Download Android SDK 1.5 RC1 for Windows, Mac and Linux

Android team has released Android SDK 1.5 RC1. This SDK provides updates to the development tools and Android system that you use to create applications for compliant Android-powered devices. Android application developers may download Android SDK 1.5 RC1 from official android website.

This SDK release includes many new features for developers. Quick snapshot of the changes include:

1. Multiple versions of the Android platform are included (Android 1.1, Android 1.5). The tools are updated to let you deploy your application on any platform in the SDK, which helps you ensure forward-compitility and, if applicable, backward-compatibility.
2. Introduces Android Virtual Devices — (AVD) configurations of options that you run in the emulator to better model actual devices. Each AVD gets its own dedicated storage area, making it much easier to work with multiple emulators that are running concurrently.
3. Support for SDK add-ons, which extend the Android SDK to give you access to one or more external Android libraries and/or a customized (but compliant) system image that can run in the emulator.
4. The new Eclipse ADT plugin (version 0.9.0) offers new Wizards to let you create projects targetted for specific Android configurations, generate XML resources (such as layouts, animations, and menus), generate alternate layouts, and export and sign your application for publishing.
5. Improved JUnit support in ADT
6. Easier profiling of performance
7. Easier management of localized applications. You can now include or exclude locale resources when building your APK from a single Android project.
8. A new tool called “android” replaces the activitycreator script.

Android SDK 1.5 RC1 Direct Download Links

Windows android-sdk-windows-1.5_r1.zip

Linux (i386) android-sdk-linux_x86-1.5_r1.zip

Mac OS X (intel) android-sdk-mac_x86-1.5_r1.zip

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