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        Activities</a> for more information.</p>

    </div>

  </div>

  <li>Under <strong>Add an activity to your project</strong>, select <strong>Blank Activity</strong>

    and click <strong>Next</strong>.</li>

  <li>Under <strong>Describe the new activity for your project</strong>, leave the fields as they

    are and click <strong>Finish</strong>.</li>

  <li>Under <strong>Add an activity to &lt;<em>template</em>&gt;</strong>, select <strong>Blank

    Activity</strong> and click <strong>Next</strong>.</li>

  <li>Under <strong>Choose options for your new file</strong>, change the

    <strong>Activity Name</strong> to <em>MyActivity</em>. The <strong>Layout Name</strong> changes

    to <em>activity_my</em>, and the <strong>Title</strong> to <em>MyActivity</em>. The

    <strong>Menu Resource Name</strong> is <em>menu_my</em>. 

   <li>Click the <strong>Finish</strong> button to create the project.</li>

</ol>

<p>Your Android project is now a basic "Hello World" app that contains some default files. Take a

    select the file you see the class definition for the activity you created. When you build and

    run the app, the {@link android.app.Activity} class starts the activity and loads the layout file

    that says "Hello World!"</dd>

  <dt><code>app/src/res/AndroidManifest.xml</code></dt>

  <dt><code>app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml</code></dt>

  <dd>The <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/manifest-intro.html">manifest file</a> describes

    the fundamental characteristics of the app and defines each of its components. You'll revisit

    this file as you follow these lessons and add more components to your app.</dd>

<p>Note also the <code>/res</code> subdirectories that contain the

<a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/resources/overview.html">resources</a> for your application:</p>

<dl>

  <dt><code>drawable-hdpi/</code></dt>

    <dd>Directory for drawable objects (such as bitmaps) that are designed for high-density

    (hdpi) screens. Other drawable directories contain assets designed for other screen densities.

  <dt><code>drawable<em>&lt;density&gt;</em>/</code></dt>

    <dd>Directories for drawable objects (such as bitmaps) that are designed for various densities,

    such as medium-density (mdpi) and high-density (hdpi) screens. Other drawable directories

    contain assets designed for other screen densities.

    Here you'll find the ic_launcher.png that appears when you run the default app.</dd>

  <dt><code>layout/</code></dt>

    <dd>Directory for files that define your app's user interface like activity_my.xml,

      discussed above, which describes a basic layout for the MyActivity class.</dd>

  <dt><code>menu/</code></dt>

    <dd>Directory for files that define your app's menu items.</dd>

  <dt><code>values/</code></dt>

    <dd>Directory for other XML files that contain a collection of resources, such as

      string and color definitions. The strings.xml file defines the "Hello world!" string that

using the SDK tools from a command line:</p>

<ol>

  <li>Change directories into the Android SDK’s <code>tools/</code> path.</li>

  <li>Change directories into the Android SDK’s <code>sdk/</code> path.</li>

  <li>Execute:

<pre class="no-pretty-print">android list targets</pre>

<pre class="no-pretty-print">tools/android list targets</pre>

<p>This prints a list of the available Android platforms that you’ve downloaded for your SDK. Find

the platform against which you want to compile your app. Make a note of the target ID. We

recommend that you select the highest version possible. You can still build your app to

<h3>Run the app from a command line</h3>

<ol>

  <li>Change directories to the root of your Android project and execute:

<pre class="no-pretty-print">ant debug</pre></li>

  <li>Make sure the Android SDK <code>platform-tools/</code> directory is included in your

<p>Open a command-line and navigate to the root of your project directory.

  Use Gradle to build your project in debug mode, invoke the <code>assembleDebug</code> build task

  using the Gradle wrapper script (<code>gradlew assembleRelease</code>).

  <p>This creates your debug <code>.apk</code> file inside the module <code>build/</code>

  directory, named <code>MyFirstApp-debug.apk</code>.  </p>

  <p>On Windows platforms, type this command:</p>

<pre>

> gradlew.bat assembleDebug

</pre>

<p>On Mac OS and Linux platforms, type these commands:</p>

<pre>

$ chmod +x gradlew

$ ./gradlew assembleDebug

</pre>

  <p>After you build the project, the output APK for the app module is located in

  <code>app/build/outputs/apk/</code>

  <p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> The first command (<code>chmod</code>) adds the execution

  permission to the Gradle wrapper script and is only necessary the first time you build this

  project from the command line.</p>

  <p>Make sure the Android SDK <code>platform-tools/</code> directory is included in your

  <code>PATH</code> environment variable, then execute:

<pre class="no-pretty-print">adb install bin/MyFirstApp-debug.apk</pre></li>

  <li>On your device, locate <em>MyFirstApp</em> and open it.</li>

</ol>

  <pre class="no-pretty-print">adb install app/build/outputs/MyFirstApp-debug.apk</pre><p>

  <p>On your device, locate <em>MyFirstApp</em> and open it.</p>

<p>That's how you build and run your Android app on a device!

  To start developing, continue to the <a href="building-ui.html">next

      <li>In Android Studio, select <strong>Tools &gt; Android &gt; AVD Manager</strong>, or click

  the AVD Manager icon <img src="{@docRoot}images/tools/avd-manager-studio.png" style="vertical-align:bottom;margin:0;height:19px"> in the toolbar.</li>

      <li>Or, from the command line, change directories to

      <code>&lt;sdk>/tools/</code> and execute:

        <pre class="no-pretty-print">android avd</pre>

      <code>sdk/</code> and execute:

        <pre class="no-pretty-print">tools/android avd</pre>

        <p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> The AVD Manager that appears

        when launched from the command line is different from the version in

        Android Studio, so the following instructions may not apply.</p>

        Android Studio, so the following instructions may not all apply.</p>

        </li>

    </ul>

  </li>

  <li>On the AVD Manager main screen (figure 1), click <strong>Create Virtual Device</strong>.</li>

  <li>In the Select Hardware window, select a device configuration, such as Nexus 6,

  then click <strong>Next</strong>.

  </li>

<h3>Run the app from Android Studio</h3>

<ol>

  <li>In <strong>Android Studio</strong>, select your project and click <strong>Run</strong>

    <img src="{@docRoot}images/tools/as-run.png" style="vertical-align:baseline;margin:0; max-height:1em" />

    from the toolbar.</li>

    <img src="{@docRoot}images/tools/as-run.png" style="vertical-align:baseline;margin:0; max-height:1em" /> from the toolbar.</li>

  <li>In the <strong>Choose Device</strong> window, click the <strong>Launch emulator</strong> radio

    button.</li>

  <li>From the <strong>Android virtual device</strong> pull-down menu, select the emulator

    you created, and click <strong>OK</strong>.</li>

</ol>

<p>It can take a few minutes for the emulator to load itself. You may have to unlock the screen.

  When you do, My First App appears on the emulator screen.</p>

When you do, <em>My First App</em> appears on the emulator screen.</p>

<h3>Run your app from the command line</h3>

 <ol>

  <li>Change directories to the root of your Android project and execute:

    <pre class="no-pretty-print">ant debug</pre></li>

  <li>Build the project from the command line. The output APK for the app module is located in

  <code>app/build/outputs/apk/</code>.</li>

  <li>Make sure the Android SDK <code>platform-tools/</code> directory is included in your

    <code>PATH</code> environment variable, then execute:

    <pre class="no-pretty-print">adb install bin/MyFirstApp-debug.apk</pre></li>

  <code>PATH</code> environment variable.</li>

  <li>Execute this command:

   <p>

   <pre class="no-pretty-print">adb install app/build/outputs/MyFirstApp-debug.apk</pre>

   </p> 

  </li>

  <li>On the emulator, locate <em>MyFirstApp</em> and open it.</li>

 </ol>

  lesson</a>.</p>