If you want to develop applications for Android systems, you need to start with the following two steps to create an Android development environment on your Windows system:

• Download and install Android SDK starter package.
• Download and install libraries and tools to help you build applications for specific Android platforms.

Here is what I did to download and install the Android SDK Revision 17 starter package:

1. Go to the Android SDK download page at http://developer.android.com/sdk/.

2. Click "android-sdk_r17-windows.zip" in the Windows section. The browser will start the download process.

3. Save the downloaded file to C:\download\android-sdk_r17-windows.zip. The file size should be 37,417,953 bytes.

4. Unzip the downloaded file to C:\local\android-sdk-windows.

5. Double-click on "C:\local\android-sdk-windows\SDK Manager.exe". The "Android SDK Manager" windows will show up:

Cool. Android SDK Revision 17 starter package is installed now. Read next tutorials to learn how to install Android platform emulator.

Last update: 2012.