android

1. Android studio

2. Click on
Windows/ Start/
Android Studio /
Android Studio
Then select
Do not import settings
and click OK

3. Decide whether or not you will send usage
stats to Google

4. On La Salle computers, skip the updates because
you probably don’t have the permissions to install
them.

5. Next Standard/Next

6. Choose the darkness or the light and click
Next

7. Finish

8. Wait a while for stuff to download

9. On La Salle’s computers you get the HAXM
message (means we don’t have the absolute latest
but should be OK). Click Finish.
If you get a VT-x error, that means you
need to allow virtualization – it’s a BIOS
setting.

10. Click on Start a new Android Studio project

11. Choose an Empty Activity and click Next

12. Name your App and click Finish
Note that Kotlin is now
the default language in
Android Studio.
The other choice is Java

13. Wait until the Sync-ing has taken place –
Sometimes it fails the first time and then re-syncs

14. When Sync area has green arrows, then click
on Run arrow icon (or Run on menu)

15. Click on Create New Virtual Device button

16. I usually go with the default Pixel 2 choice and
click Next

17. Choose a release Name (I go with Q) and click
Download

18. Select Accept and click Next

19. Wait for download to take place
It tells you where the SDK is in case
you ever need to know.
AppData is typically a hidden location

20. Click Finish Click Next

21. Click Finish Click OK

22. Emulating can take a little while.
And you might receive a message about the GPU
driver.

23. After a couple of other screens, your Hello
World should appear.

24. (Default) Location of Android Project

25. Location of the Kotlin file

26. Location of the layout file