Chapter 3. Preparing for Application Development

Table of Contents

3.1. Installing the ADT and Toolchains
3.1.1. Using the ADT Installer
3.1.2. Using a Cross-Toolchain Tarball
3.1.3. Using BitBake and the Build Directory
3.2. Setting Up the Cross-Development Environment
3.3. Securing Kernel and Filesystem Images
3.3.1. Getting the Images
3.3.2. Extracting the Root Filesystem
3.4. Optionally Building a Toolchain Installer
3.5. Optionally Using an External Toolchain

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.