Windows 8:

Install JDK

Download JDK from Oracle website:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html

 

Click on the above URL and open it in the browser

Accept the license agreement

Click on the download link as shown in the screenshot

 

 

Set/update Java Home and PATH environment variables.

Important! Make sure you do not have leading or trailing spaces in the Path variable when you copy paste your installation folder path!

1.        Search for Control Panel in Search window.

2.       Click on the System and Security in the Control Panel window

3.       Click on the System

4.       Click on the Advanced system settings link on the left hand side which opens System Properties. In the System Properties window, click on the Environment Variables button

5.       Click on the New button in Environment Variables window

6.       Add variable name as JAVA_HOME and value as the installation folder where JDK in installed.

7.       Select PATH system variable and click on Edit button

8.       In the Edit System Variable window, click on the Variable value textbox and goto an end. Add semicolon and add value as “%JAVA_HOME%\bin”

Install Ant from Apache website

Navigate to http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi and download the ‘.zip’ archive file on your machine. Unzip it after download completes.

 

Set/update ANT_Home and PATH variables.

Important! Make sure you do not have leading or trailing spaces in the Path variable when you copy paste your installation folder path!

1.       Search for Control Panel in Search window.

 

2.       Click on the System and Security in the Control Panel window

3.       Click on the System

 

4.       In Click on the Advanced system settings link on the left hand side which opens System Properties. In the System Properties window, click on the Environment Variables button

5.       Click on the New button in Environment Variables window
 

6.       Add variable name as ANT_HOME and value as the installation folder where ANT in installed.

7.       Select PATH system variable and click on Edit button

8.       In the Edit System Variable window, click on the Variable value textbox and goto an end. Add semicolon and add value as “%ANT_HOME%\bin”

 

 

Install Android SDK

Navigate to http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html#ExistingIDE

Open the link and simply click on the Download the SDK button. After download completes unzip the downloaded files.

 

Set/update Android SDK environment variables

Important! Make sure you do not have leading or trailing spaces in the Path variable when you copy paste your installation folder path!

1.        Select PATH system variable and click on Edit button

2.       In the Edit System Variable window, click on the Variable value textbox and go to an end. Add semicolon and add value for

a.       <Android SDK installation folder>\tools followed by semicolon

b.      <Android SDK installation folder>\platform-tools followed by semicolon

c.       <Android SDK installation folder>\build-tools

Restart your machine