I recently started using Android Studio instead of Eclipse. Previously I made a widget in Eclipse and when switching to Android Studio, I could easily open it there.
However, I can't quite figure out how to create a blank widget in Android Studio. When creating a new project in Android Studio I can choose between a Blank Activity, a Fullscreen Activity or a Master/Detail Flow. Since I'm making just a widget and not an activity the first two aren't the right ones and the third one doesn't seem to be what I want either.
Hi I can see this might be an old question but. Hope this helps newbies...
I am using Android Studio 1.0.2 and has some awesome features to generate most of the stuff that if you follow many tutorials out there. Is just a click away. On android studio i'm using just right click, select new and Widget App > then every file needed is generated for you based on the size of widget you want.
Happy coding .... !
When you create a new project, just uncheck the "Create activity box"
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I'm new to android studio. I've imported source codes of some apps to android studio to learn. and then I started to practice by creating a new project. when new project created It doesn't show the default main activity and xml instead It showed many existing activities and xml of the existing project. I've tried to create new project a few times but it's still the same. thought that I might make some mistakes somewhere. I don't know. Please kindly help. thank beforehand !
To create a simple app on Android Studio what you have to do is to choose the Empty Activity.
Then you add the name to your app, choose the location, choose the language to program (Java/Kotlin), the minimum SDK (use the recommended one to start) and hit Finish. It should create one simple activity with one layout which shows a TextView with Hello World! as a text.
Could you provide some screenshots? It would make it easier to help you :)
For the moment, I would suggest that you make sure that you're selecting "blank activity" when you create it. Also check that you've stored your downloaded source code properly.
Android Studio remembers last opened project. The next time you start Android Studio, it will open last opened project.
You can choose menu File -> Close Project. Then it goes back to open/new screen which allows you to create your own project.
ah it was a silly mistake guys. I confused to click on basic activity instead of empty activity. thank you guys so much !
I started off with a black activity and whenever I try using Android studio, I get stuck in this screen. I cant drag any widgets, enter any text, or make any changes to the user interface. Is there anything I am missing? I downloaded all the Android Studio bundle and I have all the required SDK tools. I have attached a screenshot of what I am currently stuck with.
A screenshot of what I am seeing:
Recently I encountered the same problem myself. After some research I found that you must now use the "content_activityname.xml" file in order to edit the ui of an activity.
In your case this file is located in the layout folder, right under your activity_main.xml in the picture provided.
According to this thread: What is the role of content_main.xml in android studio 1.4? the main.xml now contains the global look of the ui, and also contains the content.xml file which again contains the components of the ui.
You should think of uninstall and reinstall Android Studio and after that creating a new Project. You also are able to look at some tutorials created by the creators of AS. They can be found at Android Developers.
I think this is probably a basic question, but I just could not find the button. I was trying to create a new Android project from the starting page. But when I click on New Project it gives me a page with the options of Java, Maven, Gradle, Groovy Griffin... instead of the familiar starting page with Blank App, Google Map, etc.
When I opened a previous project, it opens Tags like C:, Users, Android, etc. The image is below:
Any idea how do I find that page back?
You may need to update the SDK first, by SDK Manager.
Don't know what happened, but I closed Android Studio for one day. When I opened it the second day, it got back normal. (I also closed all project when closing the Studio.)
I installed Mono for Android with the intention of using Visual Studio 2010 to design android apps. I am able to compile and deploy applications, but I am not able to view the layout designer. When I double click on an .axml file it opens in source view and there is no context menu option such as "View in designer." I am able to use MonoDevelop to create the layout, but I shouldn't have to do that.
Here are some screen caps:
Any tips?
It seems to simple but right clicking on the Main.axml in Visual Studio and select and choose Open with. Then select Android Designer should do the trick.
Despite that Android Designer can be set as Default it appears not to be working like that. I should say that's a BUG in VS and/or Monofor Android.
Are you shure to have the latest Mono for Android installed? (Version 4.2.4)
The Open With Dialog should have an entry "Android Designer".
Select this now and click "Set as Default".
Did a full uninstall, reinstall and reboot.
At first it didn't seem to have fixed it - my existing hello world project still wouldn't open the designer.
I tried creating a new project and ta-da all good now! Very odd.
I've very pleased to have gui designer. It really helps level the learning curve when learning a new platform - nice work Xamarin.
I did 3 installs until it finally took. I uninstalled then reinstalled and it still didn't work. I then just did a repair and it finally worked. Just keep reinstalling and you'll get it.
I have a project that I am almost done with. One thing left that I want to do is add a widget to the project. I see lots of tutorials on creating widgets, but what I don't see is how to add a widget to an existing project. They all start off with "create a new project and call it MyFirstWidget". The bottom line is I want to be able to download one package and have that include the main app and the widgets. What do I do in eclipse to get started?
The App Widgets developer page at android.com seems to do a good job of explaining how to implement a widget, and it's not specific to creating a new project.