Android SDK Setup under Windows 7 Pro 64 bit

Question

The short version of my issue at hand,

• Windows 7 Professional x64
• Java JDK 1.6.0_17 x64
• Eclipse Galileo w\\ADT Plugin installed
• And

Answer 1

The following solution was implemented because recently our IDE stopped compiling and building [refresh or clean] on the standard Eclipse IDE for Java Developers version. We kept receiving the error "Your project contains error(s), please fix it before running it." We reviewed all errors, cleaned over and over, rebuilt and even created a new workspace and imported the files however nothing worked. Our product manager Johnpaul, found the error with in the compiled build path and even though it was a manual fix it would come back on the next refresh or rebuild so he recommended we back-up our work-space and do a complete re-install of the developers environment.

We made the switch as a recommendation we found from: http://knol.google.com/k/fred-grott/which-eclipse-package-for-android/166jfml0mowlh/18#report-comment-166jfml0mowlh.7wc65w

We now use the Eclipse IDE [Indigo]for Java and Report Developers Windows 64 Bit without a problem.

After the IDE broke we downloaded:

• Java Developer Environment with jdk-6u26-windows-x64
• Eclipse Indigo IDE for Java and Report Developers Windows 64 Bit
• Android SDK Tools installer_r13-windows

We then:

• Disconnected from the internet
• Disabled all Anti-virus programs
• Disabled our Firewalls

Next we:

• Uninstalled our SDK via the Eclipse IDE line by line,
• Updated [installed] our Java Developer Environment with jdk-6u26-windows-x64
• Unpacked and over wrote Eclipse with the new Indigo "Eclipse IDE for Java and Report Developers"

Windows 64 Bit

• List item
• Turned our anti-virus back on and connected to the internet
• Reinstalled Android SDK Tools installer_r13-windows

We kept all of the default preferences and now everything is working perfectly again. Actually better as the rewrite also solved a few problems with our app not working on some devices. No idea as to why but we aren't complaining. Hope this helps as it is not a true install however a reinstall for Fall 2011 in a Windows 7 64 bit environment.