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Android Application Development For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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Android Application Development For Dummies, 2nd Edition

by Michael Burton, Donn Felker
October 2012
Intermediate to advanced
408 pages
9h 38m
English
For Dummies
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Creating Launch Configurations

You’re almost at the point where you can run the application. A run configuration specifies the project to run, the activity to start, and the emulator or device to connect to. Whoa! That’s a lot of stuff happening quickly. Not to worry — the ADT can help you by automating many key steps so that you can get up and running quickly.

The Android ADT gives you two options for creating launch configurations:

check.png Run configuration: You need to run your application on a given device. You’ll use run configurations most of the time during your Android development career.

check.png Debug configuration: You’re debugging your application while it’s running on a given device. You can find out how to debug in Chapter 5.

tip.eps When you first run a project as an Android application by choosing Run⇒Run, the ADT automatically creates a run configuration for you. The Android Application option is visible when you choose Run⇒Run. After the run configuration is created, it’s the default run configuration, now used every time you choose Run⇒Run.

If you’re feeling ambitious and decide that you want to create a run configuration manually, follow along here. Don’t worry — following these steps ...

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