Programming Environment Setup for Android Studio

TEAM 13380

Android Studio

• Android Studio is an integrated development Environment (IDE) for writing code in a collaborative environment
• Some advantages of Android Studio as compared to other IDEs include
• Its ability to debug in real-time
• The ease of integrating libraries such as OpenCV or DogeCV
• Android Studio works especially well with GitHub, as it allows multiple people to collaborate effectively

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GitHub

• GitHub is a Git repository hosting service that offers distributed version control and source code management
• When integrated with Android Studio, it allows people to share their code, obtain other collaborators’ code, and access different iterations of the same code
• This is known as “Version Control”
• You can think of it as a collaborative “Google Drive” that can store all of your team’s code but also gives individuals the flexibility to work on specific programs

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Installing Android Studio

• Search up “Download Android Studio” and click on the link
• It looks like this: “https://developer.android.com/studio”
• Here is a video showing the installation process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP0u-ib_Tm8

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Configuring GitHub

• Click on this link: “https://github.com/” and make an account there
• Open up Android Studio and select
• “File” >> “Settings” >> “Version Control”
• Click on “Git” and select “Test” (to the right of “Path to Git executable”)
• Then click on “GitHub” and then on “Create API Token” and enter your GitHub account details there 
• Select “Apply” and then “OK”
• This way you can access GitHub directly within Android Studio

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Creating Your Team Repository

• Create a team account on GitHub
• In order to create your team repository, fork the most current version of the FTC SDK using your team account The most current version of the SDK can be found at: https://github.com/ftctechnh/ftc_app.git
• You can select “fork” in the top right hand corner
• This will allow you to create a repository for your team which is built off of the FTC SDK repository, allowing you to access those libraries

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Student 1’s copy

Student 2’s copy

Student 3’s copy

Student 4’s copy

Student 5’s copy

Getting Your Team on the Repository

• In order for team members to access the repository, they need to create a GitHub account and request access from the repository admin (the person that created the team repository)
• After the admin grants access, team members have to follow the following steps:
• Go to the homepage of Android Studio (the one that shows up when you first open it up)
• Click on “Check Out Project From Version Control”
• Enter your team’s Git Repository URL  
• Then click “Test” and “Clone”
• After successfully cloning the repository, team members can start contributing to the team repository

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Creating a New File

• Go to the folder where you want to add a file
• Right click on the folder
• Select “File” >> “new” >> “Java Class” >> Give it a name >> “OK”

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Committing & Pushing Files

• Committing
• Press the check mark at the top right or go to VCS and press “Commit”
• Enter a commit message and press “Commit”
• Pushing
• Instead of pressing “Commit,” click on the arrow near the commit button
• Click “Commit and Push”
• Select branch to push onto and press “Push”

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Transferring Programs onto the Phones

• Connect your Robot Controller phone (The phone that connects to the robot) to the computer you are working on using a USB
• Build your program
• Press the play button in the top right of Android Studio to download your program onto the phone
• Wait for the phone to complete installation (A message will appear that says “Installed successfully in x seconds”)

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Credits

• This lesson was written by Ansh Kharbanda for FTCTutorials.com
• You can contact the author at anshkhab@gmail.com

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