android eclipse not creating blank activity

Question

The problem is, in Eclipse, the new >> Project >> Android >> Android Application Project >> BlankActivity does not create any Activities in the src directory, and does not include the Activities in the manifest.xml.

I know this question has been asked before:

1. Eclipse Juno won't create Android Activity
2. Eclipse doesn't create Main Activity and layout
3. Eclipse android project not creating blank activity

However, the selected answers to these all say somthing like:

click "Help" -> "Install new software" and install (this will update it) from this url: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/

The above answer did not work for me. Here are some details of my setup:

1. Installed "Eclipse ADT" from the Android website
2. Followed the installation instructions (unzipped contents and opened Eclipse)
3. Downloaded necessary APIs using the ADT Manager

4. Tried creating new >> Project >> Android >> Android Application Project >> BlankActivity, this worked fine except no Activity in src or manifest.xml.

5. Tried the answer given in other SO questions, i.e. "Install new software" and install (this will update it) from this url: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/ . This updated "Development Tools" to version 23.0.

6. Tried creating new >> Project >> Android >> Android Application Project >> BlankActivity, but still did not work.

I know I could install these files manually, but I am following the Android Dev Tutorials and they often assume the base project creation worked perfectly, and do not give the source files.

Answer 1

its currently bugged if you updated to 23.0. see https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=72419

Answer 2

Just wanted to add, I switched from Eclipse ADT to the Android Studio and all of the Activity creations work perfectly (i.e. BlankActivity, as well as all of the others). It also fixed another bug I was experiencing with the GUI preview in Eclipse.