[ Thanks to LT for
this link. ]
“Eclipse: Android code is basically coding in Java. Eclipse is
an IDE that is most known for its Java friendly environment and is
probably among the first tools one needs to download as they start
out developing on the Android platform. Google, the creator of the
Android platform, have done an excellent job getting the Android
SDK to run with Eclipse. The two are almost synonymous to
developers. Eclipse gives developers an easy time in getting their
code in sync with facilities such as debugging, the DDMS
perspective, and a host of other important tools available in the
Android SDK kit. On the surface level, Eclipse makes Android
development a whole lot better – the object oriented code is easy
to write and manage, plus you can get a design view of layout files
such as XML based files used in Android code.”