Mobile App Development

Setting up the Development Environment

Hajrah Jahan
Overview

• Java Programming Recap

• Downloading Prerequisites
• Setting up Android Studio
Java Programming Basics

JAVA CLASS:
• Every line of code that runs in Java must be inside a class.
• The name of the java file must match the class name.
• A class should always start with an uppercase first letter.
• Java is case-sensitive: "MyMalaysia" and “mymalaysia" has different meaning.

MAIN METHOD:
• The main() method is required and you will see it in every Java program.

PRINTING STATEMENTS:
• System.out.print()

Bonus

• Java programming recap course - https://java-programming.mooc.fi/part-8/1-recap

Java Programming Basics

Declaring (Creating) Variables:

type variableName = value;

The general rules for naming variables are:

• Names can contain letters, digits, underscores, and dollar signs

• Names must begin with a letter

• Names should start with a lowercase letter and it cannot contain whitespace

• Names can also begin with $ and _ (but we will not use it in this tutorial)

• Names are case sensitive ("myVar" and "myvar" are different variables)

• Reserved words (like Java keywords, such as int or boolean) cannot be used as names
Downloading Prerequisites

● 64-bit version of Windows (8, 10, or 11), Linux, macOS (10.14 Mojave or later), or ChromeOS.
● x86_64 CPU architecture; 2nd generation Intel Core or newer, or AMD CPU with support for a Windows
Hypervisor
● 8 GB RAM or more
● 8 GB of available disk space minimum
● 1280 x 800 minimum screen resolution
● IDE + Android SDK + Android Emulator

Download Android Studio - https://developer.android.com/studio

Installation

Installation guide

https://developer.android.com/codelabs/basic-android-kotlin-compose-install-android-studio#0
 Troubleshooting
guide

https://developer.android.com/codelabs/basic-android-kotlin-compose-install-android-studio#0
Android App Project Structure

Manifest
● Android version, metadata, package details, and
other application components.
● It acts as an intermediary between android OS
and our application.
Android App Project Structure

Java
● Contains all the java source code (.java) files that we create during our app development.
Android App Project Structure

Res
● Contains sources like images, XML layouts, and UI strings for
our android application.
Android App Project Structure

Res/drawable
Res/mipmap
● Contains different density types of icons depending upon the
size of the device such as hdpi, mdpi, xhdpi.

Res/values
● Contains a number of XML files like strings, dimensions,
colors, and style definitions.
Android App Project Structure

Res/values
● Gradle means automated build system.
● Contains a number of files that are used to define a build configuration that can be applied to all
modules in our application.
 Handouts
• https://liverungrow.medium.com/recap-on-java-basics-for-coding-interview-df3de58c97fb
• https://web.stanford.edu/class/archive/cs/cs108/cs108.1092/JavaBasicRefresher.pdf
• https://fileadmin.cs.lth.se/cs/education/EDA040/common/java21.pdf
• https://hackr.io/blog/what-is-java