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Hello World

The document discusses creating a simple "Hello World" Android application. It covers setting up the Android development environment, creating an Android project with an activity class, defining UI layouts with XML, setting strings and references, and introducing and fixing bugs. The goal is to create an app that displays "Hello World" when run on a device or emulator.

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Hello World

The document discusses creating a simple "Hello World" Android application. It covers setting up the Android development environment, creating an Android project with an activity class, defining UI layouts with XML, setting strings and references, and introducing and fixing bugs. The goal is to create an app that displays "Hello World" when run on a device or emulator.

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Android Introduction

Hello World

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Goal
 Create a very simple
application
 Run it on a real
device
 Run it on the
emulator
 Examine its structure

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Google Tutorial
 We will follow the tutorial at:
http://developer.android.com/resources/tut
orials/hello-world.html
 Start Eclipse (Start -> All Programs ->
Eclipse)
 Create an Android Virtual Device (AVD)
 Create a New Android Project

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Package Content
All source code here Java code for our activity

All non-code Generated Java code


resources Helps link resources to
Java code

Images Layout of the activity

Strings used in the


program

Android Manifest

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Android Manifest
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 package="com.example.helloandroid"
 android:versionCode="1"
 android:versionName="1.0">
 <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
 <activity android:name=".HelloAndroid"
 android:label="@string/app_name">
 <intent-filter>
 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
 <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
 </intent-filter>
 </activity>

 </application>

 </manifest>

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Activity
 An Android activity
is focused on a
single thing a user
can do.
 Most applications
have multiple
activities

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Activities start each other

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Revised HelloAndroid.java
package com.example.helloandroid; Inherit
from the
import android.app.Activity; Activity
import android.os.Bundle; Class
import android.widget.TextView;

public class HelloAndroid extends Activity {


   /** Called when the activity is first created. */
   @Override
   public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
       TextView tv = new TextView(this);
       tv.setText("Hello, Android – by hand");
       setContentView(tv);
   }
} Set the view “by
hand” – from the
program
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Run it!

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/res/layout/main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/hello"
/>
</LinearLayout>
Further redirection to
/res/values/strings.xml

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/res/values/strings.xml

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


<resources>
<string name="hello">Hello World, HelloAndroid – by resources!</string>
<string name="app_name">Hello, Android</string>
</resources>

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HelloAndroid.java
package com.example.helloandroid;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
public class HelloAndroid extends Activity {

/** Called when the activity is first created. */


@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
}
}
Set the layout of the
view as described in
the main.xml layout
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/gen/R.java
package com.example.helloandroid;
public final class R {
    public static final class attr {
  }
    public static final class drawable {
        public static final int icon=0x7f020000;
  }
    public static final class id {
        public static final int textview=0x7f050000;
  }
    public static final class layout {
        public static final int main=0x7f030000;
  }
    public static final class string {
        public static final int app_name=0x7f040001;
        public static final int hello=0x7f040000;
  }
}

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Run it!

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Introduce a bug
package com.example.helloandroid;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class HelloAndroid extends Activity {


    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        Object o = null;
        o.toString();
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
  }
}

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Run it!

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