Creating an android application using eclipse ide

This chapter explains the step by step process to create and execute an Android application in Eclipse. Below are the steps involved right from the creation to execution of an android application.

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   First in order to start eclipse, go-to C:\Development\Android\ADT-Bundle\Eclipse\, and then double click on eclipse.exe. It asks for the workspace to process the application. The default path is C:\Users\admin\workspace. And then click OK.
   

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   Then Eclipse will open. Now go to file menu and select New -> Android Application Project.
   

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   After selecting the Android Application Project a pop-up window will appear as shown in Figure15 below. Now enter your application name and select the desired Android API level (Android SDK) as shown below and click next until you reach the final stage and then click finish at the last ( follow steps from Figure 15 through Figure 19). Below are the step by step snapshots.
   

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   Now the application package ImageTargetsApp is created as shown in Figure 20 below:
   

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   Now the Figure 21 below, shows how to create a .java file:
   

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   In Figure 22 below, we can observe that, under my application ImageTargetsApp, we can find many .java classes. Each class performs different functions and all are included under one package called ImageTargetsApp. The .java classes in my application include:
   

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  AboutScreen.java
  
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  ContactDealer.java
  
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  ContactListAdapter.java
  
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  DebugLog.java
  
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  GridAdaptor.java
  
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  Home.java
  
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  ImageTargets.java
  
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  ImagetargetsRenderer.java
  
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  ImageTargetSplashScreen
  
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  QCARSampleOpenGL
  
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  Texture