Chapter 2. Starting a Project

Now that you have installed Android Studio, the next thing to do is to get familiar with its features. You need to understand the necessary fields and form factors when creating a project. Also, you may need to choose the activity type to create the main activity. How can you achieve this using Android Studio?

In this chapter, we will discuss how to create a new project with the basic content that is needed to start out. We will use the Android Studio wizard to create the project and go through the project configuration fields. We will also select one of the different kinds of activities available in the wizard as our main activity.

These are the topics we'll be covering in this chapter:

• Creating a new project

• Selecting the parameters

• Choosing your main activity from different types of activities

• Customizing your main activity