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This section provides a tutorial example on how to create the first Android project, HelloAndroid, using the 'android' command. Java source file and resource files are automatically created.

This tutorial was based on Android SDK R17 with Android 4.0.3 and left here as a reference.

Now let's try to create a new Android application project called: HelloAndroid. I want the project home folder to be \herong\HelloAdroid and source code package to be com.herongyang.

Go to a command window and run the following commands to create the project, HelloAndroid:

C:\>cd \herong
C:\herong>\local\android-sdk-windows\tools\android create project \
   --package com.herongyang --activity HelloAndroid --target 2 \
   --path .\HelloAndroid

Created project directory: C:\herong\HelloAndroid
Created directory C:\herong\HelloAndroid\src\com\herongyang

Added file C:\herong\HelloAndroid\src\com\herongyang\HelloAndroid.java
Created directory C:\herong\HelloAndroid\res
Created directory C:\herong\HelloAndroid\bin
Created directory C:\herong\HelloAndroid\libs
Created directory C:\herong\HelloAndroid\res\values
Added file C:\herong\HelloAndroid\res\values\strings.xml
Created directory C:\herong\HelloAndroid\res\layout
Added file C:\herong\HelloAndroid\res\layout\main.xml
Created directory C:\herong\HelloAndroid\res\drawable-hdpi
Created directory C:\herong\HelloAndroid\res\drawable-mdpi
Created directory C:\herong\HelloAndroid\res\drawable-ldpi
Added file C:\herong\HelloAndroid\AndroidManifest.xml
Added file C:\herong\HelloAndroid\build.xml
Added file C:\herong\HelloAndroid\proguard-project.txt

The output from the command tells me that:

A Java source code file, com\herongyang\HelloAndroid.java, is created in the .\src folder.
2 resource files, values\strings.xml and layout\main.xml, are created in the .\res folder.
3 project-level files, AndroidMainifest.xml, build.xml, and proguard-project.txt, are created in the .\ folder.