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How to Run Android Applications on Ubuntu
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June 25th, 2009, 18:04 GMT | By Marius Nestor
When Google announced and released Android, back in October 2008, everyone knew that it would become the best operating system for mobile devices. Not only is Android open source, but it also comes with a Software Development Kit, which offers the necessary APIs and utilities for developers to easily build powerful applications for Android-powered mobile devices. The following tutorial was created especially for those of you who want to test the Android platform and install various applications, on the popular Ubuntu operating system. OK, so let's get started... shall we?
Grab the Android SDK from Softpedia and save the file on your home folder.
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