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   I have been away for quite some time. Firstly, when Microsoft gave up on Windows Phone and the demise of the Windows Phone OS, then later I myself faced some health issues which I managed to overcome. I am picking and hope to post something useful once in a while. The latest version of Android Studio (2024.1.1) is called  Koalas . Android Studio is used for building high-quality, modern Android Applications. The following features make it extremely well suited for building modern Android applications. These are in no way new but essential in all modern design environments:  Develop Native Android Apps:  The basic function is used to build Android applications using  KOTLIN , or Java. KOTLIN is Google's preferred language for Android app development. It provides an development environment with all the necessary tools for writing, editing, testing, debugging, and deploying your application. It's Android device monitor can explore various aspects of a connected Android app. Bui

  You have built a web application on your PC or laptop.  Now,  you want to see how it appears on a mobile device. This is the use case for a mobile simulator, an extension that displays how your site would appear on a handheld. It is a responsive testing tool. It is available on Google Chrome Webstore. It can simulate 5 models of Android smartphones and 11 models of Apple smartphones. Deatils here:  Mobile Simulator From the above site you can add it to Microsoft Edge where it will show as one of the extensions as shown. How do you test it? Just bring up a web page (any) as shown here: Now click on this icon and see the simulator getting displayed as shown: There is another web site here with some operational buttons on the right.

  The Android Studio has been changing ( https://android-studio.en.uptodown.com/windows/versions ).  The version  I am using is the latest. The location of the APK file is found in the ' output ' folder. In the Snow Cat version of the Android Studio, the location of the APK (app-debug.apk) file is shown in this figure. I copied the file and I installed it on a Android Phone where .apk files can be installed.

 I am a Windows Phone developer trying to get into Android App development. I have been working with Android app development for the past couple of days with the latest Android Studio.  I finally got an app that can display an URL . I had an important line missing in my Manifest file and when I corrected this it worked. It has to do with the browser permissions. ========= <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     package="com.example.mywview"> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>     <application         android:allowBackup="true"         android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"         android:label="@string/app_name"         android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"         android:supportsRtl="true"         android:theme="@style/Theme.MyWView">         <act

  Android apps are becoming very popular. How do you build one on a Windows 10 computer/laptop? I am used to developing Windows Mobile (Microsoft gave up on this) using Visual Studio of various versions, but I wanted to try an Android app. It is easy to get a link ( Download Android Studio and SDK tools  |  Android Developers ) to the download page for the latest version of Windows (x64).  The problem was, after downloading the executable and running it was hampered by the Ransomeware protection of Windows 10. I finally resolved it, as shown  here . Here are some screenshots of the install process: Hello, Arctic Fox, be good to me! Setting up the development environment Android studio setup is driven by a wizard and is very easy. Just follow the screenshots. It shows the variety of devices you can develop the apps. Just click next or finish as the case may be. Android starts other components needed for development as shown. Well, there was a hiccup here. I think this is needed for emul

  You can download the Android Studio for Windows and other platforms. However, trying to install in Windows 10 you may run into a problem.  At the end of the installation, you get the error that the software was not installed because the temp directory could not be accessed.  This is quite a frequent, error many folks are confronted with while installing some new software.  I encountered this problem trying to install Android Studio on my Windows 10 (x64). What is Windows 10 controlled folder access? Controlled folder access is an anti-ransomware feature in Windows 10 that helps protect your file system on your computer from modification by suspicious or malicious apps (especially ransomware). You should find this in "System Protection" Controlled folder access in Windows Security reviews the apps that can make changes to files in protected folders and blocks unauthorized or unsafe apps from accessing or changing files in those folders. Access the relevant feature page in th