Sean wrote I made it my challenge to get it running on Linux.

What i did.

Installing the below is only done once it's not as scary as it looks.

1)Run in Terminal

sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre openjdk-7-jdk icedtea-7-plugin

2)Run this in Terminal

wget http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r21.1-linux.tgz

3)Run this in Terminal to extract the downloaded file

tar -xvzf android-sdk_r21.1-linux.tgz

4)then

cd android-sdk-linux/tools/

5) Then

./android

You should get the below click install far right
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Once you get the message saying the SDK and AVD are updated

6) Go back into Terminal and run from home

gedit ~/.bashrc

Copy and paste the below into the file like so and save

7)


export PATH=${PATH}:~/android-sdk-linux/tools

export PATH=${PATH}:~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools

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Once this is done Restart Linux.

Now you have the SDK installed use terminal and put in

android avd

this will start the SDK you can make a launcher if you want.

Click New and use the settings i have

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Click the new item and hit start

Once it loads up you should have a screen that looks like a phone (android sdk)
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