Learning to develop android apps

I decided that I wanted to learn to develop Android apps. I had hell all day yesterday trying to install the right programs, and all of the SDKs. Now I can't find a simple tutorial. I installed NetBeans, but I haven't found a straightforward tutorial on how to develop android apps using it, let alone attach all of the necessary tools to develop and test an app. The Android Developer's website only has instructions using the Eclipse IDE(I didn't use Eclipse because of how frustrating the installation process was) and the command line. The links I'm posting below are all that I was able to find that related NetBeans to Android. I've asked the question before and these are the same links people kept giving me. All of the links I've found so far all assume that you already know something about Java and/or Android app development. I'm coming in brand new, I've never used NetBeans before(I used Visual C++ for all of my c++ projects), and dont know any Java.

I've gone here to find some Java tutorials
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/

The rest are android tutorials

http://en.androidwiki.com/wiki/Developing_Android_aplications_using_NetBeans

http://kenai.com/projects/nbandroid

http://netbeans.dzone.com/nb-developing-android-apps

I have installed nbandroid as instructed on the netbeans site, but it seems like I was left hung to dry after that. Is there a simple, one stop tutorial web site for me to learn Java and Android development without having to use tutorials from 50 different sites?
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First learn Java. Then learn to use some IDE. Then Android. Not all at once.
And if you find Eclipse installation hard (which installs just by pressing Next), you are not ready yet.
Wait, what part about the eclipse installation is hard? I don't even remember having to install anything to be honest, you just need a working JRE.
I got everything set up. I was expecting an installation wizard for eclipse. didn't know it came ready to go in the zip file. found some java tutorials, so i'm set.
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