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Creating An Android Application

The document outlines the steps to create a new Android application project in Android Studio. It describes launching Android Studio, creating a new project called MyFirstApp, selecting a minimum SDK version, choosing an activity template, and reviewing the initial project files generated. Key files include AndroidManifest.xml, MainActivity.java, and activity_main.xml, which define app properties and contain the UI design and source code for the main activity.

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Creating An Android Application

The document outlines the steps to create a new Android application project in Android Studio. It describes launching Android Studio, creating a new project called MyFirstApp, selecting a minimum SDK version, choosing an activity template, and reviewing the initial project files generated. Key files include AndroidManifest.xml, MainActivity.java, and activity_main.xml, which define app properties and contain the UI design and source code for the main activity.

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Creating an Android application

project using Android Studio


• The first step in the application
development process is to create a
new project within the Android
Studio environment.
• Begin, therefore, by launching
Android Studio so that the
“Welcome to Android Studio”
screen appears.
• Once this window appears,
Android Studio is ready for a new
project to be created. To create the
new project, simply click on the
“Start a new Android Studio
project” button.
• In the New Project Window set
the Application Name field to
MyFirstApp and keep the default
value for the Project Location
field.
• Then click on the button Next to
proceed.
• Keep the default value for the
minimum required SDK : API 16
Android 4.1 and click on Next
button.

• The reason for selecting an older


SDK release is that this ensures
that the finished application will be
able to run on the widest possible
range of Android devices. The
higher the minimum SDK selection,
the more the application will be
restricted to newer Android
devices.
• When creating a new Android
Studio Project a number of
different templates are available as
the starting point for the user
interface of the main activity.
• The most basic template are the
blanck activity and the empty
activity templates.
• The Empty Activiy template creates
a single layout file consisting of a
RelativeLayout manager instance
containing a TextView Object.
• Click on Next button.
• On the final screen keep the
default value for Activity Name
and Layout Name. The Activity
Name field contains the name of
the main activity of the
application.
• The field Layout Name contains
the name of the resources file of
the Activity.
• At this point, Android Studio has created a
minimal example application project. On the
left hand side of the main project window
several files have been generated by Android
Studio. We find :
• Manifests sub-directory which contains
the AndroidManifest.xml file. This file
defines the properties of the application.
• java sub-directory which contains the
source file of the application
• res sub-directory which contains the
resources of the application. The sub-
folder layout contains the file
• activity_main.xml which contains graphical
resources of the application.
• In the next steps of the tutorial we will mainly
work with MainActivity.java
and activity_main.xml files
• By double clicking on activity_main.xml file
you obtain the screen as is illustrated on the
figure.
• At the bottom of the Designer panel are two
tabs labeled Design and Text respectively.
• The content of the file activity_main.xml can
be displayed by clicking on the Text tab. The
design of the user interface can be visualized
by clicking on the Design tab.

• We can make some changes to the user


interface by modifying the activity_main.xml
file or by using the UI Designer tool.

• The user interface design for our activity is


stored in a file named activity_main.xml and
the source code of our activity is stored In the
file MainActivity.java
• By double clicking on
AndroidManifest.xml file you
obtain the screen as is
illustrated on the figure.

• The AndroidManifest.xml file


contains the properties of the
application. For example if the
application is attempting to
access a file over internet, the
appropriate permission to
request internet access have to
be added in this file.

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