Android SDK Setup under Windows 7 Pro 64 bit

Question

The short version of my issue at hand,

• Windows 7 Professional x64
• Java JDK 1.6.0_17 x64
• Eclipse Galileo w\\ADT Plugin installed
• And

Answer 1

You can enable the Android SDK installer to run on Windows x64 with JDK x64 installed, by exporting HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Development Kit registry key, adding Wow6432Node to all registry keys in the exported file and reimporting it back (should show in regedit as HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\JavaSoft\Java Development Kit as well).

Note I have both x64 and x86 JRE installed. If you have only x64 JRE, you might have to export the whole HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft registry key and reimport it under Wow6432Node. Although, I believe that the Android SDK installer just checks the JDK registry key.

Answer 2

You can just push back and push next again, and it installs OK.

Answer 3

Windows 7 isn't a supported platform as far as I know. I use the SDK on 64-bit Ubuntu 9.10 and it works fine, though I did have to install the ia32libs or libcurses bombed every time. That was Eclipse related.

The SDK sys reqs makes it clear whatever platform you run, you must be able to run 32-bit code.