How to sign and build android app in Android studio

<div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">In the previous session, we learned how we can <b>create an app </b>in android studio <b>mobile apps creator .</b> Today i  would like to show you how you can generate a signed apk for your applications which you will deploy in google play store and also share  with your friends.</span></div> <ol> <li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Building a signed apk for your application.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></span></li> </ol> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">We will generate a signed apk of the application we had developed in the last session.Open your android studio IDE and  move to the left side and look for<b> build variants </b>option as shown here below.On the build variants drop-down select<b> release option</b> because release file is more optimized and doesn't contain any debugging symbols.The debug  apk file  is only suitable when we want to use the app for future <b>app development</b> with other <b> mobile app developers</b>. The screenshot is here below i have provided for you.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-COEln4JdsHw/WJyFN3QaQzI/AAAAAAAAAK4/xYEdstX5MnERzEx3cTykD1TJ5UQZBqOugCLcB/s1600/B2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="How to sign and build android app in Android studio" border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-COEln4JdsHw/WJyFN3QaQzI/AAAAAAAAAK4/xYEdstX5MnERzEx3cTykD1TJ5UQZBqOugCLcB/s320/B2.PNG" title="How to sign and build android app in Android studio" width="315" /></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">After selecting your favorite build variant, go to menu bar and click on <b>build </b>option. Here, a drop-down with several options will appear .From there select the <b>Generate signed apk </b>option and a new window like one below will open up.</span></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4e5Rqw_twSw/WJyFiW4b7WI/AAAAAAAAAK8/i8gAd2U4lVQ9LiQwxsRC6YmE_HI9rLMogCLcB/s1600/B3.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="How to sign and build android app in Android studio" border="0" height="190" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4e5Rqw_twSw/WJyFiW4b7WI/AAAAAAAAAK8/i8gAd2U4lVQ9LiQwxsRC6YmE_HI9rLMogCLcB/s400/B3.PNG" title="How to sign and build android app in Android studio" width="400" /></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>                            2.Generating a key store file</b></span></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now to generate your own key store file, click on<b> new</b> option button and another new window will show up as shown below here.</span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PNl-K8PUscM/WJyF4c3p-iI/AAAAAAAAALA/i-fAyT4S0sYE_RjUUX9hPGTGBgKsKs-LACLcB/s1600/B4.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="How to sign and build android app in Android studio" border="0" height="197" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PNl-K8PUscM/WJyF4c3p-iI/AAAAAAAAALA/i-fAyT4S0sYE_RjUUX9hPGTGBgKsKs-LACLcB/s400/B4.PNG" title="How to sign and build android app in Android studio" width="400" /></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">This window  popup will guide you in  setting  up the name of your key store file and the directory where you will store your file.To do this click on the button on the key store path as shown here below.</span></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D-G6hjBxdBs/WJyGXBv19rI/AAAAAAAAALI/LbqU8WVF4oUIbvzNnQEAJbFgaBvlp2zMACLcB/s1600/B5.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="How to sign and build android app in Android studio" border="0" height="223" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D-G6hjBxdBs/WJyGXBv19rI/AAAAAAAAALI/LbqU8WVF4oUIbvzNnQEAJbFgaBvlp2zMACLcB/s400/B5.PNG" title="How to sign and build android app in Android studio" width="400" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Once you are done setting the <b>directory and name of your key store file</b>, click the OK button and another window like this one below will open up.</span></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C2rm7CBSRnI/WJyGm4laj8I/AAAAAAAAALQ/I6dKFRHRZCETthG3beJDEbpBBBrAJXcNwCEw/s1600/B6.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="How to sign and build android app in Android studio" border="0" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C2rm7CBSRnI/WJyGm4laj8I/AAAAAAAAALQ/I6dKFRHRZCETthG3beJDEbpBBBrAJXcNwCEw/s400/B6.PNG" title="How to sign and build android app in Android studio" width="400" /></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Fill all the required details and click OK<b> </b>and a new window will open up requiring you to verify the data you have provided if its OK as shown here below.</span></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AOZQKFYY-I4/WJyG7rNmqCI/AAAAAAAAALU/WehQVVIWH-4Lo0efBtBCSWhTedz8_OXXQCLcB/s1600/B7.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="How to sign and build android app in Android studio" border="0" height="182" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AOZQKFYY-I4/WJyG7rNmqCI/AAAAAAAAALU/WehQVVIWH-4Lo0efBtBCSWhTedz8_OXXQCLcB/s400/B7.PNG" title="How to sign and build android app in Android studio" width="400" /></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">The verification stage will lead you into the final stage of signing your apk where another new window popup will show up requiring us to confirm the <b>directory</b> where our app will be stored and also confirm the type of<b> build variant</b>  we  need as shown here below in this picture.</span></div> <br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-F2ZIPU3caQU/WJyHITHLB3I/AAAAAAAAALc/4WPBDkSmJr8VYQMq4fsc6lwqW5-WOzKvwCLcB/s1600/B8.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="How to sign and build android app in Android studio" border="0" height="190" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-F2ZIPU3caQU/WJyHITHLB3I/AAAAAAAAALc/4WPBDkSmJr8VYQMq4fsc6lwqW5-WOzKvwCLcB/s400/B8.PNG" title="How to sign and build android app in Android studio" width="400" /></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Verify  the information you have provided if its okay and click finish button and within few seconds, you will receive a message popup showing you your apk has been successfully signed and generated as shown below.</span></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qn7DMTIId_g/WJyHYzIl0ZI/AAAAAAAAALg/TW_jG1dKLdwcNL3fRh6mWIvjqVGIOtjaACLcB/s1600/B9.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="How to sign and build android app in Android studio" border="0" height="192" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qn7DMTIId_g/WJyHYzIl0ZI/AAAAAAAAALg/TW_jG1dKLdwcNL3fRh6mWIvjqVGIOtjaACLcB/s400/B9.PNG" title="How to sign and build android app in Android studio" width="400" /></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Now go to your directory  you set to store your app and share it with friends or upload it in play store.If you have any problems in signing your apk, dont hesitate to get back to me and i will be of great help to you.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Enjoy and stay tuned for greater posts.</span></div>

How to sign and build android app in Android studio

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How to Build your first mobile app with the Android Studio IDE

<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Building mobile apps without using web interface technologies has never been a simple task to many  newbies or seasoned developers .But did you know that you can create a simple mobile app using <b>Android Studio IDE</b> and deploy it to Google play store or share with your friends?</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Android Studio is the official google IDE tool for developing   native android apps.It is an open source tool which has since replaced the former Eclipse Development kit since in 2014 and it is available for all downloads in Windows, Linux and Mac OS binaries.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Today am going to take through on how you can build your first mobile app using android studio IDE.Hoping that you have your Android Studio installed, open it so that it displays a Gui like this one below.</span></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jnGL9EaH7pU/WJiIvjDKYBI/AAAAAAAAAJs/3Ee1YfK034A4XgwZVWF-FT1rZyZ8ZTGFgCLcB/s1600/photo5818684344317880324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Building your first mobile app with the Android Studio IDE" border="0" height="219" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jnGL9EaH7pU/WJiIvjDKYBI/AAAAAAAAAJs/3Ee1YfK034A4XgwZVWF-FT1rZyZ8ZTGFgCLcB/s320/photo5818684344317880324.jpg" title="Building your first mobile app with the Android Studio IDE" width="320" /></span></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Then Hover along the menu bar and look for file menu, click on it and select the <b>New </b>Option. From the new option, Click on <b>New Project</b> and another popup window  like this one below will open.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CEe7JF8QClo/WJiJGAM4oFI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/oNecWOBOr_kaEcVKfFqe6LEl6n5-uLvngCLcB/s1600/t5.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Building your first mobile app with the Android Studio IDE" border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CEe7JF8QClo/WJiJGAM4oFI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/oNecWOBOr_kaEcVKfFqe6LEl6n5-uLvngCLcB/s320/t5.PNG" title="Building your first mobile app with the Android Studio IDE" width="236" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />In this window, you are needed to configure the name of your app and your project location where you will be working on.</span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Click Next and another window pop  like one here  below will show up.This window only will guide you on configuring the <b>target devices</b> which your app will be deployed.Select<b> Phone and Tablet</b> and choose <b>API 15</b> which is Android version 4.0.3 as your minimum SDK to deploy your app across the devices as shown below.</span></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;">You can also select other platforms such as TV, Glass,wear or Android Auto for  deploying your app too.click next and proceed to the next step.</span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cFntI0KBEqo/WJiJdXQKZDI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/HGe-z5oTiVgi_Fm1E1HWQqYJdcJc-zIDACLcB/s1600/t6.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Building your first mobile app with the Android Studio IDE" border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cFntI0KBEqo/WJiJdXQKZDI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/HGe-z5oTiVgi_Fm1E1HWQqYJdcJc-zIDACLcB/s320/t6.PNG" title="Building your first mobile app with the Android Studio IDE" width="232" /></span></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">After configuring  our target devices, Now we will choose a layout or interface which we would like to work with and also the one which fits our application better as shown here below in this popup;</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HRX81ntCzuY/WJiJuh42HEI/AAAAAAAAAKE/lynpjkKbwugvlplbXQssd5J-r2fHXZPPgCLcB/s1600/t7.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Building your first mobile app with the Android Studio IDE" border="0" height="220" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HRX81ntCzuY/WJiJuh42HEI/AAAAAAAAAKE/lynpjkKbwugvlplbXQssd5J-r2fHXZPPgCLcB/s320/t7.PNG" title="Building your first mobile app with the Android Studio IDE" width="320" /></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">For our application we will choose the <b>Empty activity</b> and click next to proceed in giving a name to your next new activity as shown below.</span></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Qz_9SG3yrfY/WJiJ-cjh49I/AAAAAAAAAKI/aQilPEiZav8P5DDJaIiXU23-J3fcmYSpACLcB/s1600/t8.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Building your first mobile app with the Android Studio IDE" border="0" height="220" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Qz_9SG3yrfY/WJiJ-cjh49I/AAAAAAAAAKI/aQilPEiZav8P5DDJaIiXU23-J3fcmYSpACLcB/s320/t8.PNG" title="Building your first mobile app with the Android Studio IDE" width="320" /></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;">After that click finish and a new window popup like this will appear.Now it will be time to get our hands dirt .</span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_JUxWTZJnHU/WJiLF-WfIbI/AAAAAAAAAKY/zwgZwkqgJdwcwydnQ93bvHAnt79Hpr66QCLcB/s1600/t0.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Building your first mobile app with the Android Studio IDE" border="0" height="161" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_JUxWTZJnHU/WJiLF-WfIbI/AAAAAAAAAKY/zwgZwkqgJdwcwydnQ93bvHAnt79Hpr66QCLcB/s400/t0.PNG" title="Building your first mobile app with the Android Studio IDE" width="400" /></span></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Now, this is our Android interface which we will work on to create our application.Lets add buttons, labels and text views on our app.You can do this by going to <b>Text view</b> and writing down this whole code as i did.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-maqH39ShqS8/WJiLXmdJF0I/AAAAAAAAAKc/jF4DekSnDfIH22kSwIIE8gm7JBR358tRwCLcB/s1600/t1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Building your first mobile app with the Android Studio IDE" border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-maqH39ShqS8/WJiLXmdJF0I/AAAAAAAAAKc/jF4DekSnDfIH22kSwIIE8gm7JBR358tRwCLcB/s400/t1.PNG" title="Building your first mobile app with the Android Studio IDE" width="400" /></span></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Next,go to <b>design </b>mode and view your app and this  is the  the interface of your first app.</span></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pNVBz5pzmDc/WJiLjQ-eLGI/AAAAAAAAAKg/6DPHiNdNTTY0GrwjUh6z2uKpkhMzX34QwCLcB/s1600/t4.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Building your first mobile app with the Android Studio IDE" border="0" height="216" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pNVBz5pzmDc/WJiLjQ-eLGI/AAAAAAAAAKg/6DPHiNdNTTY0GrwjUh6z2uKpkhMzX34QwCLcB/s400/t4.PNG" title="Building your first mobile app with the Android Studio IDE" width="400" /></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: justify;">In the next session we will add functionality to it.If you have experienced any issue let me know and i will be of great help to you.</span>Enjoy and please dont forget to share this post with your friends.</span></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br /><br /></span></span>

How to Build your first mobile app with the Android Studio IDE

Building mobile apps without using web interface technologies has never been a simple task to many  newbies or seasoned developers .But d...

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