Sorry, I should've clarified my question a bit more. I've only just started Android development, and I had taken a look at the information on Android's main development page.
I guess what I was looking for were tools for doing automated builds/test/deployments. are there any good solutions out there for providing those services?
I'm aware of the SDK and the emulator, what i'm really looking for is a way to automate doing a build, running my tests on the emulator, and maybe even deploying to the marketplace.
you can automatic build + run on emulator wit hthe f11 on your keyboard, publisch apps @ the marketplace is only available for people who created a account for it and paid 25 dollars