Android Development 101: 'Hello World' in Four Minutes Flat | Linux Today

Android Development 101: ‘Hello World’ in Four Minutes Flat

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 1, 2011

“Start learning how to develop for the Android platform with the
Android Development 101 video series. In this first episode, Chris
L. Bennett demonstrates how to create a traditional Hello World
application. In just over four minutes, he:

1. Shows the process of creating a new Android project;
2. Provides a brief view of the project folder structure;
3. Covers the main layout in the project, including modifications
needed for the Hello World demonstration;
4. Jumps into the source code and starts modifying it to capture
button events and change text in the layout; and
5. Demonstrates the code in the emulator, which simply allows the
user to click a button and show the text change.

“By the time the video ends, you will have created your first
Android ‘Hello World’ application.

“Watch the full four-minute video at Internet.com/video:”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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