Installation using AutoUpdate center
NetBeans AutoUpdate is the best approach to install NBAndroid plugin into your IDE.It install everything and also provides a way how to keep it uptodate.
You will need NetBeans 6.9 or newer installed.
Add updatecenter URL to plugin manager
Open plugin manager. To do this go toTools | Plugins. Here you need to navigate to Settings tab and add an address of our update center that is http://kenai.com/projects/nbandroid/downloads/download/updatecenter/updates.xml. Tip: keep 'Check for updates automatically' option selected to get the updates.
Install the plugin
Once the URL is added navigate toAvailable Plugins tab in the same dialog. Find Android plugin here and select it for installation. Optionally you can select one of the Android Test Runners that matches to your IDE version.
Install to initiate the installation. Shortly after you will be guided through a series of steps: 1. to confirm selection of plugins to install
Installation from downloadable archive
This is an alternative useful if you cannot connect to our download area directly from IDE.Download a snapshot of project binaries from archives folder. Then go to
Tools | Plugins | Downloaded and add NBM files from unzipped archive. The rest is the same as described above.What's next?
Most of the functionality in Android support requires a path to Android SDK to be configured.Go to
Tools | Options dialog and its Miscellaneous category. Here you will find Android tab where you can specify the location of Android SDK.
That's all what you need to configure at the beginning and you are ready to open your existing project or create a new one.
Specifically note that there is no Java platform definition needed or possible. This concept was abandoned a while ago yet there are still some pages and outdated tutorials mentioning this.
