For now, select the empty activity and continue to the next screen. We will discuss activities in more depth in Chapter 2, Building an Android Application – Tetris. An activity is a single screen with a unique user interface-similar to a window. On the next screen, we are required to select an activity to add to our application. Select API level 15 if not already selected and continue to the next screen: An API level is an integer that uniquely identifies the framework API division offered by a version of the Android platform. This dropdown is used to specify the target API level for the project being created. You will notice an options menu next to each device option. We are building this application to run on smartphones specifically, hence tick the Phone and Tablet checkbox if it’s not already ticked. Here, we are required to specify our target devices. Specify the location in which you want to save this project and tick the checkbox for the inclusion of Kotlin support.Īfter filling in the required parameters, continue to the next screen: If you do not have a company domain name, fill in any valid domain name in the company domain input box – as this is a trivial project, a legitimate domain name is not required. Type in HelloApp as the application name and enter a company domain. You will be taken to a screen where you will specify some details that concern the app you are about to build, such as the name of the application, your company domain, and the location of the project. On the Android Studio landing screen, click Start a new Android Studio project. The HelloApp is an app that displays Hello world! on the screen upon the click of a button. Without further ado, let’s explore how to create a simple Android application with Android Studio. Building your first Android application with Kotlin You may also want to read Benefits of using Kotlin Java for Android programming. You will be taken to the Android Studio landing screen. You will need to wait a few minutes for the required components to download:Ĭlick Finish once the component download has completed. Android Studio will now download the components required for your setup. Click Finish on the Verify Settings screen. Select the Standard setup and continue to the next screen. Continuing to the next setup screen will prompt you to choose which type of Android Studio setup you’d like:
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