53.3 Creating the TabLayoutDemo Project

Select the Create New Project quick start option from the welcome screen and, within the resulting new project dialog, choose the Basic Activity template before clicking on the Next button.

Enter TabLayoutDemo into the Name field and specify com.ebookfrenzy.tablayoutdemo as the package name. Before clicking on the Finish button, change the Minimum API level setting to API 26: Android 8.0 (Oreo) and the Language menu to Kotlin.

Once the project has been created, load the content_main.xml file into the Layout Editor tool, select the NavHostFragment object, and then delete it. Since we will not be using the navigation features of the Basic Activity template, edit the MainActivity.kt file and modify the onCreate() method to remove the navigation code:

override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {

    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)

    binding = ActivityMainBinding.inflate(layoutInflater...