Android Studio and our project – a very brief guided tour

I won't go into all of the dozens of different windows and menu options because we will cover them as needed. However, here are a few details to help you begin familiarizing yourself with Android Studio.

Take a look at the following screenshot. You will notice two major sections – one section on the left and a larger window on the right:

Figure 1.13 – Project panel and Editor window

Let's take a look at the panel on the left.

The Project panel

The panel on the left can be changed into various different views. We will need it just as it is for virtually the whole book. This is the Project panel/window. Let's take a closer look:

Figure 1.14 – The Project panel folders and sub-folders

As you can see, there are several folders and sub-folders. For around 90 percent of every project, we will only need one folder. The folder I am...