Objective: Let students know how to build an Android application using sdk provided by Google

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LAB 2

Building your Android APK

Objective: Let students know how to build an Android application using SDK provided by Google
Lab material: Tablet(TF9300) x 1

USB cable(Type-A male to mini-USB male)

PC with Windows OS

Students or TAs might need prepare the USB cable by themselves. And please notify students to fully charge the tablet before LAB started.
Lesson 1: Install Android Studio and JDK

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Click “Download Android Studio for Windows” button
Check “I have read and agree with the above terms and conditions”
Click “Download Android Studio for Windows” button
Execute the file “android-studio-bundle-141.1890965-windows.exe”
While installing the Android Studio, if the JDK can’t be detect during install process, install JDK 7 as well.

Lesson 1 might take long time and will have lots of troubles for students. Suggest that TA help to finish this lesson before the LAB
Lesson 2: Install the necessary platform and sample codes

Start the “Android Studio” application.
In the “Select UI Theme” screen, click “Next” button and wait for the update process to finish
In the “Welcome to Android Studio” screen, select “Configure”, then select “SDK Manager”
Unchecked all 5 items under Android 5.1.1(API 22). Checked “SDK Platform” and “Samples for SDK” 2 items under Android 4.3.1(API 18). Please see Fig.1

Fig. 1

Click “Install 4 packages”
Select “Accept License”, then click “Install” button and wait for install process to finish
Close the Android SDK Manager and go back to “Welcome to Android Studio” screen
Click “<=” icon to go back to “Quick Start” menu

Lesson 3: Connect PC to tablet

Start the tablet, Click Application -> Settings -> About tablet
Click “Build number” a couple of times until a message pops out and says that “You are now a developer”
Go to Settings -> Developer options, check USB debugging.
Connect PC to tablet using USB cable, you should be able to see an “Jelly Bean” icon pops out in the upper notification bar.

Lesson 4: Run API demos APK on tablet

In the “Welcome to Android Studio” screen, select “Open an existing Android Studio project”
Choose the path C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\samples\android-18\legacy\ApiDemos
Select “Run -> Run”, then click “Edit Configurations”
Select “Default -> Android Application”, check “USB device”, then click “Run” button. You should be able to see the “API demos” APK run on the tablet.

Install Android studio step