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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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Error when installing windows SDK 7.1

I've run into an error when installing the Windows SDK that I've seen posted around the Internet, but none of the solutions are working for me. Here is the log I'm getting 9:43:37 AM Monday, October 14, 2013: SFX C:\Program Files\Microsoft…
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Can't find AVD or SDK manager in Eclipse

Seems like I'm having some problems after updating my android sdk tools and platform-tools using the sdk manager. The problem is that, after updating, I found that the avd or sdk options in the windows dropdown menu in eclipse are gone! And, I can't…
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Update Android SDK Tool to 22.0.4(Latest Version) from 22.0.1

I want to Update my Android SDK Tool from 22.0.1 to 22.0.4 I also Have ADT installed, but could not update the SDK Tool to 22.0.4 I am facing the following issue : Download interrupted: Read timed out issue. Below is the screen shot while…
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Android studio- "SDK tools directory is missing"

When I start Android Studio, it displays a window entitled "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 it and I need…
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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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Unable to get provider com.google.android.gms.ads.MobileAdsInitProvider: java.lang.IllegalStateException

I update my Android Studio (3.2.1) and its sdk to the latest version. After that it required a manual update for Manifest by adding these tags:
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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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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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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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"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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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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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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How to add .plist file to all targets in Xcode?

Totally new to iOS but I'm currently trying to setup Google Analytics. I have followed the SDK documentation and everything went great until this step: Add the configuration file to your project Drag the GoogleService-Info.plist file you just…
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package android.support.v4.app does not exist ; in Android studio 0.8

I've recently updated the android studio IDE to 0.8 to work with the new android L SDK. To start I imported a finished android project that receives no errors in the older version of android studio. In version 0.8 i lines such as import…
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