---
title: "Build your first Android app · Lenexa Learn"
description: "With no Kotlin experience, one developer built their first Android app with Gemini."
url: https://www.lenexa.ai/learn/use-cases/build-your-first-android-app/
site: "Lenexa Learn"
---

Software & DevOps

# Build your first Android app

With no Kotlin experience, one developer built their first Android app with Gemini.

## Steps

1. Install Android Studio.
2. Follow the steps.
3. Test it on your phone.

## Prompt you can copy

```
I'm new to Android. Walk me through building a simple app that [does X], one step at a time, with all the code.
```

## Tools

- Gemini

For Developers, Individuals. Added October 12, 2026.

## Source

[hn](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46942594) · February 2026

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