Creating a form layout

Once you have a good wireframe to work from, you'll want to start developing the user interface screen. For this, we'll use Android Studio and its wonderful layout editor.

Since this is a brand new project, you'll need to open Android Studio and use File|New |New Project to get it started. Then, follow these steps:

1. Name the project Claim, and leave any non-Java support turned off.
2. Target Android 4.1 on Phone & Tablet only.
3. In the Activity Gallery, choose the Basic Activity:

4. Name the new Activity CaptureClaimActivity, and then change the title to Capture Claim. Leave the other parameters at their default values:

5. Finish the New Project wizard, and wait for the project to be generated.
6. When the project has been generated and synchronized, Android Studio will open the content_capture_claim.xml file in its layout editor.

7. By default, Android Studio assumes that you will be using a ConstraintLayout as the root of your layout. This is an incredibly powerful and flexible tool,...