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A software development kit (SDK) is a set of development tools that allows for the creation of software for a certain hardware platform, development environment, or software package. A SDK may consist of a combination of APIs, an IDE or other development tools, and frameworks.

A software development kit (SDK) is typically a set of development tools that allows for the creation of software or firmware for one or more of the following:

  • operating systems ();
  • hardware platforms () (e.g. desktop computers, mobile devices, gaming consoles, etc.);
  • hardware accessories () (e.g. external GPS hardware, barcode scanners, etc.);
  • software package () (e.g. advanced image processing, barcoding library, ERP, etc.).

While the term SDK may be narrowly interpreted as being simply an API, it may also be construed as including any combination of the following:

  • application programming interface ();
  • frameworks (); and/or
  • development tools, notably an integrated development environment ()
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How to retrieve the android sdk version?

How can I get the current Android SDK version(1.5, 1.6, 2.0, etc.) programmatically?
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Slow SDK download through Android SDK manager

When I run Android SDK manager to download SDK platform, the download speed is 8 KiB/s. It would take more than 2 hours to download one platform like Android 2.2, API 8. There is no problem with download stuff through browser. Does anyone know how…
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Updating Android SDK: "A folder failed to be moved."

While trying to update my Android SDK I am encountering this error when trying to install this particular package: How do I fix this?
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"SDK Platform Tools component is missing!"

I am trying to add the add SDK Platform 1.6 to an existing Install of 2.2, with the help of this thread. As suggested, I ran Help → Check for Updates which found and installed the following: + Android DDMS 8.0.1.v201012062107-82219 …
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AVD hardware buttons not enabled

I just downloaded and installed the new Android SDK. When I start the emulator, on the emulator screen it says "Hardward Buttons not enabled in AVD". There are Home, Menu, etc are all disabled. How do I make these buttons enabled?
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Android ADT error, dx.jar was not loaded from the SDK folder

I just downloaded Eclipse Galileo and installed ADT10 and tried to a phonegap app using this guide: http://www.phonegap.com/start But each time i try to build im getting this error: Unknown error: Unable to build: the file dx.jar was not loaded from…
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Android studio- "SDK tools directory is missing"

When I start the "android studio" program, displayed a window of "downloading components" which says:   "Android SDK was installed to: C: / Users / user / AppData / Local / android / SDK2  SDK tools directory is missing " I can not fix and I need…
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Why we need to add

Why we need to add these pair of tags within our facebook application. What's the use of this pairs of tags. I created an application which use an apprequest, and it works good even if I didn't add these tags in front of my scripts. So I really…
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How to update Android Studio automatically?

I need to Update Android Studio, to the 0.9.9 version, but when I press "Download" (On the update info dialog box) it sends me here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html Isn't there a way to make the update happen automatically, because I…
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The .NET 2.0 SDK Programs - What does each tool do?

My question is simple. What do they do? The accepted answer below is a list of the .NET SDK Tools that come in the framework.
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How to downgrade my SDK Version?

I made a stupid mistake by upgrading my SDK version to r15 as the android repository was not loading. How do I revert back to my older version r10? Or is sticking with the newer version better? I'll have to upgrade my ADT Plugin as well then.…
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OpenCL / AMD: Deep Learning

While "googl'ing" and doing some research I were not able to find any serious/popular framework/sdk for scientific GPGPU-Computing and OpenCL on AMD hardware. Is there any literature and/or software I missed? Especially I am interested in deep…
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This Android SDK requires ADT version 23.0.0 or above. Current version is 22.6. Please update ADT to the latest version?

I downloaded and installed Eclipse ADT with android SDK for windows from this website Developer.Android. When I try to Create AVD Device am getting error that Location of Android SDK has not been setup in Preferences. I open Preferences from…
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Android intent for playing video?

I'm trying to play video's on Android, by launching an intent. The code I'm using is: tostart = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); tostart.setDataAndType(Uri.parse(movieurl), "video/*"); startActivity(tostart); This works on most phones, but not on…
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Android Framework?

Are there any frameworks out there which make it even more easy than it is to build Android applications and would you be interested in one?
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