# How to Setup Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) in Eclipse, including the Galaxy Tab SDK

DevFeed: [How to Setup Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) in Eclipse, including the Galaxy Tab SDK](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-setup-android-2-3-gingerbread-in-eclipse-including-the-galaxy-tab-sdk-31816.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.metachris.dev/2010/12/how-to-setup-android-2-3-gingerbread-in-eclipse-including-the-galaxy-tab-sdk/>)

Author: Chris Hager

Published: 2010-12-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Chris Hager](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chris-hager.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [emulator](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/emulator.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [installation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/installation.md>), [opengl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opengl.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [sdk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdk.md>), [setup](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/setup.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial for setting up Android 2.3 (Gingerbread, API Level 9) in Eclipse, including updating the Android plugin, installing the API Level 9 SDK, and creating a new emulator. It also summarizes the release's developer-facing updates.

## Source excerpt

Today Android version 2.3 (Gingerbread, API Level 9) was released, including an updated Android plugin for Eclipse and the API Level 9 SDK. The release includes some very welcome updates for both users and developers, including better text selection tools, access to more sensor data, improved garbage collection, updated video drivers for better OpenGL performance, a new media framework including VP8 video compression, WebM video container format, AAC audio encoding and AMR wideband encoding.