Android platform is more popular now that 5 years ago when it was just launched with the developer preview version. Now devices with Android framework are activated tons per day. It attracted millions of developers to develop applications for this platform.
It is recommended from official Google Android site, Eclipse IDE (version for Java developer and above) is to be used, though other IDEs can also be used.
The follow lists official links for setting up the development environment
Installing Eclipse
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse/Installation
The latest version as of July 2012 is 4.2 Juno.
Please note that Java SDK needs to be installed first before you install Eclipse,
it is available at Oracle (Sun) Java SDK download site
Installing Android SDK
http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/index.html
On Windows machine, you just need to run the installer.
Adding platform and packages
http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/adding-packages.html
Adding ADT plugin to Eclipse
http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/installing-adt.html
Tools for Android application development
http://developer.android.com/tools/index.html
You may also consider install other tools, plugins, such revision controls,
into Eclipse
Subclipse - http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.8.x
Training guide for newcomers
http://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/index.html
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