Android Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v3.05, by Herong Yang
"android create project" Command Options
This section describes 'android create project' command options that you need to use to specify Java class package name, starting activity class name, project folder and Android platform target.
In previous tutorials, we have been following these steps to create some simple Android applications and test them on the emulator:
Now let's take closer look at some of these steps starting with the "android create project" command.
Here is the command I used to create my first Android application HelloAndroid:
C:\>cd \herong C:\herong>\local\android-sdk-windows\tools\android create project \ --package com.herongyang --activity HelloAndroid --target 2 \ --path .\HelloAndroid
4 options are used in this command to help defining my application project:
You can try to create another application project with the short option names:
C:\herong>\local\android-sdk-windows\tools\android create project \ -k com.test -a AndroidTest -t 2 -p .\AndroidTest Created project directory: C:\herong\AndroidTest Created directory C:\herong\AndroidTest\src\com\test Added file C:\herong\AndroidTest\src\com\test\AndroidText.java Created directory C:\herong\AndroidTest\res Created directory C:\herong\AndroidTest\bin Created directory C:\herong\AndroidTest\libs Created directory C:\herong\AndroidTest\res\values Added file C:\herong\AndroidTest\res\values\strings.xml Created directory C:\herong\AndroidTest\res\layout Added file C:\herong\AndroidTest\res\layout\main.xml Created directory C:\herong\AndroidTest\res\drawable-hdpi Created directory C:\herong\AndroidTest\res\drawable-mdpi Created directory C:\herong\AndroidTest\res\drawable-ldpi Added file C:\herong\AndroidTest\AndroidManifest.xml Added file C:\herong\AndroidTest\build.xml Added file C:\herong\AndroidTest\proguard-project.txt
You can delete the project folder C:\herong\AndroidTest and try it again with different option values.
In the next tutorial, we will review files and folders created by the "android create project" command.
Table of Contents
Installing JDK 1.8 on Windows System
Installation of Android SDK R24 and Emulator
Installing Apache Ant 1.9 on Windows System
Developing First Android Application - HelloAndroid
Android Application Package (APK) Files
Android Debug Bridge (adb) Tool
AboutAndroid - Application to Retrieve System Information
android.app.Activity Class and Activity Lifecycle
View Objects and Layout Resource Files
Using "adb logcat" Command for Debugging
►Build Process and Package File Content
►"android create project" Command Options
Android Project Folder Structure
Android Application Project Build Process
Project Build Process Done by "ant debug" Command
Detailed Output of "ant -verbose debug" Command
Output of "ant -verbose debug" - Android SDK R17
"aapt" - Android Asset Packaging Tool
"aapt package" Command - Resource Code Generation
"javac" - Java Compilation Command
"dx.bat --dex" Command - Converting .class Files into .dex File
"apkbuilder" Command - Packaging and Signing .apk File
"zipalign" Command - Aligning File Locations in .apk Package
"aapt dump" Command - Printing Contents of .apk Package
META-INF Files - Digests, Signature and Certificate
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Mini Tablet
USB Debugging Applications on Samsung Tablet
USB Debugging Applications on LG-V905R Tablet