1 <!DOCTYPE html> 2 <html> 3 <head> 4 <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> 5 <title>Welcome to the Android Developer Tools</title> 6 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="welcome.css" /> 7 </head> 8 9 <body> 10 11 <div class="wrap"> 12 13 <div class="col-15"> 14 <h1>Welcome!</h1> 15 16 <p>The <b>Android Developer Tools</b> provide a first-class development 17 environment for building Android apps. This integrated development environment is 18 set up with the latest version of the Android platform and system image so you can immediately begin 19 building apps and running them on the Android emulator.</p> 20 21 22 <p>To start a new Android app project:</p> 23 <ol> 24 <li>Click <strong>File > New > Android Application Project</strong>. 25 <br>(If you don't see this option, click <strong>File > New > Other</strong>, 26 then open the <strong>Android</strong> 27 folder and select <strong>Android Application Project</strong>.)</li> 28 <li>Follow the wizard to set up your new Android app project.</li> 29 </ol> 30 <p>For a complete walkthrough that shows how to create a new 31 project and build a simple app, read <a target="_blank" 32 href="http://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/index.html">Building Your First App</a>.</p> 33 34 <p>To set up a real Android device for testing your app, read 35 <a target="_blank" href="http://developer.android.com/tools/device.html">Using Hardware Devices</a>. 36 If you don't have a device and need to use the emulator, read <a 37 target="_blank" href="http://developer.android.com/tools/devices/index.html" 38 >Managing Virtual Devices</a>.</p> 39 40 <p>Although your Android SDK already includes the latest version of the platform and system image, 41 you may later want to install other Android versions or packages such as the 42 <a target="_blank" href="http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/support-library.html">Android Support Library</a>. 43 For help installing additional packages, read 44 <a target="_blank" href="http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/adding-packages.html">Adding Platforms 45 and Packages</a>.</p> 46 47 </div> 48 49 </div> 50 51 52 <div class="wrap"> 53 54 <div class="col-5"> 55 <a target="_blank" href="http://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/index.html"> 56 <div class="feature-box"> 57 <h2>Build Your First App »</h2> 58 <p>If you're new to Android, follow this class 59 to learn the fundamental Android APIs for creating 60 a user interface that responds to input.</p> 61 </div> 62 </a> 63 </div> 64 65 <div class="col-5"> 66 <a target="_blank" href="http://developer.android.com/design/index.html"> 67 <div class="feature-box"> 68 <h2>Design Your App »</h2> 69 <p>Before you begin developing your app, be sure you understand 70 the design patterns that Android users expect from your app.</p> 71 </div> 72 </a> 73 </div> 74 75 <div class="col-5"> 76 <a target="_blank" href="http://developer.android.com/tools/testing/testing_android.html"> 77 <div class="feature-box"> 78 <h2>Test Your App »</h2> 79 <p>The Android framework provides 80 tools that help you test every aspect of your app to be sure it behaves 81 as it should under various conditions.</p> 82 </div> 83 </a> 84 </div> 85 86 87 </div> 88 89 90 </body> 91 </html>