diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a0860be807..4a878fac8fd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -178,17 +178,37 @@ For example, to generate `Mono.Android.dll` for API-19 (Android 4.4):
     xbuild /p:AndroidApiLevel=19 /p:AndroidFrameworkVersion=v4.4
     # creates bin\Debug\lib\xbuild-frameworks\MonoAndroid\v4.4\Mono.Android.dll
 
-## Contributing ##
+# Samples
 
-### Mailing Lists
+The [HelloWorld](samples/HelloWorld) sample may be built with the
+[xabuild](tools/scripts/xabuild) script:
+
+    $ tools/scripts/xabuild /t:SignAndroidPackage samples/HelloWorld/HelloWorld.csproj
+
+`xabuild /t:SignAndroidPackage` will generate an `.apk` file, which may be
+installed onto an Android device with the [`adb install`][adb-commands]
+command:
+
+[adb-commands]: http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html#commandsummary
+
+    $ adb install samples/HelloWorld/bin/Debug/com.xamarin.android.helloworld-Signed.apk
+
+**HelloWorld** may be launched manually through the Android app launcher,
+or via `adb shell am`:
+
+    $ adb shell am start com.xamarin.android.helloworld/example.MainActivity
+
+# Contributing
+
+## Mailing Lists
 
 To discuss this project, and participate in the design, we use the [android-devel@lists.xamarin.com](http://lists.xamarin.com/mailman/listinfo/android-devel) mailing list.   
 
-### Coding Guidelines
+## Coding Guidelines
 
 We use [Mono's Coding Guidelines](http://www.mono-project.com/community/contributing/coding-guidelines/).
 
-### Reporting Bugs
+## Reporting Bugs
 
 We use [Bugzilla](https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Android) to track issues.
 
diff --git a/Xamarin.Android.sln b/Xamarin.Android.sln
index 61e90e49b20..64ba505ad12 100644
--- a/Xamarin.Android.sln
+++ b/Xamarin.Android.sln
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 EndProject
+Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Samples", "Samples", "{99CBCF85-E4EB-41C8-9089-1A2B740681F0}"
+EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "HelloWorld", "samples\HelloWorld\HelloWorld.csproj", "{2305B00D-DE81-4744-B0DA-357835CAFE5A}"
+EndProject
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+		{2305B00D-DE81-4744-B0DA-357835CAFE5A}.Debug|AnyCPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{2305B00D-DE81-4744-B0DA-357835CAFE5A}.Release|AnyCPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{2305B00D-DE81-4744-B0DA-357835CAFE5A}.Release|AnyCPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{2305B00D-DE81-4744-B0DA-357835CAFE5A}.XAIntegrationDebug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{2305B00D-DE81-4744-B0DA-357835CAFE5A}.XAIntegrationDebug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{2305B00D-DE81-4744-B0DA-357835CAFE5A}.XAIntegrationRelease|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{2305B00D-DE81-4744-B0DA-357835CAFE5A}.XAIntegrationRelease|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{2305B00D-DE81-4744-B0DA-357835CAFE5A}.XAIntegrationDebug|AnyCPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{2305B00D-DE81-4744-B0DA-357835CAFE5A}.XAIntegrationDebug|AnyCPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{2305B00D-DE81-4744-B0DA-357835CAFE5A}.XAIntegrationRelease|AnyCPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{2305B00D-DE81-4744-B0DA-357835CAFE5A}.XAIntegrationRelease|AnyCPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
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 		Policies = $0
diff --git a/samples/HelloWorld/Assets/AboutAssets.txt b/samples/HelloWorld/Assets/AboutAssets.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a9b0638eb1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/HelloWorld/Assets/AboutAssets.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Any raw assets you want to be deployed with your application can be placed in
+this directory (and child directories) and given a Build Action of "AndroidAsset".
+
+These files will be deployed with your package and will be accessible using Android's
+AssetManager, like this:
+
+public class ReadAsset : Activity
+{
+	protected override void OnCreate (Bundle bundle)
+	{
+		base.OnCreate (bundle);
+
+		InputStream input = Assets.Open ("my_asset.txt");
+	}
+}
+
+Additionally, some Android functions will automatically load asset files:
+
+Typeface tf = Typeface.CreateFromAsset (Context.Assets, "fonts/samplefont.ttf");
diff --git a/samples/HelloWorld/HelloWorld.csproj b/samples/HelloWorld/HelloWorld.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46afc92b756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/HelloWorld/HelloWorld.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
+    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
+    <ProjectGuid>{2305B00D-DE81-4744-B0DA-357835CAFE5A}</ProjectGuid>
+    <ProjectTypeGuids>{EFBA0AD7-5A72-4C68-AF49-83D382785DCF};{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}</ProjectTypeGuids>
+    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
+    <RootNamespace>HelloWorld</RootNamespace>
+    <AssemblyName>HelloWorld</AssemblyName>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v5.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <AndroidApplication>True</AndroidApplication>
+    <AndroidResgenFile>Resources\Resource.designer.cs</AndroidResgenFile>
+    <AndroidResgenClass>Resource</AndroidResgenClass>
+    <AndroidManifest>Properties\AndroidManifest.xml</AndroidManifest>
+    <MonoAndroidResourcePrefix>Resources</MonoAndroidResourcePrefix>
+    <MonoAndroidAssetsPrefix>Assets</MonoAndroidAssetsPrefix>
+    <AndroidUseLatestPlatformSdk>true</AndroidUseLatestPlatformSdk>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
+    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
+    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>bin\Debug</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;</DefineConstants>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+    <ConsolePause>false</ConsolePause>
+    <AndroidLinkMode>None</AndroidLinkMode>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
+    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>bin\Release</OutputPath>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+    <ConsolePause>false</ConsolePause>
+    <AndroidUseSharedRuntime>false</AndroidUseSharedRuntime>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="System" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
+    <Reference Include="Mono.Android" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="MainActivity.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Resources\Resource.designer.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="Resources\AboutResources.txt" />
+    <None Include="Properties\AndroidManifest.xml" />
+    <None Include="Assets\AboutAssets.txt" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <AndroidResource Include="Resources\layout\Main.axml" />
+    <AndroidResource Include="Resources\values\Strings.xml" />
+    <AndroidResource Include="Resources\mipmap-hdpi\Icon.png" />
+    <AndroidResource Include="Resources\mipmap-mdpi\Icon.png" />
+    <AndroidResource Include="Resources\mipmap-xhdpi\Icon.png" />
+    <AndroidResource Include="Resources\mipmap-xxhdpi\Icon.png" />
+    <AndroidResource Include="Resources\mipmap-xxxhdpi\Icon.png" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Folder Include="Resources\drawable\" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Xamarin\Android\Xamarin.Android.CSharp.targets" />
+</Project>
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diff --git a/samples/HelloWorld/MainActivity.cs b/samples/HelloWorld/MainActivity.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..43d1421ef7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/HelloWorld/MainActivity.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+using Android.App;
+using Android.Widget;
+using Android.OS;
+
+namespace HelloWorld
+{
+	[Activity (
+		Icon            = "@mipmap/icon",
+		Label           = "HelloWorld",
+		MainLauncher    = true,
+		Name            = "example.MainActivity")]
+	public class MainActivity : Activity
+	{
+		int count = 1;
+
+		protected override void OnCreate (Bundle savedInstanceState)
+		{
+			base.OnCreate (savedInstanceState);
+
+			// Set our view from the "main" layout resource
+			SetContentView (Resource.Layout.Main);
+
+			// Get our button from the layout resource,
+			// and attach an event to it
+			Button button = FindViewById<Button> (Resource.Id.myButton);
+
+			button.Click += delegate {
+				button.Text = string.Format ("{0} clicks!", count++);
+			};
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+
diff --git a/samples/HelloWorld/Properties/AndroidManifest.xml b/samples/HelloWorld/Properties/AndroidManifest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd591420769
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/HelloWorld/Properties/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0" package="com.xamarin.android.helloworld">
+	<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="21" />
+	<application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@mipmap/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
+	</application>
+</manifest>
diff --git a/samples/HelloWorld/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/samples/HelloWorld/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b615050386e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/HelloWorld/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using Android.App;
+
+// Information about this assembly is defined by the following attributes. 
+// Change them to the values specific to your project.
+
+[assembly: AssemblyTitle ("HelloWorld")]
+[assembly: AssemblyDescription ("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration ("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCompany ("Xamarin Inc.")]
+[assembly: AssemblyProduct ("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCopyright ("Xamarin Inc.")]
+[assembly: AssemblyTrademark ("Xamarin")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCulture ("")]
+
+// The assembly version has the format "{Major}.{Minor}.{Build}.{Revision}".
+// The form "{Major}.{Minor}.*" will automatically update the build and revision,
+// and "{Major}.{Minor}.{Build}.*" will update just the revision.
+
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion ("1.0.0")]
+
+// The following attributes are used to specify the signing key for the assembly, 
+// if desired. See the Mono documentation for more information about signing.
+
+//[assembly: AssemblyDelaySign(false)]
+//[assembly: AssemblyKeyFile("")]
+
diff --git a/samples/HelloWorld/Resources/AboutResources.txt b/samples/HelloWorld/Resources/AboutResources.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..10f52d46021
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/HelloWorld/Resources/AboutResources.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+Images, layout descriptions, binary blobs and string dictionaries can be included 
+in your application as resource files.  Various Android APIs are designed to 
+operate on the resource IDs instead of dealing with images, strings or binary blobs 
+directly.
+
+For example, a sample Android app that contains a user interface layout (main.axml),
+an internationalization string table (strings.xml) and some icons (drawable-XXX/icon.png) 
+would keep its resources in the "Resources" directory of the application:
+
+Resources/
+    drawable/
+        icon.png
+
+    layout/
+        main.axml
+
+    values/
+        strings.xml
+
+In order to get the build system to recognize Android resources, set the build action to
+"AndroidResource".  The native Android APIs do not operate directly with filenames, but 
+instead operate on resource IDs.  When you compile an Android application that uses resources, 
+the build system will package the resources for distribution and generate a class called "R" 
+(this is an Android convention) that contains the tokens for each one of the resources 
+included. For example, for the above Resources layout, this is what the R class would expose:
+
+public class R {
+    public class drawable {
+        public const int icon = 0x123;
+    }
+
+    public class layout {
+        public const int main = 0x456;
+    }
+
+    public class strings {
+        public const int first_string = 0xabc;
+        public const int second_string = 0xbcd;
+    }
+}
+
+You would then use R.drawable.icon to reference the drawable/icon.png file, or R.layout.main 
+to reference the layout/main.axml file, or R.strings.first_string to reference the first 
+string in the dictionary file values/strings.xml.
diff --git a/samples/HelloWorld/Resources/Resource.designer.cs b/samples/HelloWorld/Resources/Resource.designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d77f2e762dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/HelloWorld/Resources/Resource.designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+#pragma warning disable 1591
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//  <autogenerated>
+//      This code was generated by a tool.
+//      Mono Runtime Version: 4.0.30319.42000
+// 
+//      Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if 
+//      the code is regenerated.
+//  </autogenerated>
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+[assembly: Android.Runtime.ResourceDesignerAttribute("HelloWorld.Resource", IsApplication=true)]
+
+namespace HelloWorld
+{
+	
+	
+	[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks", "1.0.0.0")]
+	public partial class Resource
+	{
+		
+		static Resource()
+		{
+			global::Android.Runtime.ResourceIdManager.UpdateIdValues();
+		}
+		
+		public static void UpdateIdValues()
+		{
+		}
+		
+		public partial class Attribute
+		{
+			
+			static Attribute()
+			{
+				global::Android.Runtime.ResourceIdManager.UpdateIdValues();
+			}
+			
+			private Attribute()
+			{
+			}
+		}
+		
+		public partial class Id
+		{
+			
+			// aapt resource value: 0x7f050000
+			public const int myButton = 2131034112;
+			
+			static Id()
+			{
+				global::Android.Runtime.ResourceIdManager.UpdateIdValues();
+			}
+			
+			private Id()
+			{
+			}
+		}
+		
+		public partial class Layout
+		{
+			
+			// aapt resource value: 0x7f030000
+			public const int Main = 2130903040;
+			
+			static Layout()
+			{
+				global::Android.Runtime.ResourceIdManager.UpdateIdValues();
+			}
+			
+			private Layout()
+			{
+			}
+		}
+		
+		public partial class Mipmap
+		{
+			
+			// aapt resource value: 0x7f020000
+			public const int Icon = 2130837504;
+			
+			static Mipmap()
+			{
+				global::Android.Runtime.ResourceIdManager.UpdateIdValues();
+			}
+			
+			private Mipmap()
+			{
+			}
+		}
+		
+		public partial class String
+		{
+			
+			// aapt resource value: 0x7f040001
+			public const int app_name = 2130968577;
+			
+			// aapt resource value: 0x7f040000
+			public const int hello = 2130968576;
+			
+			static String()
+			{
+				global::Android.Runtime.ResourceIdManager.UpdateIdValues();
+			}
+			
+			private String()
+			{
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+#pragma warning restore 1591
diff --git a/samples/HelloWorld/Resources/layout/Main.axml b/samples/HelloWorld/Resources/layout/Main.axml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15eab28b4d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/HelloWorld/Resources/layout/Main.axml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent">
+	<Button android:id="@+id/myButton" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/hello" />
+</LinearLayout>
diff --git a/samples/HelloWorld/Resources/mipmap-hdpi/Icon.png b/samples/HelloWorld/Resources/mipmap-hdpi/Icon.png
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diff --git a/samples/HelloWorld/Resources/mipmap-mdpi/Icon.png b/samples/HelloWorld/Resources/mipmap-mdpi/Icon.png
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diff --git a/samples/HelloWorld/Resources/mipmap-xhdpi/Icon.png b/samples/HelloWorld/Resources/mipmap-xhdpi/Icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b7e2e57aa90
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diff --git a/samples/HelloWorld/Resources/mipmap-xxhdpi/Icon.png b/samples/HelloWorld/Resources/mipmap-xxhdpi/Icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d20a38d178
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diff --git a/samples/HelloWorld/Resources/mipmap-xxxhdpi/Icon.png b/samples/HelloWorld/Resources/mipmap-xxxhdpi/Icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d9919c41a3
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diff --git a/samples/HelloWorld/Resources/values/Strings.xml b/samples/HelloWorld/Resources/values/Strings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b81ccf523e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/HelloWorld/Resources/values/Strings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<resources>
+	<string name="hello">Hello World, Click Me!</string>
+	<string name="app_name">HelloWorld</string>
+</resources>