Chapter 2. Preparing for Application Development

Table of Contents

2.1. Installing the ADT and Toolchains
2.1.1. Using the ADT Installer
2.1.2. Using a Cross-Toolchain Tarball
2.1.3. Using BitBake and the Build Directory
2.2. Setting Up the Cross-Development Environment
2.3. Securing Kernel and Filesystem Images
2.3.1. Getting the Images
2.3.2. Extracting the Root Filesystem
2.4. Optionally Building a Toolchain Installer

In order to develop applications, you need set up your host development system. Several ways exist that allow you to install cross-development tools, QEMU, the Eclipse Yocto Plug-in, and other tools. This chapter describes how to prepare for application development.