For developing my app, I will be using the development kit provided by Android. This kit contains two things:
-SDK Manager: Downloads API's, saves pages you will need from developer.android.com in .htm format (all the pages under "Training"), etc.
-Eclipse: The tool used for programming Android and Java apps and other things, very similar to Microsoft's Visual Studio which is used for .NET and C programming
This SDK is completely free, and is available at http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html. Other software could be used for the application development, but using this SDK would make it a lot easier since it is designed for development for Java and Android. You should have this SDK installed, set up, and ready by the time you start your reading/watching/learning so you can follow along with the tutorials. The SDK is also pretty mobile since it doesnt require any registry entries, and it comes in an archived folder, so wherever you bring that folder is where you are able to work on your app (so it's good to put on something like a cloud storage or a USB drive).
ADK - Android Development Kit
SDK - Software Development Kit
ADT - Android Development Tools
All three are basically the same thing.
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