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<p>Sometimes, the best way to learn how things are done is to look at some code.</p>

<p>Here, you can browse the source of some sample Android applications. Also, each version of the
Android platform available for the SDK includes a set of sample
applications (which may vary between different versions of the platform).
You can find the samples in your SDK at:</p>

<p style="margin-left:2em">
<code><em>&lt;sdk&gt;</em>/platforms/android-<em>&lt;version&gt;</em>/samples/</code>
</p>

<p>You can easily create new Android projects with these samples, modify them
if you'd like, then run them on an emulator or device. For example, to create
a project for the API Demos app from Eclipse,
start a new Android Project, select "Create project from existing source", then select
{@code ApiDemos} in the {@code samples/} directory. To create the API Demos project
using the {@code android} tool, execute:</p>
<pre>
android update project -s -n API Demos -t <em>&lt;target_ID></em> -p <em>&lt;path-to-platform></em>/samples/ApiDemos/
</pre>

<p>The pages below provide an overview of each sample application (available with most
platforms) and allow you to view the source files in your browser. </p>

<div class="special">
  <p>Some of the samples in this listing may not yet be available in the
  SDK. To ensure that you have the latest versions of the samples, you can
  <a href="{@docRoot}shareables/latest_samples.zip">download the samples pack</a>
  as a .zip archive.</p>
</div>

<dl>

 <dt><a href="ApiDemos/index.html">API Demos</a></dt>
  <dd>A variety of small applications that demonstrate an extensive collection of
  framework topics.</dd>

 <dt><a href="BluetoothChat/index.html">Bluetooth Chat</a></dt>
  <dd>An application for two-way text messaging over Bluetooth.</dd>

  <dt><a href="BusinessCard/index.html">BusinessCard</a></dt>
   <dd>An application that demonstrates how to launch the built-in contact
   picker from within an activity. This sample also uses reflection to ensure
   that the correct version of the contacts API is used, depending on which
   API level the application is running under.</dd>

 <dt><a href="ContactManager/index.html">Contact Manager</a></dt>
  <dd>An application that demonstrates how to query the system contacts provider 
  using the <code>ContactsContract</code> API, as
  well as insert contacts into a specific account.</dd>

 <dt><a href="Home/index.html">Home</a></dt>
  <dd>A home screen replacement application.</dd>

 <dt><a href="JetBoy/index.html">JetBoy</a></dt>
  <dd>A game that demonstrates the SONiVOX JET interactive music technology,
  with {@link android.media.JetPlayer}.</dd>

 <dt><a href="CubeLiveWallpaper/index.html">Live Wallpaper</a></dt>
  <dd>An application that demonstrates how to create a live wallpaper and 
  bundle it in an application that users can install on their devices.</dd>

 <dt><a href="LunarLander/index.html">Lunar Lander</a></dt>
  <dd>A classic Lunar Lander game.</dd>

  <dt><a href="MultiResolution/index.html">Multiple Resolutions</a></dt>
  <dd>A sample application that shows how to use resource directory qualifiers to
  provide different resources for different screen configurations.</dd>

 <dt><a href="NotePad/index.html">Note Pad</a></dt>
  <dd>An application for saving notes. Similar (but not identical) to the 
    <a href="{@docRoot}resources/tutorials/notepad/index.html">Notepad tutorial</a>.</dd>

 <dt><a href="SampleSyncAdapter/index.html">SampleSyncAdapter</a></dt>
  <dd>Demonstrates how an application can communicate with a
cloud-based service and synchronize its data with data stored locally in a
content provider. The sample uses two related parts of the Android framework
&mdash; the account manager and the synchronization manager (through a sync
adapter).</dd>

 <dt><a href="SearchableDictionary/index.html">Searchable Dictionary</a></dt>
  <dd>A sample application that demonstrates Android's search framework, 
  including how to provide search suggestions for Quick Search Box.</dd>

 <dt><a href="Snake/index.html">Snake</a></dt>
  <dd>An implementation of the classic game "Snake."</dd>

 <dt><a href="SoftKeyboard/index.html">Soft Keyboard</a></dt>
  <dd>An example of writing an input method for a software keyboard.</dd>

 <dt><a href="Wiktionary/index.html">Wiktionary</a></dt>
  <dd>An example of creating interactive widgets for display on the Android
  home screen.</dd>

 <dt><a href="WiktionarySimple/index.html">Wiktionary (Simplified)</a></dt>
  <dd>A simple Android home screen widgets example.</dd>
</dl>


<div class="special">
<p>For more sample applications, check out
<a href="http://code.google.com/p/apps-for-android/">apps-for-android</a>, a
collection of open source applications that demonstrate various Android APIs.
</p>
</div>