Android development starts with the Android SDK - a collection of tools needed to build any kind of Android app. Discover what's included and how to use it.

A quick start guide to installing the Android Software Development Kit along with your chosen development environments.

Guide to install Android 5.0 Lollipop SDK on Windows and Mac. Android As the Android 5.0 Lollipop Software Development Kit with final APIs is now available, you can do a lot more with this.

Android Studio is a developer kit that you can use to create and troubleshoot your own Android apps. We'll go over what it is (and what it isn't).

Guide to install Android M SDK on Windows and Mac to experience the Developer Preview version.

Android platform-tools, which is most easily obtained by installing Android Studio You may also need the Google USB driver, which can be obtained through the SDK Manager in Android Studio.

The Android R Preview SDK just appeared in the SDK Manager, meaning there's likely some new stuff to poke through. As you can see from the screenshot above, Android R revision 1 is now in the list.