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Android Studio 2 Essentials

You're reading from   Android Studio 2 Essentials A fast-paced guide to get you up and running with Android application development using Android Studio 2

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2016
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ISBN-13 9781786467959
Length 172 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Preface 1. Installing and Configuring Android Studio FREE CHAPTER 2. Starting a Project 3. Navigating a Project 4. Using the Code Editor 5. Creating User Interfaces 6. Tools 7. Google Play Services 8. Debugging 9. Preparing for Release A. Getting Help Index

Customizing your activity

In the last step of the New Project wizard, you can customize a little bit of your activity. This customization is going to determine the names of some of your classes and resources files. You can also customize from this wizard the use of fragments or the navigation type.

The following screenshot shows the customization screen for an Empty Activity:

Customizing your activity

The basic customization for the activity has the following options:

  • Activity Name: Name of the main activity class.
  • Layout Name: You can create a layout for your activity if you check the Generate Layout File option. This field lets you specify the name of the layout associated with your main activity, which will be created in the resources folder.

Depending on the type of activity selected in the previous steps, you can customize more parameters. The following screenshot shows the customization of Basic Activity:

Customizing your activity

In addition to the activity and layout names, you can configure the following options:

  • Title: This will be used...
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