How to build a simple hello world app

Assumptions

The Android Development Toolkit (ADT) bundle has been installed
The target Android API (e.g. API 18 - Android Jelly Bean) have been downloaded and installed via the Android SDK Manager plugin in the Eclipse IDE.
The Android Virtual Device for the target Android API version have been setup.

Step 1 - Pull down File menu, select New

Step 1 - Pull down File menu, select New.

Step 2 - Select Projects.

Step 3 - Expand "Android" and select "Android Application Project".

Step 4 - Enter "Application Name", Project Name and Package Name will be auto-populated.

Step 5 - Click Next.

Step 6 - Click Next.

Step 7 - Click Next.

Step 8 - Select "Empty Activity", click Next.

Step 9 - Click Finish.

Step 10 - In the project explorer and navigate to src -> com.example.app01. Double click on MainActivity.java. Note the content view is set to Resource layout named main.

Step 11 - Navigate to res -> layout -> main.xml. Note textview defined having text value taken from the string named hello_world in the strings file

Step 12 - Navigate to the strings file (strings.xml) and observe the value of the string to be displayed.

Step 13 - To launch the app in the Android Virtual Device, select the project (app01) -> Run As -> Android Application.

Step 14 - Observe the Hello World string displayed in the app.