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Different Folders In Android Studio

In this article, we will discuss about different folders in android studio when a new project is created.

Android View

Before we discuss about the different folders, let me change my view to ‘Android view’

There are 2 folders on the top level

App folder – This folder contains the application files.
Gradle Scripts – Android studio has a build system called gradle build system. This system builds your code and creates an apk file.

App folder contains following folders.

Manifests folder – This folder contains the manifest file.
Java folder -This folder contains all your source code files.
Generated Java folder – This folder contains all the compiled code. If you delete this folder, this folder will be generated again in the next build.
Res folder – This folder contains all the resource files like images, animations, videos, layout files etc.

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