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T. HagosLearn Android Studio 4https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5937-5_3

3. Project Basics

Ted Hagos1 
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Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines
 
What the chapter covers:
  • Create a simple project in Android Studio

  • Create an emulator (an AVD or Android Virtual Device)

  • Run a test project in the emulator

You can build many things in Android Studio, a business app, an ebook, a casual game (even triple AAA titles, why not?), and so on, but before you can do all that, you need to know the basics of creating, building, and testing an app in Android Studio. This chapter is all about that.

Create a Project

Launch Android Studio. Click “Start a new Android Studio Project,” as shown in Figure 3-1. You have to be online when you do this because ...

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