Getting started

We now have enough information on how the tools and SDKs discussed previously will let us get started on developing our JavaFX applications and porting them to Android mobile devices.

But before moving to the development stage, we should have the tools and software installed and configured properly in order to complete the development process, based on the provided SDKs, to have a final .apk package at hand.

We will deploy this .apk package on real devices and finally we will sign it for final submission to Google Play Store.

So let's get started with installing the prerequisite tools and software to start developing our application.

Preparing and installing the prerequisite software

We need to install the following list of tools and software in order to have our build process complete without any problem.

Java SE 8 JDK8 u45

We have already done this before; refer to the Installing Java SE 8 JDK section in Chapter 1, Getting Started with JavaFX 8.

Note

Java SE 8 update 40 is...