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Development Environment

Advanced Users​

Please don't follow this if you don't have experience with the command line (powershell, cmd).

Install Git​

  1. Open an elevated Command Prompt or Powershell window
    • This can be done by pressing Win + R and pressing "Yes"
  2. Type winget install Git.Git and go through the install process
  3. Generate a new SSH Key and add it to the SSH Agent
  4. Add your SSH Key to your Github Account

Install and Open Android Studio​

  1. Open an elevated Command Prompt or Powershell window
  2. Type winget install Google.AndroidStudio and go through the install process

Install the Android SDK​

  1. Open Android Studio
  2. Follow the instructions to set up the IDE and install the Android SDK.

Clone the FTC SDK​

Now that you have set up the development environment, it's time to clone the FTC SDK:

  1. Figure out what the URL for the FTC SDK is (at the time of writing it's https://github.com/FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController.git)
  2. Clone the repository (Note that some developers keep their clone repositories in a folder for that purpose).
  3. In your not-necessarily-elevated pwsh/cmd, navigate to the folder in which you want your repository to be located
  4. Clone the repository using Git:
git clone https://github.com/FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController.git

User Friendly Setup​

Android Studio​

  1. Download Android Studio from here.
  2. Run the installer that you just downloaded.
  3. The installer should guide you through the process.
  4. Done! Android Studio should have been installed successfully.

NOTE: Make sure you have a Java JDK installed on your systems or allow the installer to install it for you. The Android SDK may also need to be downloaded and usually, it is done automatically by the Android Studio Installer.

Git / GitHub Desktop​

Choose either:

  • git (command line tool)
  • GitHub Desktop (more user-friendly graphical interface)