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This document provides a comprehensive guide on creating a simple Android app that displays 'Hello' and the user's name using Android Studio. It details the steps to set up an Android Virtual Device (AVD), the structure of the main activity and manifest files, and the layout and strings files necessary for the app. Additionally, it explains how to run the application on an emulator or a physical device, culminating in the successful display of the app's output.

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helloworld_android studio mtech1st sem

This document provides a comprehensive guide on creating a simple Android app that displays 'Hello' and the user's name using Android Studio. It details the steps to set up an Android Virtual Device (AVD), the structure of the main activity and manifest files, and the layout and strings files necessary for the app. Additionally, it explains how to run the application on an emulator or a physical device, culminating in the successful display of the app's output.

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THEORY:

To create an Android app that shows "hello" and the user's name and run it in an
emulator, you can use Android Studio to:

Create a virtual device (AVD)


Select the AVD to run the app on
Run the app

Here are the steps to create an AVD:


Open Android Studio
Select Tools > Android > AVD Manager
Click +Create Virtual Device
Choose a device
Select the Recommended tab
Choose a version of the Android system
Click Nextv
To run the app on the AVD:
Select the AVD from the target device menu in the toolbar
Click Run
The emulator might take a while to launch the first time, but subsequent launches
should be faster. You can also run the app on a physical device by connecting it to
your computer with a USB cable.
You can also use other Android emulators, such as: LDPlayer, Nox Player, and
Genymotion.

PROGRAM:

The Main Activity File


The main activity code is a Java file MainActivity.java. This is the actual
application file which ultimately gets converted to a Dalvik executable and runs
your application. Following is the default code generated by the application wizard
for Hello World! application −

package com.example.helloworld;

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {


@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
}
Here, R.layout.activity_main refers to the activity_main.xml file located in the
res/layout folder. The onCreate() method is one of many methods that are figured
when an activity is loaded.

The Manifest File


Whatever component you develop as a part of your application, you must declare all
its components in a manifest.xml which resides at the root of the application
project directory. This file works as an interface between Android OS and your
application, so if you do not declare your component in this file, then it will not
be considered by the OS. For example, a default manifest file will look like as
following file −

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>


<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.tutorialspoint7.myapplication">

<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

<activity android:name=".MainActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
Here <application>...</application> tags enclosed the components related to the
application. Attribute android:icon will point to the application icon available
under res/drawable-hdpi. The application uses the image named ic_launcher.png
located in the drawable folders

The <activity> tag is used to specify an activity and android:name attribute


specifies the fully qualified class name of the Activity subclass and the
android:label attributes specifies a string to use as the label for the activity.
You can specify multiple activities using <activity> tags.

The action for the intent filter is named android.intent.action.MAIN to indicate


that this activity serves as the entry point for the application. The category for
the intent-filter is named android.intent.category.LAUNCHER to indicate that the
application can be launched from the device's launcher icon.

The @string refers to the strings.xml file explained below. Hence, @string/app_name
refers to the app_name string defined in the strings.xml file, which is
"HelloWorld". Similar way, other strings get populated in the application.

Following is the list of tags which you will use in your manifest file to specify
different Android application components −

<activity>elements for activities

<service> elements for services

<receiver> elements for broadcast receivers

<provider> elements for content providers

The Strings File


The strings.xml file is located in the res/values folder and it contains all the
text that your application uses. For example, the names of buttons, labels, default
text, and similar types of strings go into this file. This file is responsible for
their textual content. For example, a default strings file will look like as
following file −

<resources>
<string name="app_name">HelloWorld</string>
<string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string>
<string name="menu_settings">Settings</string>
<string name="title_activity_main">MainActivity</string>
</resources>
The Layout File
The activity_main.xml is a layout file available in res/layout directory, that is
referenced by your application when building its interface. You will modify this
file very frequently to change the layout of your application. For your "Hello
World!" application, this file will have following content related to default
layout −

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >

<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:padding="@dimen/padding_medium"
android:text="@string/hello_world"
tools:context=".MainActivity" />

</RelativeLayout>
This is an example of simple RelativeLayout which we will study in a separate
chapter. The TextView is an Android control used to build the GUI and it have
various attributes like android:layout_width, android:layout_height etc which are
being used to set its width and height etc.. The @string refers to the strings.xml
file located in the res/values folder. Hence, @string/hello_world refers to the
hello string defined in the strings.xml file, which is "Hello World!".

Running the Application


Let's try to run our Hello World! application we just created. I assume you had
created your AVD while doing environment set-up. To run the app from Android
studio, open one of your project's activity files and click RunEclipse Run Iconicon
from the tool bar. Android studio installs the app on your AVD and starts it and if
everything is fine with your set-up and application, it will display following
Emulator window −

Android Hello World


Congratulations!!! you have developed your first Android Application and now just
keep following rest of the tutorial step by step to become a great Android
Developer. All the very best.

OUTPUT:

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