Added a header and a button that does ... nothing.  

Using the "design" view, it looks very much like good ol visual programming.  I can specify a method to execute upon click for the button.  I didn't create the method, though.  So, fired up the VM and clicked the button - and, as expected, a NoSuchMethod exception was thrown.  Good.  That's what I expected.

And that's enough for today. 

SUCCESSSS!

Had to re-create the project, but specify v4.0.  Most likely because the VM I created was v4.0 as well.
Makes sense.

Yeesh.

2 + hours to get to this point - and zero of that 2 hours was coding.

ARRGGGHHH

I restart the VM.  Looks good!
Try to run the application on it ...

and I get this message:

DEVICE SHELL COMMAND: pm install -r "/data/local/tmp/com.example.gary.myapplication"
pkg: /data/local/tmp/com.example.gary.myapplication
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_OLDER_SDK]

This is seriously cheesing me off 

Project location.  Fixed.
Created and started a new Android VM. Running!

Attempting to run project on Android VM ... fail.

VM seems to have hung.  Kill VM and try again.

The run time booted after like ... 10 minutes.
It was pretty cool - there was an android device (Nexus?) running on my desktop in its own window.

BUT I couldn't run my app because ... no Android SDK was selected.  So when I installed the packages containing the run-time I foobared my environment, apparently.

I've quit IntelliJ, deleted the project, and restarted IntelliJ to create a fresh project.  Hopefully, the Android SDK will be selected properly.

Package installed.  Run time created.  I have a running emulated Android image...

...but installing the packages broke something else.  The IDE is now complaining that "No Android SDK found.  Please configure an Android SDK".

One step forward.  One step back.

All I want to fucking do is get my Hello World app running.

Still haven't got anywhere.

Turns out the "all-in-one" installer package for Android Studio isn't exactly all in one.  I still have to go through the "SDK Manager" to download a few additional packages - including an actual run-time environment.

The tutorial I am following (which was just written on June 20th - about two weeks ago!) doesn't mention this at all!  (http://www.i-programmer.info/programming/android/5887-android-adventures-getting-started-with-android-studio.html?start=2)

http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/adding-packages.html

I'm downloading packages now - but I'm not sure which packages I should be downloading.  I just selected a bunch.  Hopefully I'll be able to get a freaking run-time!