3.3 Creating an Activity

The first step is to define the type of initial activity that is to be created for the application. Options are available to create projects for Phone and Tablet, Wear OS, TV, Android Audio or Android Things. A range of different activity types is available when developing Android applications, many of which will be covered extensively in later chapters. For the purposes of this example, however, simply select the option to create a Basic Activity on the Phone and Tablet screen. The Basic Activity option creates a template user interface consisting of an app bar, menu, content area and a single floating action button.

Figure 3-2

With the Basic Activity option selected, click Next to continue with the project configuration.