In Android Studio, this means populating your new project with Java source code and resource files. Turn to Part 2 when you’re ready to code your first Android animated mobile app. Related content ...

Open up the activity_main.xml file in Android Studio and get your first introduction to XML. You’ll notice there are two tabs at the bottom of that window: Design and Text.

As the official IDE, Android Studio has come along way since its introduction in 2014 and is now a powerful and (mostly) user-friendly interface for building Android apps. Here is an introduction ...

Android developers can use Java and XML code to define the layouts for each Activity in an application. The application resources folder holds the XML layout files as well as graphics for the GUI.