Hi dear reader, I’m Xavier Jouvenot and in this article, we are going to talk about how to set up Android Studio to have it run the default c++ project.
This is the beginning of a series of blog post in which I will experiment with Android Studio to create some application I have in mind, and to complete the challenges from The Modern Cpp Challenge, by Marius Bancila.
Installation
First of all, we must install Android Studio on our machine.I will only talk about the Windows installation, as I personally only have a Windows machine.
Via the website
To download Android Studio, all you have to do is go to the Android Studio website and click on "Download Android Studio".Once downloaded, run the installer and select the the setup and the theme that you want.Personally, I selected a standard setup and the dark theme.
Via a package manager
Another way to install Android Studio on Windows, is to use a package manager.I personally tend to use Chocolatey, and I really encourage you to give it a try, if you never have. 🙂
To install Android Studio with Chocolatey, all you need to do is to run the command choco install androidstudio in the Powershell command, and accept the installation. You can find the details of Android Studio package for Chocolatey here, if you want.
Once installed, you can open Android Studio and select the the setup and the theme that you want.Personally, I selected a standard setup and the dark theme.
Project configuration
Now that you have an Android Studio ready to be used, let’s configure and run successfully a C++ project in Android Studio.First of all let’s create a new project by going into the menu File > New > New Project.In the windows that appeared, select the C++ project.
Then configure your project location and name.
Finally, you can select the your cpp standard. I personally went for the latest available, C++17.
Now, you should have a default cpp project available to you in Android Studio. 💪😃
All we need to do is to be able to run it.To do so, we first have to sync our project with Gradle Files by clicking on this icon 
At that point, either the synchronization is a success, or it is not.If it did fail, I suggest you to read this article about how to set install NDK in Android Studio, to make your synchronization successful, and to come back after to finish to setup your project.
So now that you have synchronize you project with Gradle, all we have left to do is to run the project on an emulator.And for that, we need to specify the device we want to emulate.To do so, we must click on 
to open the AVD Manager (AVD stands for Android Virtual Device). You should see the following window.
On this windows, click on the button + Create Virtual Device... and select the device of your choice.Personally, I took the Pixel 2, since it is my current phone.After selecting your device, you can use the recommended parameters for the device and validate its creation.
And finally, you can hit run to launch the program, either by using the icon 
, by going into the menu Run > Run 'app' or by using the shortcut Maj + F10.Then you wait a little bit, and you have it, an Hello World into your phone emulator.
Conclusion
After all this, we are ready to finally start coding, but that will be for another post 😜
Personally, I had more problem that this post shared since I had to deal with the fact that my main hard drive is almost full, so I have to change most of the default installation paths in Android Studio.I hope this post will help you a little in your installation and your first steps to mobile development. 🙂
Thank you all for reading this article,And until my next article, have an splendid day 😉
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