After we are there we can utilize the search box on the right hand side by typing “ Android” into it. For that to happen we need to click on the tab that says “ Available Plugins“. After that is complete we can press OK and see that the plugin has been added to the list but not installed yet.
This is so we don’t have to manually search for an update when there is one. We can then proceed to check the box that says Check for Updates Automatically.
At the end of this the screen should look something along the lines of this: We will be presented with a screen to add the name of the new plugin and the source of the plugin. We want to navigate to the settings tab where we will want to go to the Add button and click it. This is the first screen you will be presented with when the plugins option is chosen:
In this instance we are wanting to add the Plugin nAndroid so we can start developing some Android applications in NetBeans. This screen is used for adding plugins that can improve the IDE itself or help the way you code. After NetBeans is open we are going to click on the menu bar and go to Options -> Plugins. Below are some screen shots of the options I chose while walking through the install:Īfter this installation has been completed we can now proceed to start up NetBeans. After it has been located we will double click on the executable and the first screen should appear. After we have downloaded the application we are going to need to locate it. has made this easier for use by offering Windows users an executable file to download and run.
The first thing we are going to want to do is install the Android SDK on our computers. After NetBeans is installed we can begin configuring the environment for Android. To start out we need to make sure that NetBeans is installed and we will need to note what version we are using. We are going to stray from this and use NetBeans as it can also be used for a variety of different languages and has a cleaner interface. Normally people would use eclipse as their development environment when programming for the OS platform as offers the instructions for doing it this way. In this article we are going to focus on installing the Android SDK on the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE).