Android Application Development For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Creating the Silent Mode Toggle Application

Create the new application by choosing File⇒New Project. Choose Android Project from the list, and then click the Next button. Use Table 4-1 for your project settings.

Table 4-1 Project Settings for Silent Mode Toggle

Setting	Value
Application Name	Silent Mode Toggle
Project name	Silent Mode Toggle
Contents	Leave the default selected (create new project in workspace)
Build target	Android 4.1
Package name	com.dummies.android.silentmodetoggle
Create activity	MainActivity
Min SDK Version	8 (2.2)

Click the Finish button. You should now have the Silent Mode Toggle application in your Package Explorer, as shown in Figure 4-1.

If you receive an error that looks similar to this — “The project cannot be built until build path errors are resolved” — you can resolve it by right-clicking the project and choosing Android Tools⇒Fix Project Properties. This realigns your project with the IDE workspace.

Figure 4-1: The Silent Mode Toggle application in Eclipse.

Notice how you set the build target to 4.1 and the minimum SDK to 2.2 (API level 8). What you have done is told Android that your code can ...