Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Hello Android - Your first Application


Building your very first "Hello Android" - Application


What is this: This tutorial shows how to create the simplest application possible at all.
What you learn: Create an Android-Project in Eclipse, alter some code and create a Run-Configuration.

What it will look like:



Follow these steps:
1. At first, we have to create a new Project. Right-Click on some free space in your Package-Explorer.
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2. Select "Android Project"
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3. Fill out the form with the Structures you like...
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4. This all is the code for your first Android-Application (don't panic, mostly all of them are resource-files)
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5. Navigate to the "Hello_Android.java" and replace the text with the following:
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6. Open the Run--DropDown in the upper menu and Click "Open Run Dialog..."
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7. Click on browse and select your project (there should be just this one). Done that, click Apply and then Run.
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8. The Emulator is booting...
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9. The "Home"-App is loading...
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10. Congratulations, this is your very first Hello-Android-Application!




The full source




  1. package org.anddev.android.Hello_Android;
  2. import android.app.Activity;
  3. import android.os.Bundle;
  4. import android.widget.TextView;
  5. public class Hello_Android extends Activity {
  6.     /** Called when the activity is first created. */
  7.     @Override
  8.     public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
  9.         super.onCreate(icicle);
  10.         // We want to view some very simple text, so we need a TextView
  11.         TextView tv = new TextView(this);
  12.         // Put some text to the newly created TextVIew
  13.         tv.setText("Hello Android - by: anddev.org n" +
  14.                         "This is soooo simple =D ");
  15.         // Tell our App to display the textView
  16.         this.setContentView(tv);
  17.     }
  18. }

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