1. Run Android Studio. Click New Project button.

2. Select Phone and Tablet tab then select Empty Activity. Click Next.

3. Enter name and language (keep default values for other details):

4. Click Finish. The project is created and loaded in Android Studio as follows

5. Please wait until you see a message like "Gradle sync finished in 4m 53s 311ms" or "daemon started successfully" at the bottom, this means the project is ready to run. It takes a while for Gradle to build and index the project.

6. On the menu bar, select an emulator then click the green triangle 4button to run the project. You will see the app in the emulator as follows.