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    <p>First lets start from Visual Studio, no you cant use it, in theory yes, but in practice no. While you can create hybrid android applications in Visual Studio with <a href="http://vsnomad.com/how-works.html" rel="nofollow"><strong>VSNomad</strong></a> you would need to pay 25/35 USD monthly to be able to use it. And even then you will not be able to use Phonegap plugins. If money and plugin non existence is not a problem for you then go with this solution.</p> <p>In any other case lets look at other solutions. Because you are using windows platform lets discuss compatible solutions.</p> <p>Currently best Windows IDE for Android app development (doesn't matter native or hybrid apps) is <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/" rel="nofollow"><strong>Eclipse</strong></a>. Excellent IDE if you don't mind Java in the background. But you don't need to install everything manually, Google has taken care of this. All you need to do is go to this <a href="http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html#download" rel="nofollow"><strong>link</strong></a> and download/unpack Eclipse prebuilt with Android SDK. After the installation you will only need to update/install additional Android versions.</p> <p>To do that: </p> <blockquote> <p>open Eclipse --> click Window --> Android SDK manager and download needed versions.</p> </blockquote> <p>From there you can create new Android project (follow <strong><a href="http://cleancodedevelopment-qualityseal.blogspot.com/2012/12/first-phonegap-app-with-android-using.html" rel="nofollow">this</a></strong> tutorial, it is an excellent one). Basically you will create everything like you are creating a Phonegap app but without Phonegap stuff (everything is described in tutirial).</p> <p>From here you can test your app on a emulator or if you have and Android mobile phone ypu can test it on your phone directly (this is what you need). One more step before you can use your mobile phone as a test machine. You will need to do some changes on your phone.</p> <ol> <li>Allow installation of 3rd party apps (apps not found in Google play store), tutorial can be found <strong><a href="http://droidlessons.com/how-to-install-non-market-third-party-apps-on-android/" rel="nofollow">here</a></strong>.</li> <li>You mobile phone must have USB debugging mode turned on, tutorial can be found <strong><a href="http://dottech.org/87439/how-to-unlock-usb-debugging-mode-on-android-4-2-jelly-bean-and-higher-guide/" rel="nofollow">here</a></strong>.</li> <li>Mobile phone drivers must be installed on a computer (for example if you have a Samsung phone you will need to install <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Kies" rel="nofollow">Kies</a> software)</li> </ol>
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