3. Writing Your First Android Application

You should now have a workable Android development environment set up on your computer. Hopefully, you also have an Android device as well. Now it’s time for you to start writing some Android code. In this chapter, you learn how to add and create Android projects in Eclipse and verify that your Android development environment is set up correctly. You also write and debug your first Android application in the software emulator and on an Android device.

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