Exploring the file and folder structure of the Basic Activity project template

The next-simplest project type with an autogenerated UI is a Basic Activity project. This is the same type of project that we created in Chapter 1, Beginning Android and Java. Feel free to open that project up now, but it is just as quick to generate a new one, and we can then also examine it without any of our alterations and additions clouding the discussions.

Proceed as follows:

1. Run Android Studio and left-click the Start a new Android Studio project option.
2. The window that follows is the Select a Project Template window. Select Basic Activity and click Next.
3. In the Configure Your Project window, set up the project as follows:
   
4. Click the Finish button, and we will run the app to see what we have achieved.

Now, we can dig into the files. We won't look at everything in the same detail that we did for the Empty Activity project; instead, we will just look at the interconnectedness...