[Tutorial] How to setup Cocos2d - x V3.0 FINAL on Window OS step-by-step, 100% Working

Setup this Engine is really difficult to many one, because of not simple as running only file setup.exe, then Next, Next, finish. It requires system configuration, and setup auxiliaries for running. And running it also works through an editor program (like Visual Studio). 

* Preparing materials, notices: download 32bit or 64bit for OS correspondingly

1) Cocos2d-x http://www.cocos2d-x.org/download.

2) Android platform ( for building apk file of Android ) : 

- ADT + free Eclipse: 

http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html

But now, Google does not integrate SDK in Eclipse, so you must download Android Studio instead, here link download

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

- NDK: https://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html

If use old cocos2d, use NDK r9d: http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r9d-windows-x86_64.zip

- Notice: Engine v3.3 update to NDK10, fix for Android v5

- NDK 10 :http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html

- JDK: 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index-jsp-138363.html

3) ANT http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi

4) Python 2.x.x ( don't use v3.x ): https://www.python.org/download/

5) Visual Studio 2012 ( Recommend ) + Visual Assist X10.8 http://www.vn-zoom.com/f103/red-face-visual-assist-x-10-8-2001-0-ci-hien-thi-cac-ham-cac-bien-cac-doan-chuong-trinh-mot-cach-ro-rang-2829579.html

Visual Assist X10.8 is Plugin for Auto complete code of Visual studio.

* Notice:
- New version V3.0 - 3.x does not need installing Cygwin as old versions

Step 1: Installing JDK, Python as normal softwares

+ JDK: After installing, it creates a variable in System Environment,

JAVA_HOME = D:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_25


JDK v7, v8 is OK. Don't use JDK v6

Installing Python 2.7.5 as normal software, It is installed in the path C:\Python27 by default. 

Step 2: Installing NDK, ADT, ANT, Cocos2d-x V3.0 Final - V3.x

NDK, ADT, ANT, Cocos2d-x V3.0 - 3.x only extract into some following folders:

 + ANT:     E:/Android/ANT
 + SDK:     E:/Android/SDK
 + NDK:    E:/Android/NDK
 + Cocos2dx3 : E:/Android/Cocos2dx3

+ With Android Studio, you install as normal, and find the path of SDK.

Running file SDK.exe in E:\ANDROID\SDK, for installing SDK suites of Android, notices that you must install Android v2.3.3 - API 10, it is obligatory, and you can install any other versions, it's up to you. 

Step 3: Setup System Variable, VERY IMPORTANT! 

- Right click Mycomputer/Properties/Advanced System setting/Environment Variables

In User area, Add some following variables

ANDROID_SDK_ROOT = E:\ANDROID\SDK

COCOS_CONSOLE_ROOT = E:\ANDROID\Cocos2dx3\tools\cocos2d-console\bin;

Path = E:\android\cocos2dx3\tools\cocos2d-console\bin;

*Notice: COCOS_CONSOLE_ROOT and Path  will be created after running setup.py ( in step 6)

In System area, Add some following variables

ANT_HOME = E:\ANDROID\ANT

ANT_ROOT = E:\ANDROID\ANT\bin

NDK_ROOT = E:\ANDROID\NDK

Path = C:\Python27;C:\Python27\Python.exe;E:\ANDROID\SDK\sdk\platform-tools;%path%;%ANT_HOME%/bin;

Also add this variable!

CLASSPATH = .;C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\ext\. ( maybe JRE7, or JRE8, remember the mark ".;" at the beginning )

*Notice: The values of above environment variables does not contains space at the beginning or the end

Step 4: Test 

Open cmd window, enter the command:

>java
 If it runs => JDK is OK

 >ant --v
 If it runs => ANT is OK

 >adb
 If it runs => SDK is OK

 >python
 If version appears => Python is OK

Step 5: Setup Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Assist X 10.8 (Recommended)

- To build on Windows OS, You must install VS 2012 ( or VS 2013 ). Recommended VS2012 Pro or higher.

Step 6: Running

in CMD Window, enter:

D>E:
E>cd android/cocos2dx3
E:/android/cocos2dx>setup.py

If it appears the following, you succeed 99%

Close cmd window

And open cmd again, Now we start using cocos2dx

Create new project

>cocos new hello -p com.vn.hello -l cpp -d e:/android/project

or

>cocos new hello -l cpp -d e:/android/project

It takes about 5 minutes...

Done, now run!

>cocos run -s E:/android/project/hello -p win32

file built is in E:/android/project/hello/bin ( 3.0 ) ,  E:/android/project/hello/publish (>3.1 )

Your computer must be installed Visual Studio 2012 for running above command
The first time built takes 5 -8 minutes up to each computer, but after that, Edit code and build again is faster

Build for Android, if you installed SDK ( must have android 2.3.3 - API 10) you will succeed.

>cocos compile -s E:/android/project/hello -p android --ap 16

or as follow, it is automatically installed into Emulator
>cocos run-s E:/android/project/hello -p android --ap 16

If error, delete --ap 16 as follow:

>cocos run-s E:/android/project/hello -p android

Go to E:\ANDROID\Project\hello\proj.android\bin\debug\android  (or folder publish ), run file hello-debug.apk by emulator

>adb install E:/ANDROID/Project/hello/proj.android/bin/debug/android/hello-debug.apk

or you can install apk into real phone for testing

Ok it's done for Cocos2d - x V3.0 Final - 3.x on Windows OS

P/S:

New commands in Cocos2d - x V3.0 FINAL - 3.x  (run by cmd window)

Create new other project
cocos new NewProject -p com.vn.NewProject -l cpp -d E:/android/myproject
(enter cocos new -h for help)

Compile
for Android
cocos compile -s E:/android/myproject/NewProject -p android --ap 16

for Windows
cocos compile -s E:/android/myproject/NewProject -p win32

(enter cocos compile -h for help)

Run

cocos run -s E:/android/myproject/NewProject -p win32
cocos run -s E:/android/myproject/NewProject -p android --ap 16

(enter cocos run  -h for help)

Other Notices

If built failed with WIN64 

- If installed VS 2010 in previous and then remove it, its registry is still in 64bit. First you uninstall vs2010 and then go to regedit and go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft Deletei VisualStudio key, then go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft find and delete VisualStudio key, Then installing vs2012 or vs2013 and OK ^^

- If built failed in Android: 

Use command cd to project and run

cocos run -p android -j 4

It's done!

(Here is Tutorial video, remember add the variable CLASSPATH )

(Edited on 20.12.2014)

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