This post will walk you through a simple first project in Xamarin for Android development. Xamarin is ideal for cross-platform development and surprisingly good to use!

Android Studio is a developer kit that you can use to create and troubleshoot your own Android apps. We'll go over what it is (and what it isn't).

Now, in Part 2, you’ll code your first app. The animated mobile app consists of a single activity, which presents Google’s Android robot character and a button for animating the character.

Now, Part 3 will take you through the steps to build and run the app in an Android device emulator or live device. We’ll first use Gradle to build the app’s application package (APK) file.

How to install Android Studio on Windows Let’s look at the flip side now, where you would want to use Google’s Android Studio for your app development processes.

Google has released the stable build of Android Studio 4.0, its newest official integrated development environment (IDE) for building Android apps on Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS.