EditText is the variable type I will use to accept input from the user. It can be configured in various ways to accommodate for the information being entered. A person’s name, an email address, or a phone number requires different “EditText” settings. I will use one on the main screen, and then a few on the other activities in the app....

An android app consists of several activities. Activities are screens that the user sees when interacting with the app. I have seen how to start activities from other activities by using the “intent” method and defining the activities in the Android manifest file. I will have to create a few variables as well as screens for my app. Now I am learning how...

I am currently learning how to link objects on the user interface with id’s that can be used to reference them in the activity source code.  Also experimenting with methods and functions, as well as importing packages that come pre-installed in the Android SDK

I am currently playing around with Eclipse and the Android SDK and creating various buttons, text boxes, and such through configuring XML. Next I will learn how to link these buttons into the code so they function and something happens when they are activated. Working on a “splash” screen as well

Through tutorials and guides on the Internet, I have been exploring and experimenting with the procedure to make a user interface for Android Apps. Most of this development takes place in the xml files