Installing Your (Android) Code Software on Windows 8.1 - Part I

One of the first things one needs to start coding for android is a IDE and a android device.

Getting my android development environment reset up motivates me to write about it here, on how to set up your environment when working on Windows 8.1.

After downloading and installing the initial Eclipse IDE and Java SDK and JRE, ensure that your PATH is set correctly.  This can be done by....

1. Right Clicking the Start Button.
2. Click on System
3. Go to Advanced system settings (look to the left-hand side of this screen)
4. Go to environment variables.
5. Ensure that something along the lines of your JRE is added to the path. For example: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin;

While you are at it, if you want to install Maven, be sure to also add something along this with it:

C:\Users\[YOUR USER NAME]\[KEEP GOING TO WHERE YOU PUT YOUR MAVEN STUFF]\Maven\bin;%PATH%

The total line should look like this:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin;C:\Users\[YOUR USER NAME]\[KEEP GOING TO WHERE YOU PUT YOUR MAVEN STUFF]\Maven\bin;%PATH%


~Continued with Part II~