7 STEPS TO CREATE YOUR FIRST ANDROID APP

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IF YOU’RE THINKING OF creating Android apps but do not have much know-how, you can follow the steps we listed...

Formulating your app concept through ideation.

Before getting started, you need to have an idea of what you’re going to create. The trick is to make your first app relatively simple and to focus on creating something.

Choosing your IDE and setting it up.

The IDE is your ‘Integrated Development Environment’ - a piece of software that provides everything you need to develop your apps.

The official recommended method and most common way to build Android apps is to use Android Studio and Java as it gives flexibility while ensuring plenty of support if things go wrong.

You can build your own images or borrow from free public resources but be aware of someone's copyright.

Collecting Resources

“There’s nothing wrong with using free materials; most professional apps do it!”

Building the layout

Create your layout in Android Studio using the ‘designer’. This is a tool that lets you simply drag and drop the widgets where you want them on the page.

Writing the code

Once you know the

basics of Java and have

your widgets/views in

place, you may start

writing the code. Just

set up the basics like

operations, variables

and button clicks.As you build your code,

you’ll want to test that it’s

working. Build a ‘debug’

APK and install it on your

device, or use the AVD

(Android Virtual Device)

Manager to run Android

apps on your computer to

test if your apps are

working or not.

Applying more advanced functionality

Add more advanced functionality specific to your app by identifying what you need your app to do and then search Google to find advice on how to get that working.

Publishing your app

Publishing your app means you need to sign your application and create a new APK (the installation file that users will download to use your app). You'll also need to pay a one time $25 registration fee.

"With the ability to look up

your own solutions and use

them, there’s really no

challenge you can’t handle. By the end of day 7, your app should

be able to do all the things that it

needs to do."

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