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page.title=Samples

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<p>To help you understand some fundamental Android APIs and coding practices, a variety of sample
code is available from the Android SDK Manager. Each version of the Android platform available
from the SDK Manager offers its own set of sample apps.</p>

<p>To download the samples:</p>
<ol>
  <li>Launch the Android SDK Manager.
    <ul>
      <li>On Windows, double-click the SDK Manager.exe file at the root of the Android SDK
directory.</li>
      <li>On Mac or Linux, open a terminal to the {@code tools/} directory in the
Android SDK, then execute {@code android sdk}.</ul>
  </li>
  <li>Expand the list of packages for the latest Android platform.</li>
  <li>Select and download <em>Samples for SDK</em>.</li>
</ol>

<p>When the download is complete, you can find the source code for all samples at this location:</p>

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

<p>The {@code &lt;version>} number corresponds to the platform's
  <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels">API level</a>.</p>

<p>You can easily create new Android projects with the downloaded samples, modify them
if you'd like, and then run them on an emulator or device.</p>