Setting up Eclipse 4.3.2 Kepler for Android development using the ADT plugin is not a smooth process. Below are instructions on how to get it to work. Feel free to share this guide with your other Android developer friends to save them some time.
Step 1
Go to https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ and download Eclipse Standard. Unpackage the zip folder you download and move it the Applications folder.
Step 2
After starting up Eclipse go to Help > Install New Software. Then an Available Software dialogue box will show up.
Step 3
Click on the Add button and the Add Repository dialogue will show up. For the name enter ADT Plugin and for location enter https://dl.google.com/eclipse/plugin/4.3
After you are done restart Eclipse.
Then you will realize that there are few more configurations that needs to be made. (1) Point to the correct location of Andriod SDK and (2) Update the JRE version to at least 1.7.0.
Step 4
Let's first point Eclipse to the correct location of the Android SDK by clicking on Open Preferences. Next click on the Browse button.
When the Finder opens type into search opt, click on the opt folder that contains the tools folder, and click open.
Step 5
Then a warning dialogue will show up saying the SDK Platform Tools component is missing with the Open SDK Manager button. Click on that button.
When the SDK Manager is open check off Tools and Android 4.4.2 (or the latest version) and click the Install button.
Before proceeding to install, you are prompted to accept all the license agreements for the software you are about to install.
Keep going until you wrap up the Android SDK installation.
Step 6
Now let's update the computer's JRE by going to Oracle's website.
Click on Download Java Platform (JDK) 8, accept any license agreement, unpackage the download, and run the installer.
There you are! You have finally finish installing the Android Development Tools (ADT) plugin for Eclipse 4.3.2 Kepler and you could finally start programming your Android app!
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