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ThistutorialwillteachyouthebasicsofhowtobuildanAndroidappusingthe
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AndroidStudiodevelopmentenvironment.AsAndroiddevicesbecome
increasinglymorecommon,demandfornewappswillonlyincrease.Android
Studioisaneasytouse(andfree)developmentenvironmenttolearnon.It's
bestifonehasaworkingknowledgeoftheJavaprogramminglanguageforthis (/id/HowToCreate
tutorialbecauseitisthelanguageusedbyAndroid.Therewon'tbemuchcode
usedinthistutorial,soIwillassumethatyouknowenoughJavatounderstand
orarewillingtolookupwhatyoudon'tknow.Thiswilltakeroughly3060 AnAndroidAppWithAndroidStudio/)
minutes,dependingonhowquicklyyouareabletodownloadandinstallAndroid
Studio.AfterusingthistutorialtocreateyourfirstAndroidapp,you'llbewellon
yourwaytoafunnewhobbyorpossiblyevenapromisingcareerinmobile Related
development.
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1.Gotohttp://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
(http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html)todownloadAndroidStudio.
2.UsetheinstallertoinstallAndroidStudiofollowingitsinstructions.

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Step2:OpenaNewProject
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1.OpenAndroidStudio.
2.Underthe"QuickStart"menu,select"StartanewAndroidStudioproject."
3.Onthe"CreateNewProject"windowthatopens,nameyourproject
"HelloWorld".
4.Ifyouchooseto,setthecompanynameasdesired*.
5.Notewheretheprojectfilelocationisandchangeitifdesired.
6.Click"Next."
7.Makesureonthat"PhoneandTablet"istheonlyboxthatischecked.
8.Ifyouareplanningtotesttheapponyourphone,makesuretheminimum
SDKisbelowyourphone'soperatingsystemlevel.
9.Click"Next."
10.Select"BlankActivity."
11.Click"Next."
12.LeavealloftheActivitynamefieldsastheyare.
13.Click"Finish."
*Note:ItistypicalnamingconventioninAndroidprojectstosetthecompany
nameassomeformof"example.name.here.com".

Step3:EdittheWelcomeMessageintheMainActivity
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1.Navigatetotheactivity_main.xmltabifitisnotalreadyopen.
2.MakesurethattheDesigntabisopenontheactivity_main.xmldisplay.
3.Clickanddragthe"Hello,world!"fromtheupperleftcornerofthephone
displaytothecenterofthescreen.
4.Intheprojectfilesystemontheleftsideofthewindow,openthevalues
folder.
5.Inthevaluesfolder,doubleclickthestrings.xmlfile.
6.Inthisfile,findtheline"Helloworld!".
7.Afterthe"Helloworld!"message,add"Welcometomyapp!"
8.Navigatebacktotheactivity_main.xmltab.
9.Makesurethatyourcenteredtextnowreads"Helloworld!Welcometomy
app!"

Step4:AddaButtontotheMainActivity
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1.NavigatetotheDesigntaboftheactivity_main.xmldisplay.
2.InthePalettemenutotheleftofthephonedisplay,findButton(underthe
headingWidgets).
3.ClickanddragButtontobecenteredunderneathyourwelcomemessage.
4.Makesureyourbuttonisstillselected.
5.InthePropertiesmenu(ontherightsideofthewindow),scrolldowntofind
thefieldfor"text."
6.Changethetextfrom"NewButton"to"NextPage."

Step5:CreateaSecondActivity
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1.Atthetopoftheproject'sfilesystemtree,rightclickon"app."
2.NavigatethroughtoNew>Activity>BlankActivity.
3.Changethenameofthisactivityto"SecondActivity".
4.Click"Finish."
5.MakesureyouareintheDesignviewofactivity_second.xml.
6.Dragthetextboxintheupperleftofthephonedisplaydowntothecenteras
youdidontheMainActivity.
7.Withthetextboxstillselected,findthe"id"fieldinthePropertiesmenuon
theright,andsetitto"text2".
8.Openstrings.xmlagain.
9.Addanewlineunder"Helloworld!Welcometomyapp!"thatreads
"Welcometothesecondpage!".
10.Navigatebacktoactivity_second.xml.
11.Selectthetextboxagain.
12.InthePropertiespane,setthe"text"fieldto"@string/second_page".
13.Makesurethatthetextboxnowreads"Welcometothesecondpage!"andis
inthecenterofthescreeninthephonedisplay.

Step6:WritetheButton's"onClick"Method

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1.SelecttheMainActivity.javatabalongthetopoftheworkenvironment.
 2.AddthefollowinglinesofcodeattheendoftheonCreatemethod:

Buttonbutton=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button)
button.setOnClickListener(newView.onClickListener(){
@Override
publicvoidonClick(Viewv){
goToSecondActivity()
}
})
3.AddthefollowingmethodtothebottomoftheMainActivityclass:
privatevoidgoToSecondActivity(){
Intentintent=newIntent(this,SecondActivity.class)
startActivity(intent)
}

4.Clickthe+nexttoimportatthethirdlineofMainActivity.javatoexpandthe
importstatements.
5.Addthefollowingtotheendoftheimportstatementsiftheyarenotalready
there:
importandroid.content.Intent
importandroid.view.View
importandroid.widget.TextView

Step7:TesttheApplication

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1.ClickthegreenplaysymbolfromthetoolbaratthetopoftheAndroidStudio
window.
 2.Whenthe"ChooseDevice"dialogapperas(thismaytakeafewmoments),
selectthe"Lauchemulator"option.
3.ClickOK.
4.Whentheemulatoropens(thistoocouldtakeawhile),theappwill
automaticallylaunchtheappuponthevirtualphonebeingunlocked.
5.Makesurethatallofyourtextdisplayscorrectlyandthatthebuttontakes
youtothenextpage.

Step8:Up,Up,andAway!

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Congrats!You'venowcompletedyourfirstAndroidapplicationwithsomebasic
functionality.Yourfinishedappshouldhaveapagegreetingtheuseranda
buttonthattakestheusertoasecondpage.
Fromhereyouhavethecursoryknowledgeyouneedtogoontolearnallthere
istoknowaboutAndroidapplicationdevelopment.
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pravalive(/member/pravalive) 23daysago Reply

withoutthecompanydetails.can'twecreatetheapp??

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tricksandhacks987(/member/tricksandhacks987) 2monthsago Reply

CreateanAndroidAppWithAndroidStudio
http://www.tricksandhacks.com/createandroidappw...
(http://www.tricksandhacks.com/createandroidappwithappstudio/)

buki1959(/member/buki1959) 2monthsago Reply

wheniruntheappiamgettingstringtypesnotallowed(at'id'withvalue
'@+id/')errorhelpmefixit

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AmeyaK(/member/AmeyaK) 2monthsago Reply

veryhelpfulforbeginner...!!Thanks

moontechnolabs(/member/moontechnolabs) 2monthsago Reply

ThankyouforposthelpfultutorialforNewcomersuserforAndroiddevelopment
andlearninguser.

AbdulRazzaqB(/member/AbdulRazzaqB) 2monthsago Reply

Error:Failedtofindtargetwithhashstring'android24'in:C:\Android\sdk1

<ahref="install.android.platform">Installmissingplatform(s)andsync
project</a>

howtoresolve

TricksH28(/member/TricksH28) 3monthsago Reply

HowToCreateAnAndroidAppWithAndroidStudio

http://www.tricksandhacks.com/createandroidappw...
(http://www.tricksandhacks.com/createandroidappwithappstudio/)

AshwinA18(/member/AshwinA18) 3monthsago Reply

ithinkyouhavetoupdateyourinstructions,asthelatestversionshavehalfthe
stuffchangedbutotherthanthat,thiswasbrilliant

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 AclearguidetodevelopourownAndroidApp 3monthsago Reply

(http://www.credosystemz.com/traininginchennai/best
androidtraininginchennai/)withAndroidStudio.

PavithraM4(/member/PavithraM4) 3monthsago Reply

Thnaksforyourinformativearticle.itsveryuseful.<a
href="http://www.bestandroidtrainingchennai.in/(http://www.google.com/url?
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SeanG103(/member/SeanG103) 3monthsago Reply

HiGuys,

Icantseethisbitunderstrings:

Addanewlineunder"Helloworld!Welcometomyapp!"thatreads"Welcome
tothesecondpage!".
Seebelow:

Whatamidoingwrong?

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SUMANTK(/member/SUMANTK) 3monthsago Reply

Itisverygoodwayforappdevelopment

3monthsago Reply
tejaswiTeju(/member/tejaswiTeju)madeit!

Unabletodowmloadthefoolowing.Helpmeout

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jasim12(/member/jasim12) 4monthsago Reply

Ialreadyandroidstudioinstalled

jasim12(/member/jasim12) 4monthsago Reply

idont'tknowhowtodevolepapppleaseteachme

Mandy_K(/member/Mandy_K) 4monthsago Reply

MyProjectinRunningEvenAndroidVirtualDeviceispopupbutmyhelloworld
screenisnotshown.....itisshowingjustdefault"android"overthescreen...
pleasehelpmeputhowicanrunmyownprojectscreen...Thanksinadvance

TricksH25(/member/TricksH25) 4monthsago Reply

HowToCreateAnAndroidAppWithAndroidStudio

http://www.tricksandhacks.com/setupeclipseforan...
(http://www.tricksandhacks.com/setupeclipseforandroidappdevelopment/)

ChayH1(/member/ChayH1) 5monthsago Reply

OK,soundacoolwhenIreadaboutstep4:clickanddragbuttons?

ChayH1(/member/ChayH1) 5monthsago Reply

1,674MBfordownloadingtheAndroidStudio...

shahdhruvi(/member/shahdhruvi) 5monthsago Reply

Iamnotabletoseemyappinandroidemulator

VideozS(/member/VideozS) 5monthsago Reply

myemulatordoesn'topen...andafteropenanerrorisVTxandBIOS.blah!
blah!blah!pleasetellmesolutiontoopenmyemulator.

vishalv52(/member/vishalv52) . VideozS(/member/VideozS) Reply

5monthsago
Hey!.

OnWindows,gotoBIOS>advancedsettings>

Thereshouldbeanoptiontoenablevirtualization

Saveandrestartyoursystem

HarshulS(/member/HarshulS) 11monthsago Reply

ididnotunderstandhowtoopenthestrings.xmlpage

MichaelC628(/member/MichaelC628) . HarshulS(/member/HarshulS) Reply

11monthsago
HarshulSthestrings.xmlpagecanbefoundinthefollowing
area:

"project_name"\app\src\main\res\values\strings.xml

Toopenit,justdoubleclickitintheleftpaneofAndroidStudio.

Hopethishelps.

OjoeMDC(/member/OjoeMDC) . MichaelC628(/member/MichaelC628) Reply

10monthsago
Openingthatdoesnotchangecenteredtextforme

Ionlyhadonelineofcodeinthere(otherthan<resources></resources>
anditwas<stringname="app_name">HelloWorld!</string>

DoIhavetoaddtheothers?BecauseItriedthatanditstilldidn'tchange
thecenteredtext.
 BinditaJ(/member/BinditaJ) . OjoeMDC(/member/OjoeMDC) Reply

6monthsago
youneedtochangethetextpropertyofthistextboxto
@string/hello_world.Intheproperties,youmightsee2"text"s.Change
theonethathasasmallspannerlikeicon.

stackpop(/member/stackpop) . OjoeMDC(/member/OjoeMDC) Reply

6monthsago
Iamalsoexperiencingthisproblem.IthinkthatAndroid
StudioProjectshasbeenupdatedsincethistutorialwasmade.An
excellenttutorial,justcan'tfollowitexactalystepbystepanymore.

OjoeMDC(/member/OjoeMDC) . stackpop(/member/stackpop) Reply

6monthsago
Yep,imgladtoknowimnottheonlyonewiththisproblem.

MichaelC628(/member/MichaelC628) . stackpop(/member/stackpop) Reply

6monthsago
ThatistrueweareuptoAPI25nowandthisthiswas
writtenwhen21wasthelatestAPI.TruthbetoldtheONLYtimeIbother
withstrings.xml(whichstillisinthesamestructureImentionedabove)is
forthingslikeappnameorstaticmenubartitles.Studiowillcomplain
whenyoubuildtheprojectandsuggestthatyouusethestrings.xmlfile
butwhenyoustartgettingintothreadedappsanddynamiclabelsthe
stringsfileloosesitsusefullnes.

dlcomm(/member/dlcomm) 6monthsago Reply

NotsurewhatversionofAndriodstudioyouareusingbutIhave2.2.2forlinux
installedandhadtoprettymuchusemyownprogrammingskillstomakeanyof
thiswork.:(

MuhammadM197(/member/MuhammadM197) 6monthsago Reply

Iamjustgettingtoknowhowtoprogram,Ineedasamplebuttoncodethat
openinputtedURLonadefaultbrowserandalsoacodethatdisplaywritten
textinanewwindow

TricksH17(/member/TricksH17) 6monthsago Reply

HowToCreateAnAndroidAppWithAndroidStudio

http://www.tricksandhacks.com/createandroidappw...
(http://www.tricksandhacks.com/createandroidappwithappstudio/)

teiladnam(/member/teiladnam) 8monthsago Reply

Ithinkthisisoutofdate.IntheversionofAndroidStudioIdownloadedand
installedtoday,there'sno"BlankActivity"option.Also,thestrings.xmlfileisnot
readilyavailableIhadtolookatanothercommenttoseewhereitwas.Plusthe
"helloworld"stringisn'tinthere.
WhenItrytorunthis,I'mtoldthatandroid.support.design.widgetdoesn'texist...
whichisbewildering,becauseitautomaticallyaddedthatimporttomyJavafile!
Whywoulditdothatifitdoesn'texist?Apparentlythesolutionistoeditthe
Gradlefile,butIdon'tknowwhatthatisanddon'tfeellikefiguringitoutnow.I'm
notsureifthisisrelevanttothetutorialbutIthoughtI'dbringitupjustincase.
 LeviJacobC(/member/LeviJacobC) . teiladnam(/member/teiladnam) Reply

7monthsago
DidyoufindamoreuptodatestepbystepguideasI'm
havingthesameissue.

stackpop(/member/stackpop) . LeviJacobC(/member/LeviJacobC) Reply

6monthsago
Iamhavingasimilarissuefollowingthestepbystepguide,I
thinkthey'veswitchedthingsaroundwiththenewestupdate.Exactsame
issuesasteiladnam(https://www.instructables.com/member/teiladnam)is
describing.

DouglasH1(/member/DouglasH1) 2yearsago Reply

Firsttimetrying,IthinktheonlythingIhadtroublewithwasthefactthatIhadto
capitalisetheOinonClickListener.Otherthanthat,perfectfirsttutorial.

setOnClickListener

onClickListenershouldbeOnClickListener

Fomenkof(/member/Fomenkof) . DouglasH1(/member/DouglasH1) Reply

ayearago
Thankyou,somuch!!!

RohanSharmag(/member/RohanSharmag) . Fomenkof(/member/Fomenkof)
6monthsago Reply
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11monthsago
yupyupYup!,,,metoo.Thistookmeacouplehoursto
identifyuntil
Ireadthiscommentthenitfixedmerightandremovedtheredonthis.
ThanksforbuttoningitupDouglasH1

Overallgreatinstructable.Ilearned!

sharadkapil(/member/sharadkapil) 7monthsago Reply

Thanksforthisarticle,

Ihavefollowedallsteps...

oncompilationIgetfollowingerrors...

error:cannotfindsymbolclassonClickListner.
pleasehelp

Thanks

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6monthsago Reply
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Hithere,iamtryingtodoasimplepictureappbutikeepgettingtangleup.
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