How to create icon for Android apps

If the app have transparent menu and you do not want this,
try delete @style/AppTheme in application tag in AndroidManifest.xml
and try run module - project. If menu is not transparent , maybe it caused

 <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/dicts_ico"
        android:label="@string/app_name" 
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" // delete this row - run app - try menu
 >

Or try set values\styles.xml into basic Theme

<resources>

    <!--
        Base application theme, dependent on API level. This theme is replaced
        by AppBaseTheme from res/values-vXX/styles.xml on newer devices.
    -->
    <style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="android:Theme.Black">
        <!--
            Theme customizations available in newer API levels can go in
            res/values-vXX/styles.xml, while customizations related to
            backward-compatibility can go here.
        -->
    </style>

    <!-- Application theme. -->
    <style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme">
        <!-- All customizations that are NOT specific to a particular API-level can go here. -->
    </style>

</resources>

Get display, screen resolution - dimension Android phone development example source code.

 Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
int nWidth = display.getWidth();
int nHeight = display.getHeight();

          DisplayMetrics metrics = new DisplayMetrics();
            getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(metrics);
            //get density per inch for example: 120 , 160 , 240
            mXDpi = metrics.xdpi; // 160 The exact physical pixels per inch of the screen in the X dimension. 
            mYDpi = metrics.ydpi;

// density
int nDensity = metrics.densityDpi; // 160 screen density expressed as dots-per-inch

          float  mMetersToPixelsX = mXDpi / 0.0254f; // 1 inch == 0.0254 metre
          float  mMetersToPixelsY = mYDpi / 0.0254f;
          
// Resolution
// The total number of physical pixels on a screen.
int wPix = metrics.widthPixels; // 320 The absolute width of the display in pixels.
int hPix = metrics.heightPixels; // 480 The absolute height of the display in pixels.
int nWidthDisplay = (wPix < hPix)? wPix : hPix;

float nWidthScreenInInch = wPix / mXDpi; //320 / 160 == 2.0 in inch.
float nHeightScreenInInch = hPix / mYDpi; //480 / 160 == 3.0 in inch.

// for example:
// density 120 per inch
//width 320 pix / 120 dpi == width 2.66 inch
//height 480 pix / 120 dpi == height 4.0 inch 

// density 240 per inch
//width 320 pix / 240 dpi == width 1.33 inch
//height 480 pix / 240 dpi == height 2.0 inch 

Example:
HTC Desire HD
11 (4.3) Diagonal cm (in)
480×800 Resolution
85 (217) ppcm (PPI - Pixels per inch)

480 / 217 = 2.21 inch
800 / 217 = 3.69 inch
Math.sqrt( 2.21*2.21 + 3.69 * 3.69) = 4.3 inch - diagonal

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixels_per_inch
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dots_per_inch

Typical screen widths:

320dp: a typical phone screen (240x320 ldpi, 320x480 mdpi, 480x800 hdpi, etc).
480dp: a tweener tablet like the Streak (480x800 mdpi).
600dp: a 7” tablet (600x1024 mdpi).
720dp: a 10” tablet (720x1280 mdpi, 800x1280 mdpi, etc).


Emulator skins in the Android SDK
//developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html

	Low density (120), ldpi	Medium density (160), mdpi	High density (240), hdpi	Extra high density (320), xhdpi
Small screen	QVGA (240x320)		480x640
Normal screen	WQVGA400 (240x400) WQVGA432 (240x432)	HVGA (320x480)	WVGA800 (480x800) WVGA854 (480x854) 600x1024	640x960
Large screen	WVGA800** (480x800) WVGA854** (480x854)	WVGA800* (480x800) WVGA854* (480x854) 600x1024
Extra Large screen	1024x600	WXGA (1280x800)† 1024x768 1280x768	1536x1152 1920x1152 1920x1200	2048x1536 2560x1536 2560x1600
* To emulate this configuration, specify a custom density of 160 when creating an AVD that uses a WVGA800 or WVGA854 skin. ** To emulate this configuration, specify a custom density of 120 when creating an AVD that uses a WVGA800 or WVGA854 skin. † This skin is available with the Android 3.0 platform

Fill the entire canvas with the specified color.

@Override
    public void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
    canvas.drawColor(Color.GREEN);
}

Click to Android version combobox - drop down menu and select your version, which just using (have instaled). For example: You updated ADT by SDK manager, but forget to update Android version. You can use lower version from drop down menu, which using your project, or do update of Android by SDK manager.

Show keyboard Android phone apps development example source code.

// ActivityClass.java
InputMethodManager showSoftInput;
Button hBtnKeyboardShow ;
//onCreate
showSoftInput = (InputMethodManager)this.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);

hBtnKeyboardShow = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btnKeyboardShow);
hBtnKeyboardShow.setOnClickListener(myButtonListener);
// END onCreate

//button listener
private OnClickListener myButtonListener = new OnClickListener() {
     public void onClick(View v) {
     	 try {
     		 showSoftInput.getInputMethodList();
                 showSoftInput.toggleSoftInput(showSoftInput.SHOW_FORCED, 0);	
		} catch (Exception e) {
			Log.e("Keyboard show ", e.getMessage());
			
		}
     }
};