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The newest Android ADT update ruined my life. Is there any way to download and install the old ADTs (before 14) to a clean Eclipse install? I didn't find the file anywhere.

EDIT: I don't need this one anymore but if somebody knows the answer, go on and say it.

Finnboy11
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  • Could you elaborate on which are the issues you have to deal with to see if we could help you in using ADT 15 / SDK Tools 15? (I agree changes between 13 and 14/15 are numerous and may be disappointing) – Renaud Nov 23 '11 at 18:54
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    I think it is unsafe to use not-the-latest ADT. You may want to find the root cause of your issue or just do a clean reinstall of all the tools. – Alexander Kulyakhtin Nov 23 '11 at 20:21
  • I have another question here related to the issue and as I have said there, I haven't found any fix to my bugs though I have scanned through all the forums and stack overflow topics I was able to find. I think I have fixed a big stack of problems already but I still can't compile any of my projects (even a new Android project won't compile!) – Finnboy11 Nov 24 '11 at 06:10
  • Btw total re-install of all tools fixed part of my problem and deleting debug.keystore fixed the rest so I don't need this advice anymore. Thanks Alex! – Finnboy11 Nov 24 '11 at 18:13
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    Old ADTs are not available though the ADT Plugin site. The new ADT also ruined my life, it's doesnt goes well with third party jar libs. – Marcos Vasconcelos Nov 25 '11 at 17:48
  • @Finnboy11 ADT "upgrades" [ruin my life](http://stackoverflow.com/a/11008325/576267) too. +1 for stating the obvious. – Regex Rookie Jun 18 '12 at 21:35
  • See also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4710107/where-can-i-find-older-versions-of-eclipse-adt – Jo Jo May 29 '13 at 00:13

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I also made the mistake of upgrading to the latest ADT. Heres a quick way to get your old one back.

  1. Head over to http://developer.android.com/sdk/eclipse-adt.html#notes and pick which pick which version you want to use again.
  2. Create your download url: http://dl.google.com/android/ADT-##.#.#.zip. Google uses the version number for the downloads, so if you need 10.0.1, your download would be http://dl.google.com/android/ADT-10.0.1.zip.
  3. Uninstall the current ADT version in Eclipse.
  4. Install the new version as an archive!
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I find how (if your eclipse had once the old version installed).

On Eclipse go to Help-> About-> "Installed Softwares" > Installation History

Found the state where the plugin has the version you want and revert to it.

Marcos Vasconcelos
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