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Create our first android project using android studio

In this article, we will create our first android project using android studio.

Create your first project

To create your first project

1. Open android studio.

2. Click on ‘Start a new Android Studio project’ link.

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3. Next window allows you to select the templates. I am selecting an ‘Empty Activity’ template and click on ‘Next’.

Picture showing the list of project templates in android studio

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4. In the next window, you can set the project name, path and the language you are using for programming. Click on ‘Finish’.

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Your first application project is created

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UI XML layout file

For each user interface an XML file is generated. You can find the file in following path – res\layout\activity_name.xml.

For example, the XML file for MainActivity is activity_main.xml (as mentioned in setContentView function).

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Once you open, this file you will see the following code

Picture showing the code of the UI xml file in android studio

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Run the application

You can run application by three ways

1. Using the Run 'app' option in Run menu

Picture showing the Run App option for running the android application

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2. Pressing SHIFT + F10 button

3. Click on Run icon

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APK file

Once you build your project, an APK file gets generated. APK is basically a package file that contains the code, resources, assets and manifest file. You can click on this file to install application on your mobile.

Once the build is completed successfully. You can find the APK generated on the following path – Application_name\app\build\outputs\apk

In case, your apk is corrupted, you can build it again using the following path – Build →Build Bundle (s)/APK(s) → Build APK(s)

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Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Tuesday, August 27, 2019

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