Long description

A bar at the top of the screen is the top system bar, and shows items including the time, battery indicator, cellular connection status and icons for apps that have sent you notifications. Below the tops system bar is the client area in which your app’s content is displayed. The client area takes up most of the screen. A bar at the bottom of the screen, the bottom system bar, shows, from left to right, the back, home, and recent apps buttons. The client area has a block of text, which reads, welcome to android app development, and an image of a bug. The text block is the text view component and the image is the image view component, showing the Deitel bug logo.

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