Android Hello World

About

Simple sample Android mobile application project

Version

1.0.1

Table of Contents

• Getting Started
  • Install Android Studio
  • Create Android Project
  • Run created project

Getting Started

Instructions to create your first mobile Android project

Install Android Studio

Download Android Studio at https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html and follow instructions to install

Create Android Project

Open Android Studio and choose New Project. Name your application Android Hello World and click Next.

On the Target Android Devices screen, check the option Phone and Tablet and set the Minimum SDK version to API 14: Android 4.0 (IceCreamSandwich) and click Next.

For this example, select Empty Activity and click Next. For other projects, it may make sense to create a project with an activity already set.

Set your Activity Name do MainActivity and the Layout Name to activity_main. Click finish to create the project.

Run created project

To run your project on Android Studio as it was generated, click Run > Run ‘app’, or the play icon on the top bar.

The project ran should look something like: