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title: "What folders are important in the android project?"  
description: "What folders are important in the android project?"  
author: "Uthkarsh pal"  
published: 2018-01-23  
updated: 2018-05-17  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33496/what-folders-are-important-in-the-android-project  
category: "technology"  
tags: ["android"]  
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# What folders are important in the android project?

What folders are important in the [android](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1672/android-internals) [project](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/105927/how-to-excel-at-managing-multiple-projects)?

## Answers

### Answer by Arti Mishra

**An important folder in Android Project:**If you are working on any Android project using **android studio IDE** then these are some important folder in your android studio project.

- AndroidManifest.xml
- build.gradle (Gradle Script)
- bin
- java
- res
- assets

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**AndroidManifest.xml –** It is the root directory of any android project and it **kept all essential information about the application or project** and it describes the nature of the application and its components. And it also provides a **protection to your Android app.****\** **build.gradle (Gradle Scripts)-** Provide some **important instruction about UI component.** Generally, the android studio uses **Gradle Scripts** to provide instruction and eclipse uses build**.XML file.**\
**bin –** It contain **output directory** of the project where **compiler will place the final packaged .****\** **java –** It contain **all java source code** **files** or the **Activity file**.\
**res –** It contains drawable files, layout files, and string values that contain different images, icon and all XML configuration files which are separate from source code. It has also contained sub-folders as per type of resources uses in our project.\
**assets–** It contain a different type of **files and directories** for **storing raw asset files** like HTML files or other files that are used in our project and compiled it into an **.apk file.** \


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