Build Sample App
Lets try to build an app from source code.
Source Code
I'd like to use something which is already out there very popular. The Sunshine-app is used by many for tutorials, so lets take that as our candidate.
https://github.com/udacity/Sunshine-Version-2
Environment
Assuming that you have the environment as mentioned in the sections "Android System setup", "Tools to know", below is my environment.
Note: As mentioned on the above git repo, sign up for the weather app key.
Once you have the key, place it inside "~/.gradle/gradle.properties" file. If the file doesn't exist, create it
Clone and Build
cd into the repo and then "gradle clean assembleDebug"
Video
Eventually, a successful build looks as below.
app-debug apk
The app-debug.apk is found in app/build/outputs/apk as below
At this point, you can install the debug apk by following the section "Deploy or install Android app"
Note This source code is used only for demonstrating the build process. Please use your own email-id to create the API key, only with the API key , you will be able to launch the weather app.