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CHAPTER 3: An Introduction to the Android Application Development Platform 67

Using Eclipse ADT to Create a New Android App

The first step is to launch Eclipse 4.4 for ADT. From there, in the empty IDE you looked at in
Chapter 2, you will create your new Android project. This application infrastructure will “house”
your application’s Java programming logic, XML markup, and new media assets.

1. To launch Eclipse, find and click the Eclipse shortcut quick launch icon,
   located on your workstation’s Taskbar.


2. You will see the start-up ADT branding and loading progress bar dialog, and
   then you will get a Workspace Launcher dialog, where you can set where
   the workspace folder is located. I always use the default suggested location,
   which is under the Windows Users folder. If you want to see a screen shot of
   these aforementioned screens, see Figure 2-1, from Chapter 2.


3. Once you start up your new, empty Eclipse ADT IDE, use the File menu to
   access a New sub-menu, and then find and select the Android Application
   Project option (sub-sub-menu), as is shown in Figure 3-2. Once you select
   this option, you will see the first in a series of five dialogs. These dialogs
   will step you through the process of creating a new Android application
   project infrastructure.

Figure 3-2. Using a File ➤ New ➤ Android Application Project menu sequence in ADT