<title>Setup Instructions for the Google API Client Library for Java</title>

<h2>Setup Instructions for the Google API Client Library for Java</h2>

<h3>Browse Online</h3>

<li><a

href="http://code.google.com/p/google-api-java-client/source/browse/">Browse

Source</a></li>

<h3>Checkout Instructions</h3>

<p><b>Prerequisites:</b> install <a href="http://java.com">Java 6</a>, <a

href="http://mercurial.selenic.com/">Mercurial</a> and <a

href="http://maven.apache.org/download.html">Maven</a>. You may need to set

your <code>JAVA_HOME</code>.</p>

<pre><code>hg clone https://google-api-java-client.googlecode.com/hg/ google-api-java-client

cd google-api-java-client

mvn install</code></pre>

There are two named branches:

<li>The "default" branch has the stable 1.4 library. This is the default

branch that is checked out with the instructions above.</li>

<li>The "dev" branch has the development 1.5 library. To switch to this

branch, run: <pre><code>hg update dev

mvn clean install</code></pre></li>

<h3>Setup Project in Eclipse 3.5</h3>

<p><b>Prerequisites:</b> install <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/">Eclipse</a>,

the <a href="http://javaforge.com/project/HGE">Mercurial plugin</a>, the <a

href="http://m2eclipse.sonatype.org/installing-m2eclipse.html">Maven

plugin</a>, and the <a

href="http://developer.android.com/sdk/eclipse-adt.html#installing">Android

plugin</a>.</p>

<li>Setup Eclipse Preferences

<ul>

<li>Window &gt; Preferences... (or on Mac, Eclipse &gt; Preferences...)</li>

<li>Select Maven

<ul>

<li>check on "Download Artifact Sources"</li>

<li>check on "Download Artifact JavaDoc"</li>

</ul>

</li>

<li>Select Android

<ul>

<li>setup SDK location</li>

</ul>

</li>

</ul>

</li>

<li>Import projects

<ul>

<li>File &gt; Import...</li>

<li>Select "General &gt; Existing Project into Workspace" and click

"Next"</li>

<li>Click "Browse" next to "Select root directory", find <code><i>[someDirectory]</i>/google-api-java-client</code>

and click OK</li>

<li>Click "Next" and "Finish"</li>

</ul>

</li>