10/03/2016
You will be glad to know that you can start your Android application development on either of the following operating systems −
Microsoft Windows XP or later version.
Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later version with Intel chip.
Linux including GNU C Library 2.7 or later.
Second point is that all the required tools to develop Android applications are freely available and can be downloaded from the Web. Following is the list of software's you will need before you start your Android application programming.
Java JDK5 or later version
Android SDK
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6
Android Studio
Eclipse IDE for Java Developers (optional)
Android Development Tools (ADT) Eclipse Plug-in (optional)
Here last two components are optional and if you are working on Windows machine then these components make your life easy while doing Java based application development. So let us have a look how to proceed to set required environment.