5 steps to make an Android App for Free
When it comes to mobile app development Android-based apps are the most popular across the globe. With the rise in the competition, android apps have become the most downloaded apps in the globe. So, here today we are going to give you step by step tutorial on how to make an android app for the most popular operating system in the world.
Unfortunately, there is as such not much information about making an android app for free on the internet. As Android apps are becoming more and more popular so is their demand. In order to create an android app it is good if one has enough knowledge of the Java programming language but with this, we have tried to make the task of creating an app simpler. In this blog, we have not mentioned much code. The entire process will take approx. 30–60 minutes, so we suggest you grab a cup of coffee first and then start the android app creation.
This tutorial certainly makes your first Android app making the experience less daunting and a memorable one.
Let’s get started:
1.Step first: Download Android studio
To start the program what you need is a piece of software or an Integrated Development Environment. IDE is available in most of the languages. The most well-known IDE for android app development is the Android studio.
To download Android Studio go to http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
An Integrated Development Environment is what helps you to create the main UI where you’ll enter your code for the app development. It also helps you in the coding part by giving you suggestions whenever you put any wrong code.
Below the below mention steps after downloading android studio:
First of all open Android Studio
Now you need to tap on the Android studio to proceed further.After this step, start a new window by clicking on “Start a new Android Studio project” option. Here you can edit the name of your project “New app”.
Select the location to save the file and then tap on “Next.”
In case you are planning to test the android app on your phone, then make certain that the minimum SDK is below your phone’s OS level.
Then tap on “Next.”
Now choose the “Blank Activity” option and choose next.
Now click “Finish.”
2. Step second: Edit the welcome note
To edit the welcome note simply go to the activity_main.xml tab.
Now open the Design tab if it is not open.
Tap on the “New app” from the side left upper corner of the phone display.
After this on the project file system, open the values folder.
Then in the values folder, you need to double-click the strings.xml file.
In this file, find the “new app” message.
After the “New app!” line, add “Hello world welcome to my new app”
This step is important so carefully navigate back to the activity_main.xml tab to avoid any errors.
3. Step third: Add new button option
For this, you need to navigate to the design tab of the main activity page
On this page find the Button option under the heading Widgets.
Drag the button option underneath your welcome message.
In order to make the new button and second page in the app go to the properties option.
Then click on the app and navigate the cursor to the new activity option.
From this point, you need to write the next line that reads “Welcome to the second page”.
Now to proceed further, you need to navigate back to activity_second.xml.
Choose the text box again to save the above steps.
4. Step fourth: Make the “button” functional
For this, you need to choose the mainActivity.java tab and then add the following lines of code Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button);
button.setOnClickListener(new View.onClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
goToSecondActivity();
}
});
After this code you need to add the below mentioned code in the main activity section:
private void goToSecondActivity() {
Intent intent = new Intent(this, SecondActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
To save all the details you need to tap on the 3rd line of MainActivity.java to make bigger the import statements.
5. Step fifth- To make app successful test for bugs
To test the app you have created click on the green play symbol at the top of the Android Studio window.
By choosing this option a dialog box appears on the screen.
Now choose the “Launch emulator” option. The emulator may take some time to open but will launch the app after some time automatically.
Then tap on Okay.
Make sure that you take all the steps carefully.
Hurry! Finally, you have developed your first android application. This app offers you some basic functions.
Conclusion:
Fortunately, with this step by step tutorial, you may find that the android app development process is a painless method. The entire process is fun and it is easy to make android apps. With the growing demand for mobile apps, you can learn more about the development process from different portals and tutorials and end up making a lot of money with this profession. To make the app development fun it is good to learn a programming language like Java. Moreover, focus on making the app simpler and avoid errors. You cannot change the world in one day but try to add some more useful features in the app to make it actually useful.
