Although the official Android SDK caters for most needs of Android developers, it seems that the Android community is willing to improve the existing tools to suit their taste. A prime example of this is the m2eclipse Android integration and the addition of Android artifacts to the Maven Central repository (see Jason van Zyl’s post at the Sonatype blog for more information).
Looks like it’s easier than ever to get started with Android development in Eclipse, I will have to try that for myself this weekend…