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To program in most languages, you need a piece of software called an IDE or 'Integrated Development Environment'. The most common IDE for Android development is Android Studio, which comes direct from Google itself. You can get it here.
An IDE is what gives you the main UI where you'll enter your code (you can't just start typing into notepad). It also highlights things you get wrong, offers suggestions and lets you run and test your creations conveniently. It creates the files you need, it provides basic layouts and generally it saves you a lot of time and effort.
What's great about Android Studio is that it is designed specifically for Android development (unlike the second most popular option, Eclipse). This means that when you download the software, you'll also get a lot of the other bits you need including the Android SDK (a selection of tools including the Android platform itself) and the Android Virtual Device, which is an emulator you can test your apps on. When you go through the installation, make sure you leave the boxes ticked to confirm that you want these additional components. You could manually add them later, but this will just complicate matters.
As mentioned, there are some alternatives to Android Studio. Eclipse is an older IDE that can be used for developing other things too (such as iOS apps) and that is a bit more flexible overall. It's also a much more fiddly to get started with though and not nearly as beginner-friendly. Another personal favorite of mine is Basic4Android. Basic4Android is an IDE that lets you code Android apps with the BASIC programming language. It makes things easier in a number of other ways too and is focused on 'rapid development'.
Now you have Android Studio installed you've taken your first, bold step toward becoming a developer! A lot of people only manage it this far and then leave the software installed on their computer for months on end, feeling guilty every time they see it in the Start Menu. Eventually they end deleting it to make space for the next AAA title on Steam and so ends the whole sorry affair… Don't end up like them – it's time for some more affirmative action!
Before you can get started, you also need to install Java on your machine to use Android Studio. Specifically, you're going to need install the Java Development Kit (JDK). Java is the programming language you're going to be using to build your apps in this instance and you need to install the JDK in order for Android Studio to be able to interpret and compile your code (compiling means turning the source into something that is understood by the CPU – machine code). You'll find the Java Development Kit here. Just download and follow the instructions to install.
Now you can click on Android Studio to launch it. Once it opens up, you'll be presented with a menu where you'll be able to get started or configure some options. The great thing is that everything is handled for you at this point, though you may want to familiarize yourself with the SDK Manager (Configure > SDK Manager) which is where you'll update your Android SDK to support newer versions, as well as download things like code samples or support for Google Glass. But don't worry about that now but if Android Studio says you're missing something, this is where you'll probably need to go to find it.
Once your app opens, you should see a directory tree on the left with all the different files and folders that make up your app and a picture of a phone displaying 'Hello World!' in the center. Well, hello to you as well! (A basic app that displays 'Hello World' is what most new developers make first when they learn to program in a new language. Android Studio cheats though, because it does it for you!) You might notice that the open tab (along the top) is 'activity_main.xml', which is what the big phone is showing on its display. You may recall that activity_main.xml is the XML code that defines the layout instructions for your main activity.
If you selected 'Basic Activity' when you started your project, then you'll see a second XML file too called 'content_main.xml'. For the most part, these two do the same thing but the 'acitvity_main.xml' contains the basic layout that Android Studio created for you when you selected 'Basic Activity'. The stuff you want to edit is in content_main.xml, so open that up and don't worry about it for now.
(If this isn't what is open to start, then use the directory on the left to open it by choosing: app > res > content_main.xml.)
Okay, so that was a lie. We're probably not going to be rich. At the moment the app we've made is pretty lame. You can try and sell it sure but you probably won't get that many good reviews.
So where do we go from here? There's so much more to learn: we haven't looked at the Android Manifest yet, we haven't talked about your private keysign (or how fun it is when you lose that) and we haven't even studied the Android app 'lifecycle' (nothing to do with The Lion King). There's issues with supporting different screen sizes and there's just so much more to learn.
Unfortunately, it would take an entire book to teach you the entirety of Android app development. So that's a good place to start: buy a book!
But more important is just to play around and try things. Don't set out to make your world-changing app on day one. Instead, focus on making something simple and straightforward and then build on that. Try changing the layout of the text and try adding in more buttons and more rules to make your app actually useful.
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