Dummy Guide to NetBeans Android Development

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Published on Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:24:27 -0700 Indexed on 2011/06/26 16:26 UTC
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Start by setting up the Android SDK (fantastic Ubuntu instructions here), then install NBAndroid.

Now you can create a new Android project:

Having set up the Android SDK, you're able to select your Android platform in the IDE:

The project structure created by the above templates is nice and easy to understand:

Build the project and you have your APK file and everything else generated in the Files window:

Nice features are included, such as code completion in Android XML files:

Several other features are included, as described here, such as "Export Signed Android Package", as well as deployment to the Android emulator. Now that I have everything set up (took literally about 10 minutes from start to finish), I'm going to be experimenting a bit with Android development via NetBeans IDE.

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