The Art of Doing: A Beginners Look at Android Studio

The Art of Doing: A Beginner Look at Android Studio

Begin your Android development journey today!

What you’ll learn

The Art of Doing: A Beginner Look at Android Studio

How to install Android Studio on your computer.
How to create virtual emulators to test your android applications.
How to use physical devices to test your android applications.
An overview of the file structure of an Android Studio Project including the files created such as the manifest, main activity, and layout.
How to change your application’s name, launcher icon, and color theme, add or remove views, and work with different layouts.
How to use the log system to explore the various lifecycle methods of the main activity.

Requirements

A computer capable of running Android Studio (please see system requirements).
A computer capable of running the Android Emulator (please see system requirements) or a physical android device for testing.

Description

Have you always wanted to make your mobile apps but never knew where to begin? Consider taking this

FREE

course which will start you on your journey to making your Android applications using Android Studio. We will walk through all the steps to get Android Studio up and running on your computer, virtual emulators created for you to test your apps, and even set up physical devices for you to use as well so you can take your apps with you and show them off to friends and family.

The focus of this

FREE

course will then be to explain what Android Studio creates for you when you open up a new project. We will take a look at the files created and explain what each file does and how they work together to get an app to load on your mobile device. In particular, we will explore:

The Manifest
The Main Activity
The Layout
Various Lifecycle Methods of the Main Activity Using Logcat

Try this course out for free to get foundational knowledge, and if you are interested in continuing, you can purchase the full course which is previewed in our last video. Thank you for considering taking the course and all the best!