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title: "Your First Application for Android via Java"
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This article gives you an idea of getting started with Aspose.Words for Android via Java. It will demonstrate how to set up a new Android project from scratch, add a reference to the Aspose.Words JAR and create a new document which is saved to disk in DOCX format. This example uses [Android Studio](https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html) for development and the application is run on the Android Emulator. To get started with Aspose.Words for Android via Java, please follow this step-by-step tutorial to create an app which uses Aspose.Words for Android via Java:

1. Download and the [Android Studio](https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html) and install it to any location.
1. Run the Android Studio.
1. Create a new Android Application Project.
![install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-3](install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-3.jpg)
![install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-4](install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-4.png)
![install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-5](install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-5.jpg)
![install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-6](install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-6.jpg)
![install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-7](install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-7.jpg)
1. Copy aspose-words-17.5-android.via.java.jar into your project’s libs/folder
![install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-8](install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-8.jpg)
1. Select Project Section (from the file menu and click on the Dependencies tab.
   1. Click on the "+" button, select the file dependency option.
   1. Select Aspose.Words library from libs folder and click on OK.
   ![install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-9](install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-9.png)
1. Sync the project with Gradle files if needed
![install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-10](install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-10.png)
1. In order to access the SDcard special permissions must be added. Click on the AndroidManifest.xml file and choose the XML view. Add the following line to the file 
![install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-11](install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-11.jpg)
1. Navigate back to the code section of the app and add the following imports:
```csharp
import java.io.File;
import com.aspose.words.Document;
import com.aspose.words.DocumentBuilder;
import android.os.Environment; 
```
And then insert the following code in the body of the onCreate method to create a new document from scratch using Aspose.Words,
insert some text and save it to the SDCard in DOCX format.
```csharp
try
{
   Document doc = new Document();
   DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
   builder.writeln("Hello World!");
   String sdCardPath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath() + File.separator;
   doc.save(sdCardPath + "Document Out.docx");
}
catch (Exception e)
{
   e.printStackTrace();
}
```
The full code should look like this:
![install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-12](install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-12.png)
1. Now run the application again. This time the Aspose.Words code will run in the background and generate a document that is saved to the SDcard.
![install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-13](install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-13.jpg)
1. To view the created document navigate to the Tools menu then choose Android and choose Android Device Monitor
![install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-14](install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-14.jpg)
![install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-15](install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-15.jpg)
1. Use the default viewer to open the document. The output generated by the app with just a few lines of code looks like this:
![install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-16](install-aspose-words-for-android-via-java-16.jpg)