How to start with Android development [DSP2017 #07]

In this part I want to show how I started with a first app.
My previous experience with creating an Android application was about 4-5 years ago. I've created one or two simple applications during my studies and forgot about this topic.

Today when I wanted to create a new app I needed to start from beginning. First of all I need to install tools:

Android Studio (I use Intellij with Android extension).
Android SDK - I used the sdkmanager but during Android Studio installation sdk should be installed.
If you have 64 bits system you need to check: Required libraries for 64-bit machines.

If you have installed all above tools you should be able to create simple Android project and run it on your phone.

Yes, like always I met few problems with run the application on my phone.

#1 The adb can not find my device.
Solution: turn phone as MTP mode.

2#
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugResources'.
> com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: Failed to execute aapt

Solution: set buildToolsVersion "25.0.3" in app/build.gradle

After resolving each problems I started with developing simple application.

As a next step I used official tutorial. For beginners it should be fine.

Thanks for reading :)

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