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Joshua Cano edited this page Feb 6, 2015 · 42 revisions

Android Studio

The official IDE for Android Application development is based on IntelliJ IDEA. Additional features found in this IDE include (not limited to):

  • Gradle-based build system
  • Code Templates
  • Layout Editor that supports drag and drop theme editing
  • Pro Guard (app-signing capabilities)

Download Information

  1. Make sure your computer has the latest Java SE (JDK) installed.

  2. For Windows 8 users go to Control Panel -> System -> Advanced system settings -> Environment Variables and add JAVA_HOME as a new system variable that points to your JDK folder.

  3. Download Android Studio and install any additional packages from the SDK manager that you need.

Android Studio Tour

![Image] (http://developer.android.com/images/tools/studio-helloworld-design.png)

Structure of a Basic App

Activities (Screens)
  • AndroidManifest.xml
    • Contains all created activities. Searches for the property called LAUNCHER, which tells android studio where the starting point of your app is.
  • Intelligence behind Interface (Java)
    • Each Activity has an onCreate method which initializes your activity with the associated xml layout described in setContentView(int);
  • User Interface/Layout-Design (XML)
    • Contains all your buttons, ImageViews, TextViews, Widgets, etc... that you want to integrate into your design.
Testing
  • Can utilize a virtual device from the AVD manager
  • Actual Device

Helpful Tips

  1. Under Help->Default Keymap References, you can find all available keyboard shortcuts.
  2. To display line numbers, right click on left hand side of your code and select show line numbers

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