Why doesn't Android appear in Eclipses' preferences?

Question

I've installed the Android Developer tools as per the official instructions.

Why doesn't the tab appear in Windows->Preferences, as they said it should?

Answer 1

Remove the plugin, then restart as follows:

eclipse -clean

Now try reinstalling the ADT from the online installation

OR

Head over to Help -> Install New Software. Click on Available software sites. Delete the Android repo. Uncheck Indigo & Eclipse updates & recheck them. Now head back to Help -> Check for updates. Once done, add the Android repo again. Accept the license & you should be good to go.

Happy Coding..

Answer 2

This won't fix your issue directly, but I suggest your take a look at the MOTODEV STUDIO for Android. Essentially, it's a customized Eclipse IDE with all the Android tools preinstalled and many more of their own tools for app validation. I find their tools usefull, especially the code snippets and the app validator. I believe you will need to register to download, but it's a quick and free process and you can always use a temporary email service. Anyway, this should allow you to get up and running until you find your bug (even if I don't see why you'd switch back to plain eclipse).

MOTODEV STUDIO for ANDROID

Answer 3

Check your plugins directory, located in the folder you extracted the original eclipse zip file to.

For me it is located in

eclipse-java-indigo-SR2-win32-x86_64\eclipse\plugins

and I see the following files related to the ADT plugin

com.android.ide.eclipse.adt_18.0.0.v201203301601-306762.jar
com.android.ide.eclipse.ddms_18.0.0.v201203301601-306762.jar
com.android.ide.eclipse.hierarchyviewer_18.0.0.v201203301601-306762.jar
com.android.ide.eclipse.traceview_18.0.0.v201203301601-306762.jar
overlay.com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.overlay_18.0.0.v201203301601-306762.jar

Make sure you have files similar to these.

Now open a shell and run the following in your eclipse install directory

eclipse.exe -console

you should get the osgi (Open Services Gateway Initiative) console. Now you can see whether your bundles have unresolved dependencies and start them manually. So try

osgi> diag com.android.ide.eclipse.adt

and

osgi> start com.android.ide.eclipse.adt

and check the output.

Answer 4

Have you restarted eclipse after install of ADT plugin