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Installing Apache Ant 1.9 on Windows System

Downloading and Installing Apache Ant 1.9

This section describes how to download and install Apache Ant 1.9.5 on a Windows system. Apache Ant is a popular Java application build tool that allows you to automate the Java application build process.

The Apache Ant team currently maintains two lines of development. The 1.9.x releases require Java5 at runtime and 1.10.x requires Java8 at runtime. Both lines are based off of Ant 1.9.7 and the 1.9.x releases are mostly bug fix releases while additional new features are developed for 1.10.x. Current Release of Ant The Apache Ant team currently maintains two lines of development. The 1.9.x releases require Java5 at runtime and 1.10.x requires Java8 at runtime. Both lines are based off of Ant 1.9.7 and the 1.9.x releases are mostly bug fix releases while additional new features are developed for 1.10.x. I removed ant folder by mistake and placed in another folder.I went to command prompt and typed 'path'. It has given me path as 'F: apache-ant-1.9.4 '. So I moved the ant back to F drive and it resolved the issue.

To develop Android applications in Java language,you also need to install Apache Ant, whichis a popular Java application build tool that allows you to automate the Java application build process.

Here is what I did to download and install Apache Ant 1.9.5 on my Windows system.

1. Go to Apache Ant home page: http://ant.apache.org/ and click 'Download / Binary Distributions' in the menu.

2. Click the link 'apache-ant-1.9.5-bin.zip' next to '.zip archive:' in the 'Current Release of Ant' sectionto start download.

3. Save the download file to C:downloadapache-ant-1.9.5-bin.zip and wait for the download to finish.

4. Unzip C:downloadapache-ant-1.9.5-bin.zip to folder C:localapache-ant-1.9.3.

5. Set JAVA_HOME as a system environment variable to point to the JDK 1.8 home folder:

To verify the installation, open a command window to try the 'ant' command.If you are getting the following output, your installation is done correctly:

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Installing JDK 1.8 on Windows System

Installation of Android SDK R24 and Emulator

Installing Apache Ant 1.9 on Windows System

Downloading and Installing Apache Ant 1.9

Preparations on Using Apache Ant Tool

First Apache Ant Build File Example

Developing First Android Application - HelloAndroid

Android Application Package (APK) Files

Android Debug Bridge (adb) Tool

Android File Systems

Android 4.0.3 File Systems

AboutAndroid - Application to Retrieve System Information

android.app.Activity Class and Activity Lifecycle

View Objects and Layout Resource Files

Using 'adb logcat' Command for Debugging

Build Process and Package File Content

Building Your Own Web Browser

Apache Ant 1.9 7 Download

Android Command Line Shell

Apache Ant 1.9.7

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Mini Tablet

USB Debugging Applications on Samsung Tablet

Android Tablet - LG-V905R

USB Debugging Applications on LG-V905R Tablet

Android Phone - LG-P925g

USB Debugging Applications on LG-P925g Phone

Outdated Tutorials

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