Android Studio (download and installation), Android Development Platform
By accident, in addition to the configured Eclipse platform for Android development, google also launched a platform specifically used to develop Android programs-Android Studio.
Android Studio has the following advantages: you do not need to manually configure the SDK and AVD Manager, that is, it has integrated the Android SDK and Virtual Machine Management.
As long as you have configured JDK on your computer, you can directly develop it.
1. Introduction Android Studio is a brand new Android Development Environment Based on IntelliJ IDEA. similar to Eclipse ADT, Android Studio provides integrated Android development tools for development and debugging. Based on IDEA, Android Studio provides:
Support for Gradle-based construction;
Android-specific refactoring and quick restoration;
Prompt tools to capture performance, availability, version compatibility, and other issues;
Supports ProGuard and application signatures;
Template-based Wizard to generate common Andoid application design and components;
The powerful layout editor allows you to drag the UI control and preview the effect.
2 download and installation: www.android-studio.org
Select a version that matches your operating system for download and installation. After the download is complete, double-click the exe program to start installation. You can click next to customize the installation directory,
After the installation is successful, start. When using Android Studio for the first time, select this option:
For the first time, it is slow to start. Don't worry. Wait. After the project is started, select new project and select the project storage location.
The lowest version. I chose API15.
Program Interface, I select
The following can be the default program name and layout file name.
3. download and install the SDK Tool Kit. All the tool kits in the red box need to be downloaded and installed.
In the next blog, we will explain in detail how to use Android Studio to write the first Android program.
This is my program name:
The following figure shows the running effect:
I want to learn about Android software development and use the development platform,
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