How to create a Salesforce.com Android Mobile app(hybrid_local)

This post assumes that you have already set up the development environment for Salesforce.com Mobile development. If you don't have, visit here and set it up first (for windows)

To connect the mobile application with your Salesforce.com instance, we need to create a some trusted connection between the app and target environment. Salesforce.com connected apps helps you here.
First we'll configure a connected app and then create the mobile app.

1). Login to your Salesforce.com instance and navigate into Setup ->  Create -> Apps,
2). Under Connected apps click on New
3). Fill the fields as required.
4). Under "API (Enable OAuth Settings)" tick the checkbox "Enable OAuth Settings".
5). Select the required OAuth scopes and click Save.
You should see the newly created Connected app something like below

Note that this Consumer key is going to do the main role to keep the connection between Salesforce.com and the app. Now it's time to create the mobile app. This post explain developing a hybrid_local app.

6). open a command prompt and run "forcedroid create"
7). Choose your options for each prompt. Below is a snap shot of what it has been chosen for this demo.

The command prompt output is itself describing the next steps.
After importing the projects into eclipse, open the MyFirstSFDCMobile/assets/www/bootconfig.json file. You have to update this file as below.

                        remoteAccessConsumerKey = Consumer key in your connected app

                        oauthRedirectURI = Call back URL of your connected app

Below is sample of bootconfig.json

{
    "remoteAccessConsumerKey": "my_consumer_key",
    "oauthRedirectURI": "sfdc://success",
    "oauthScopes": ["api refresh_token"],
    "isLocal": true,
    "startPage": "index.html",
    "errorPage": "error.html",
    "shouldAuthenticate": true,
    "attemptOfflineLoad": false,
    "androidPushNotificationClientId": ""
}

Done. Right click on MyFirstSFDCMobile and select Run As Android Project.
Have a look at index.html and inline.js inside www directory. These are the key files you have to modify to build your own application.

Cheers!