How to Make an Android App for Beginners

Android development can be a great way to turn your idea into reality or start a promising career as an app developer... and getting started is probably easier than you think.

These days Android Development is done with a tool called Android Studio. Android Studio is kind of like Microsoft Word for writing Android apps; it helps organize our projects and gives us a user-friendly way to create what we’re looking for.

In this video, we’ll walk through installing Android Studio and then make an app. Don’t worry if you don’t have any experience with Android or even programming in general; as long as you follow along we’ll all end up at the same place.

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[davidsaso]

You don't need any programming experience. Ha! Good one

[andrewjohnsonwong]

Thank you so much, TreeHouse. I installed Android Studio 3 years ago wanting to learn to build an app. I ended up uninstalling it without getting anything done probably after 2.5 years. Not a damn thing, seriously, because couldn't find a source or someone who could teach from basic.

But with this video, I managed to get my first ever app done in my life in 2 hours, including re-installation of Android Studio.

[blindgblin_]

You don't need programming skills
Me :- *I'm not gonna lie he had me in the first half*

[barrotem]

This. Video. Was. Awesome.
You're so intelligent that you know when to stop talking and let the viewer take the infromation in.
This is an important skill.
Again, this was awesome !
I'll use this alot.

[DoctorFrogger]

Appropriate level introduction to Android apps for someone with some programming experience -- like myself. If you have no programming experience, this will be mostly going through motions without gaining any understanding.

[kabooom]

I feel like he's holding laugh so hard and he's about to burst into literally crying-laughing 😁

[tomektrawinski]

A lot to take in?! It's first video I found thad doesn't overcomplify basics. It's short and just in point. It's exactly what I needed to get started. Thanks!

[viveks]

This is what I was looking for after installing A.Studio 3. Your tut really helped me to kick-start the development fast. Thanks a ton for the neat and concise explanation.

[switchninja]

If you are getting errors related to unresolved values then you have to import the files into the code.The code to import them is in the top left corner of the video's final code

[DgnGirl]

Thanks.
The starting of a new framework / IDE is always THE DEVIL!!!
But thanks to you I can concentrate on actually building something now.

[keithcrain]

I have a strange desire to watch Scooby Doo now...

[JrPlayzZelda]

Way easier than having to write the code in Java. Thanks bud!

[Asimov]

A little tip: if like me when you go to compile gradle just hangs forever, then disable your virus checker. I use avast and it would not compile at all, until I disabled avast shield

[siphiworatsibe]

FINALLY! Someone who knows how to teach Android Studio!

[lindascoon]

Thank you for a straight forward and to the point video

[acyutanand]

Great simple ice breaker. Looks like normal stuff I have done for other web apps. Thanks for making it so simple.

[xhanderfranco]

Aside from correcting the error in Random function for newer SDK versions, add "+1" after progress to avoid Force Closing when seekbar is at the left most option. So ' val rand = '

[ArifBillahOnGoogle]

A very good overview, especially for newcomers. Thank you.

[Monster]

Thanks for actually getting down on point. I see so many tutorials who go around in circles it makes my head spin. This is the clearest I was able to find, coding may not be easy but this should give beginners some insight to Android. I know some javascript, I hope with Android the "var" variables aren't too different b/c it was hard to learn.

[swatimohanty]

After clicking Next to Configure Project, I am not getting the screen at duration 3:34 It directly goes to Finish. Does this mean i have not installed something correctly?