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| <p>To help you understand some fundamental Android APIs and coding practices, a variety of sample |
| code is available from the Android SDK Manager.</p> |
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| <p>To download the samples:</p> |
| <ol> |
| <li>Launch the Android SDK Manager. |
| <ul> |
| <li>On Windows, double-click the SDK Manager.exe file at the root of the Android SDK |
| directory.</li> |
| <li>On Mac or Linux, open a terminal to the {@code tools/} directory in the |
| Android SDK, then execute {@code android sdk}.</ul> |
| </li> |
| <li>Expand the list of packages for the latest Android platform.</li> |
| <li>Select and download <em>Samples for SDK</em>.</li> |
| </ol> |
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| <p>When the download is complete, you can find the samples sources at this location:</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:2em"> |
| <code><em><sdk></em>/platforms/<android-version>/samples/</code> |
| </p> |
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| <p>You can easily create new Android projects with the downloaded samples, modify them |
| if you'd like, and then run them on an emulator or device. </p> |
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| <p>Below are summaries for several of the available samples.</p> |
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