Download the Android SDK from the Android homepage under Android SDK download . The download contains a zip file which you can extract to any place in your file system, e.g. I placed it under "c:\android-sdk-windows" .

Use the Eclipse update manager to install all available plugins for the Android Development Tools (ADT) from the URL https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/ .

In Eclipse open the Preferences dialog via Windows -> Preferences. Select Android and maintain the installation path of the Android SDK.

Select Window -> Android SDK and AVD Manager from the menu.

Select available packages and select the latest version of the SDK.

Press "Install selected" and confirm the license for all package. After the installation restart Eclipse.

The following step is optional.

During Android development it is very useful to have the Android source code available as Android uses a lot of defaults.

Haris Peco maintains plugins with provides access to the Android Source code. Use the Eclipse update manager to install two of his plugins. Update site: "http://adt-addons.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/source/com.android.ide.eclipse.source.update" and "http://adt-addons.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/binedit/com.android.ide.eclipse.binedit.update".

More details can be found on the project website .