After installing the latest Android platform packages using the Android SDK Manager, you need to run the "android" tool provided in the Android SDK starter package to verify the installation.

Go to a Windows command line window and run this command:

C:\herong\>\local\android-sdk-windows\tools\android list target
Available Android targets:
----------
id: 1 or "android-15"
     Name: Android 4.0.3
     Type: Platform
     API level: 15
     Revision: 3
     Skins: HVGA, QVGA, WQVGA400, WQVGA432, WSVGA, WVGA800 (default),
        WVGA854, WXGA720, WXGA800
     ABIs : armeabi-v7a
----------
id: 2 or "Google Inc.:Google APIs:15"
     Name: Google APIs
     Type: Add-On
     Vendor: Google Inc.
     Revision: 1
     Description: Android + Google APIs
     Based on Android 4.0.3 (API level 15)
     Libraries:
      * com.google.android.media.effects (effects.jar)
          Collection of video effects
      * com.android.future.usb.accessory (usb.jar)
          API for USB Accessories
      * com.google.android.maps (maps.jar)
          API for Google Maps
     Skins: WVGA854, WQVGA400, WSVGA, WXGA720, HVGA, WQVGA432, WVGA800
        (default), QVGA, WXGA800
     ABIs : armeabi-v7a     

The output confirms that:

• 1 Android platform is installed. The version number is 4.0.3, which was released on Dec. 16, 2011. The API (Application Programming Interface) level is 15.3. This platform should allow me to build and test my applications for any mobile devices that running Android 4.0.3 system.
• 1 Add-on is also installed. This add-on represents the Google API for Android 4.0.3.

Read the next tutorials on how to create and run an Android emulator on your Windows system.

Last update: 2012.