Archived: Verifying Android Platform Installation

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∟Archived: Verifying Android Platform Installation

This section provides a tutorial example on how to verify Android platform installation using the 'android' tool provided in the Android SDK starter package.

This tutorial was based on Android SDK R17 with Android 4.0.3 and left here as a reference.

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 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.