I'm fresh starting out Android development. Just downloaded Android Studio 3.5 and am trying to follow various tutorials that tell me to look at the files within the [application] folder; however, my project manager folder looks different than all the tutorials. Even different than what it should look like on the android download site.
Mine:
What it looks like on android docs tutorial:
I'm following this tutorial here.
it looks different because you probably imported the parent directory to android studio not the app itself, but you can still access the app folder from where you are now
there's app folder below .idea, open it. above FirstAndroidApp you can see Android with a drop down arrow, select it and choose the level you want to see.
It looks like you incorrectly set up your Android Studio project. See the green dot by your FirstAndroidApp folder? In the tutorial, app has that green dot. This indicates what Android Studio calls a "module". I suggest you start from the beginning of the tutorial to figure out what detail you missed to set up the app module.
In your project view, MainActivity is located inside the 'app' folder.
If you look at the 2nd given picture, it shows the app folder opened at the top which means it's probably the same structure for your project.
Just navigate down that folder (non-generated folders) and you'll find it
You have not made any errors but your starting point is different.
Inside the app folder located just below .idea folder.
You will find the java sub-folder which contains the MainActivity.java file.
