What you need for this book

To run the code examples and develop your own apps, you will need to install the Android SDK and platform tools. A complete bundle that includes the essential Android SDK component and a version of the Eclipse IDE with built-in ADT (Android Developer Tools) along with tutorials is available for download at http://developer.android.com/sdk/.

You will also need an Android device to build and test the examples as Android ASR (speech recognition) does not work on virtual devices (emulators).