1st Android App

You should have Eclispe IDE and Android ADT plugin, SDK Tools installed.

Here are simple steps to create 1st Android app as test.

1) create project

• Fron New menu, select "Android Application Project"
  Application Name: My First App
  Project Name: MyFirstApp
  Package Name: com.dreamcloud.myfirstapp
  Minimum Required SDK: API8:Android 2.2 // lowest version of Android that your app supports
  Target SDK: API19: Android 4.4.2 // highest version of Android with which you have tested
  Compile With: API19: Android 4.4.2 // platform version against which you will compile your app

Target/Compile SDK can be just set as latest SDK.

2) create AVD

• start Android Virtual Device (AVD) Manager
• create AVD, for example AVD4.4.2

3) run app on emulator

• start AVD frrom AVD Manager, it will take few mins
• setup Run configurations
  Target: Automatically pic up one AVD
  Common: Run
• run app on specific AVD