Chapter 3

Your First Android Project

In This Chapter

arrow Creating a new, blank project in Eclipse

arrow Understanding errors

arrow Creating an emulator

arrow Setting up and copying launch configurations

arrow Running your first app

arrow Studying the anatomy of a project

arrow Closing the project

Before you start creating that next blockbuster Android application, we walk you through creating your first Android application to help solidify a few key aspects in the Android project-creation process. In this chapter, you create a simple “Hello Android” application that requires no coding whatsoever. What — no coding? How is that possible? Follow along as we show you.

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