Eclipse These instructions A whole lot of patience

Download Eclipse if you havent already Install the ADT Android Development Tools plugin Downloading the Android SDK Install the Mercurial plugin Clone the Mercurial repositories for the following projects:
AndEngine AndEngineTexturePackerExtension AndEngineSVGTextureRegionExtension AndEnginePhysicsBox2DExtension AndEngineMultiTouchExtension AndEngineMultiplayerExtension AndEngineMODPlayerExtension AndEngineAugmentedRealityExtension AndEngineExamples

Link the AndEngineExamples project to AndEngine the extension projects Create an AVD Android Virtual Device Rummage through the Examples project

Go to Eclipse.org Go to downloads Download Eclipse for Java Developers for your platform (Win / Mac / Lnx / etc) and chipset (x86 / x64)

Once you have Eclipse up Navigate to Help > Install New Software On the right side towards the top, click the Add button For Name, put whatever you want (I used Android) For Location, enter the following: In the Work with: combo box, select the Android Development Tools repository Select ADT Run through the wizard
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Navigate to Window > Android SDK Manager Select the Android SDK Tools and Android SDK Platform-tools Select the SDK Platform, Examples, Samples, and any other useful items for your target development platforms Click Install Packages Run through the wizard

In Eclipse Navigate to Help > Install New Software On the right side towards the top, click the Add button For Name, put whatever you want (I used Mercurial Eclipse) For Location, enter the following: In the Work with: combo box, select the Mercurial repository Find and select MercurialEclipse Run through the wizard
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In Eclipse Navigate to File > Import Expand Mercurial and select Clone Existing Mercurial Repository Enter the URL for the desired project Click Finish Rinse, repeat

In the Package Explorer pane on the left, right click the project to bring the link into Navigate to Build Path > Link Source For Linked folder location:, browse to the desired source to be linked Provide a Folder name (I used ProjectName_src) Hit Finish

Navigate to Window > AVD Manager On the right side, click New.. Fill in the necessary info
Select the Target corresponding to your desired target platform It will yell at you if its not happy with your input

Click Create AVD When you run your project, ADT will be intelligent enough to select the AVD appropriate for your project

There is no official documentation The forums are hit or miss There are a few YouTube videos

Your best bet is to find an example closest to your desired outcome and reverse engineer it
Oddly enough, it works pretty well

Find an example closest to your game Create a new Android project

Navigate to File > New > Android Project Fill in the Project Name Click Next Select your target API and any additional Add-Ons you need Decide on a package name
Typical structure is <com/edu/org>.<orgname>.<projectname>

Hit Finish

Copy your selected examples Activity class into your project Cannibalize that class into your premade Activity class for your project

The central component of AndEngine is the main Activity class

The Activity class features four core functions in which you do your work that are executed in the following order
onLoadEngine

onLoadResources
onLoadScene

Construct rendering objects (Engine, Camera, etc) Import your assets (images, audio, data files, etc) Setup the objects that appear in your scene using the assets youve imported (Maps, Sprites, etc) I havent used it, but I imagine its for any manipulations that must be made after all of the previous steps

onLoadComplete

The Android Manifest File

XML file that defines information and requirements relating to your application
SDK version Hardware requirements Permissions Requirements Icon Other stuff explore!

Always named AndroidManifest.xml