The first step in this exercise is to create the new project. Begin by launching Android Studio and, if necessary, closing any currently open projects using the File -> Close Project menu option so that the Welcome screen appears.
The first step in this exercise is to create the new project. Begin by launching Android Studio and, if necessary, closing any currently open projects using the File -> Close Project menu option so that the Welcome screen appears.
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Select the New Project… quick start option from the welcome screen and, within the resulting new project dialog, enter StateChange into the Application name field and ebookfrenzy.com as the Company Domain setting before clicking on the Next button.
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Select the Start a new Android Studio project quick start option from the welcome screen and, within the resulting new project dialog, enter StateChange into the Application name field and ebookfrenzy.com as the Company Domain setting before clicking on the Next button.
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On the form factors screen, enable the Phone and Tablet option and set the minimum SDK setting to API 8: Android 2.2 (Froyo). Continue to proceed through the screens, requesting the creation of a blank activity named StateChangeActivity with a corresponding layout named activity_state_change.
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On the form factors screen, enable the Phone and Tablet option and set the minimum SDK setting to API 8: Android 2.2 (Froyo). Continue to proceed through the screens, requesting the creation of a blank activity named StateChangeActivity a corresponding layout named activity_state_change and a menu resource named menu_state_change.
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Upon completion of the project creation process, the StateChange project should be listed in the Project tool window located along the left-hand edge of the Android Studio main window with the StateChangeActivity.java source file pre-loaded into the editor as illustrated in Figure 12-1:
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Upon completion of the project creation process, the StateChange project should be listed in the Project tool window located along the left-hand edge of the Android Studio main window with the activity_state_change.xml layout file pre-loaded into the Designer as illustrated in Figure 12-1:
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[[Image:android_studio_state_change_project2.png|The Java source file for an Android Activity loaded into Android Studio]]
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[[Image:android_studio_state_change_project3.png|The layout file for an Android Activity loaded into Android Studio]]
