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ANDROID STUDIO TUTORIALS FOR BEGINNERS HOW TO
ANDROID STUDIO TUTORIALS FOR BEGINNERS INSTALL
ANDROID STUDIO TUTORIALS FOR BEGINNERS UPDATE
ANDROID STUDIO TUTORIALS FOR BEGINNERS ANDROID

ANDROID STUDIO TUTORIALS FOR BEGINNERS INSTALL

The review screen allows you to have a final look at the install settings.Īfter finishing, the installation begins. Notice that in our example, the setup wizard is going to download only the necessary components, because some are already available on the machine.Įmulator needs to know how much memory it can allocate the rule of thumb is more memory is better than less so we'll pick 4GB, but 2GB or less is also fine. This allows you to run and test your applications without having physical device.

ANDROID STUDIO TUTORIALS FOR BEGINNERS ANDROID

Android Virtual Device - also called an emulator - a piece of software that emulates real hardware with Android installed as the operating system.

Android Platform - the Android operating system in a specific version (23 in the screenshot) that allows you to run applications compiled using the SDK and have access to features introduced in that version.

Android SDK - the base Software Development Kit, meaning custom API libraries that interact with Android devices on the application's behalf.

The following components are essential to your development process: All tutorial screenshots will be created using this theme.ĭownload the SDK, Android platform, and Virtual Device files

In the next step, you should choose the Darcula theme, which is modern and easier on the eyes than the default one. Let's review and change some of the default settings, choosing the Custom Install Type option.

ANDROID STUDIO TUTORIALS FOR BEGINNERS UPDATE

It does what it says, follow the instructions to repair or update your current SDK files. If you had Android SDK already installed on your machine, you should see this information: In case you have a previous version of AS already installed, you can choose to import its settings. Thankfully, new versions of AS guide you through the whole process and default values are sane and useful. If you have a fresh installation of Android Studio, you need to perform a little setup. Nowadays Android Studio comes bundled with everything you need, which is the IDE itself, Android SDK, build tools and emulator system images. Java is needed to run Android Studio and compile Android source code (Open JDK is also fine). Please consult above links for installation instructions specific to your operating system. Android Studio 1.5 or newer (2.0 recommended)Īt the time of writing, Android Studio 2.0 is available in Preview Version, and the current stable version is 1.5.1.Java Development Kit 1.6 or newer (Java SE 8 recommended).Every library version that our project depends on will be provided here - in case of any trouble, please set your dependencies to exact versions as listed in the tutorial, to prevent any breaking changes in newer versions. PrerequisitesĪndroid programming is primarily done in the Java 1.6 programming language - at least intermediate knowledge is necessary to fully understand concepts specific to Android that will be introduced throughout the tutorials.ĭevelopment tools and code libraries are ever-changing, and no tutorial post can stay up-to-date with that. Basic concepts of Android and its development process will not be explained in every following tutorial, so please refer to this post as needed. This will be a starter project for all other tutorials.

ANDROID STUDIO TUTORIALS FOR BEGINNERS HOW TO

This tutorial will teach you how to setup and run an Android project using Android Studio on OS X (Windows and Linux are not much different). Long gone is the Eclipse IDE, replaced by Android Studio, virtual device emulators are getting faster and more feature rich, and lastly, the number of knowledge sources and third-party helper libraries is finally at the point where you can easily pick up Android development basics in few hours of work.

Today, the typical development environment and applications we are able to create are nothing like they used to be. Android programming has undergone many changes over the years, both in tooling we use and features available on the platform.