Android Studio : The Great Big Step towards Android Development
So , you are here , I believe you have generated enough interest from my
First post and have downloaded and installed latest Studio on your Mac / Windows OS , if not you will need it while reading the post .
Its only been 10 years since Android first made way into mobility world and has changed lives of millions across the globe with its open source paradigm.
Initially , Android was developed with third party IDE tools Eclipse , but with the advent of Studio in 2013 things have drastically changed in Android world.
Now coming back , once you have installed the studio and clicked for first time you get below image
You get 6 options to select from
- New Project : If you want to create a brand new project of your own , you can opt for this option which gives you choices for development in Phone , Wear OS , Smart TV , Auto , and Android Things (the next big thing …in the making) .
During creation of new project you can identify the global reach of OS users using minimum api level and number of devices your app could run by using Help me chose option where it clearly states the numbers of users worldwide (Left Side) and new changes per OS release (Right side) .
2. Existing Project : If you already have an existing project it appears in list on the left side .
3. Project Checkout Option : If your project is NOT in your local disk and is located in Git repo like Github , BitBucket , Subversion like Tortoise SVN , Mercurial etc. you can use this option to checkout the project .
4. Profile or Debug APK : If you need to check performance of app or need to profile the same you can use this option . Remember to keep the apk must be in debug mode for the same . More details on this .
5. Import Project : If you have project developed in different IDE like Eclipse , Gradle and need to import that project into Studio for development , you can opt this option where the studio automatically converts the project to suit to studio needs .
6. Import Sample Code : You can import and study existing examples and many concepts of Android using this option .
That’s it from me here , see you in next post .
