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Android Studio Essentials

By : Belén Cruz Zapata
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Android Studio Essentials

By: Belén Cruz Zapata

Overview of this book

<p>Android Studio is an IDE that is based on the JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA. It gives developers a unique platform to develop and debug Android apps using various developer tools. It has a wide array of features such as live layout facility, Gradle build support, and template-based wizards, which makes it a preferred choice for developers.</p> <p>Starting off with the basic installation and configuration of Android Studio, this book aids you in building a new project by helping you to create a custom launcher icon and guiding you to choose your activity. You then gain an insight on the additional tools provided in Android Studio, namely the Software Development Kit (SDK) Manager, Android Virtual Device (AVD) Manager, and Javadoc.</p> <p>Finally, it helps you to familiarize yourself with the Help section in Android Studio that enables you to search for the help you might require in different scenarios.</p>
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Android Studio Essentials
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 2. Starting a Project

Now that you have installed Android Studio, the next thing to do is to get familiar with its features. You need to understand the necessary fields and form factors when creating a project. Also, you may need to choose the activity type to create the main activity. How can you achieve this using Android Studio?

In this chapter, we will discuss how to create a new project with the basic content that is needed to start out. We will use the Android Studio wizard to create the project and go through the project configuration fields. We will select one of the different kinds of activities available in the wizard as our main activity.

These are the topics we'll be covering in this chapter:

  • Creating a new project

  • Selecting the parameters

  • Choosing your main activity from different types of activities