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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.</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 samples sources at this location:</p>

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