1 Your First Android Application
This first chapter is full of new concepts and moving parts required to build an Android application. It is OK if you do not understand everything by the end of this chapter. You will be revisiting these ideas again and in greater detail as you proceed through the book.
The application you are going to create is called GeoQuiz. GeoQuiz tests the user’s knowledge of geography. The user presses True or False to answer the question on screen, and GeoQuiz provides instant feedback.
Figure 1.1 shows the result of a user pressing the False button:
Figure 1.1 (It’s Istanbul, not Constantinople)
App Basics
Your GeoQuiz application will consist of an activity and a layout:
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