I find Eclipse more convenient than Net Beans for android application development. If you can reconsider the option of using Development Tool than I would say Eclipse is a better option.
One of the first things you'll need to learn about Android dev is reading actually reading the logs and googling for the error. Have you tried the solutions provided in different forums when searching for.
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