Sunday, July 21, 2013

Build your first Application !

Welcome to Android application development.

This blog teaches you how to develop android application.Before you start,Be sure you have below tools setup.


  1. Android SDK 
  2. Eclipse any latest version integrated with android SDK
  3. ADT plugin and SDK manager

Create a project with Eclipse JUNO:

  • Click New  in the toolbar.
  • Select Android > Android Application Project, and click Next Button.

  • Enter Application Name, Project Name and Package name.
NOTE: Change Package name to upload application on Play store Account.
  • Select Minimum Required SDK,Target SDK compile with and Theme and click Next Button.


  • Do not change in Configure project window, and click Next Button.
  • Configure Launcher Icon - Here you can set application icon in different way.
  1. Select image file from system storage.
  2. Clipart gives you default icons.
  3. Text - It gives you to set text instead of image as a icon.
  4.  You can also modify icon with Foreground scaling, shape and background color.Click Next Button.


  • Create Activity - Choose "Blank Activity" and click Next Button.
  • Blank Activity - You can change your first screen name.By default it is "Main Activity".
  • At last Click Finish Button.