version of Eclipse?
which one should I use? Or it is all about user preference?
You do not have to download Eclipse and Android SDK separately.Simply download the ADT bundle. It will have Eclipse, Android SDK, SDK manager to download APIs for various versions of android, USB driver etc. it will also have tools like adb. You can use it to start, stop server, view devices etc.
You should download the adt bundle, that comes bundled with the recomended version of eclipse. Just google that. It has support for all android needs.
Use the eclipse that comes with it, since it has all the needed plugins for developing for android.
The link to the ADT of the previous answer contains eclipse already.
I am using the ADT as well, but there is also an early access tool, called Android Studio, maybe this is more to your taste?
http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/studio.html

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