Android Error – Eclipse Doesn’t Show the Android Buttons After Installing the ADT and the SDK

This error (although it isn’t really an error, the buttons just aren’t displayed) shows up after installing Eclipse: you can’t see the buttons for the Android SDK Manager or the Android Virtual Device Manager (also called AVD Manager). In other words, we look for them in Eclipse where they should be, both in the toolbar and in the Window menu, and they don’t appear.

Solution

It’s as simple as going to the "Window" menu in Eclipse and selecting "Customize Perspective…"

In the window that opens, first go to the "Command Groups Availability" tab and select "Android SDK and AVD Manager".

Next, go to the "Tool Bar Visibility" tab, check "Android SDK and AVD Manager" and click "OK" (it’s important to follow the tabs in this order, otherwise Eclipse won’t let you check that last one).

When you close the window, you’ll see that the Android SDK Manager and Android Virtual Device Manager icons have indeed appeared, both in the toolbar and in the Window menu.