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- Figure 2 Eclipse’s Java perspective is active
- Figure 3 The New Project dialog box.
- My First Android Project
Creating The Application When at last you have all the software you need, you’re ready to start Eclipse and create a real, live Android app. Starting Eclipse Launch Eclipse. If Eclipse shows you its Welcome screen, find that screen’s Workbench icon and then click it to open Eclipse’s main workbench. In the Eclipse workbench, make sure that the Java perspective is active. Look for the word Java in the upper-right corner of the Eclipse workbench. If you see the word Java on an indented button (as in Figure 2), Eclipse’s Java perspective is active.  If the Java perspective isn’t active, choose Window⇒Open Perspective⇒Other⇒Java (Default). As a result, the Java perspective opens right before your eyes. You’re ready to create an Android app. Creating Project In Eclipse’s main menu, choose File⇒New⇒Project. The New Project dialog box opens. In the New Project dialog box, expand the Android branch. In that branch, select Android Project and then click Next. (See Figure 3) Figure 3 The New Project dialog box.  In the New Android Project dialog box, type a name for your project in the Project Name field. In Figure 4, I type My First Android Project. In the dialog box’s Build Target panel, select a target In Figure 4, I select Android 3.0. You can select any target that’s listed, as long as you’ve created an Android Virtual Device (AVD, for short) that can run that target’s projects. For example, an Android 2.3.3 AVD can run projects targeted to Android 2.3.1, Android 2.2, Android 1.6, and so on. If you mistakenly select a target for which you have no AVD, Eclipse hollers at you when you try to run the project. (While it hollers, Eclipse offers to help you create the necessary AVD.) Find the Properties box of the New Android Project dialog box On my computer, the New Android Project dialog box comes with its own scroll bar. To find the Properties box, I have to scroll down to the lower half of the dialog box. (See Figure 5.) Directory: files -> 2014 2014 -> Heuristic Theorizing: Proactively Generating Design Theories 2014 -> Eight theories of religion second edition 2014 -> C. N. Biltoft The Unconventional Child of an Orthodox Marriage 2014 -> Bringing Ritual to Mind Psychological Foundations of Cultural Forms 2014 -> Advancing research in second language writing through computational tools and machine learning techniques: a research agenda 2014 -> Anbookstore com Copyright 2013 Download 1.39 Mb. Share with your friends:
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