Once you have created an application, wallpaper, video or whatever for Android, you can share it with other Android fans.

Simply upload your creation to OpenMarket™ here.

You will need the following

So, get it together and share!

It's easy, quick and simple.

Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications. Applications for Android must be written in Java. The official Android SDK will provide you with all the necessary tools and APIs to begin developing. It is highly recommended to use Eclipse as your development IDE.

With Android, developers have full access to the same framework APIs as used by the native core applications. The application architecture is designed to simplify the reuse of components where any application can publish its capabilities and any other application may then make use of those capabilities.

Additionally the 'Google APIs add-on' now extends the original SDK to give your applications access to Google libraries such as Google Maps.

Getting Started

Recommended System Requirements / Environment:

• Windows XP or Vista / Mac OS X / Linux
• Eclipse IDE (Ganymede) with JDK 6
• Android SDK v1.5 r2
• ADT v0.9 (Android Development Tools for Eclipse)

Quick Start Guide

Download all requirements as listed above (links provided below).

Unzip all downloads to any selected folder on your machine.

For the SDK:

• Set your System Variables Path to '<your-sdk-dir>\tools' directory within the SDK folder.
(MyComputer-Properties-Advanced-Environment)

For the ADT:

• Start Eclipse.exe
• From Eclipse add the ADT installation folder as a software update.
(Help-SoftwareUpdates-Available-Add Location / Tick all options - Install)

Using the Emulator for the first time (while in a project within Eclipse)

• First you must create a AVD (Android Virtual Device)
• To see your available targets execute
android list targets

• Using Command Prompt from within the '<your-sdk-dir>\tools' directory execute
android create avd --target <target#> --name <myavdname>

• Start Emulator and execute
emulator -avd <myavdname>

Important Links

Creating a wallpaper for Android and sharing it on OpenMarket™ couldn't be easier.

Simply follow these easy steps:

• Create your wallpaper in your favourite photo or vector editor.
Android wallpapers have a 4:3 aspect ratio and are 640 x 480 px.
You can upload larger files. This will give the end users the option to select all or part of the image as a wallpaper.

• Save your image as a .png or a .jpg
• Upload your wallpaper to OpenMarket here.