Swipe down from the top of your Android's screen to do so. You should see a window with icons on it appear. Tap the gear-shaped icon in the Notifications shade. You'll usually find this in the top-right corner of the shade. It's near the middle of the Settings page. You'll find this option near the bottom of the screen. It's at the top of the page. Doing so opens a Gmail sign-in page. This link is at the bottom of the page. Doing so takes you to the account creation page. Type a first and last name into the "First name" and "Last name" text fields, respectively. It's either in the middle of the screen or in your Android's keyboard. Select your date of birth from the Month, Day, and Year menus, then tap the Gender box and select a gender.  This is the name that will determine your custom email address.  For example, typing in illbeback here would make your email address "illbeback@gmail.com". If your entered username is already taken, you'll be prompted to select another one after tapping NEXT.  Enter a password into the "Create password" text box, then type the same exact password into the "Confirm password" box.  Type your phone number into the "Phone number" text box. You can also tap Skip in the bottom-left corner of the screen if you don't want to add your phone number to Gmail. If you do add a phone number, you may have to confirm it by entering a code that Google sends to your Messages app on the next page.  You'll find this at the bottom of the page. It's at the bottom of the screen. This will add the account to your Android's Accounts page. It should also add the account to your Gmail app, but if it doesn't, you can add the account to the Gmail app by tapping ☰ in the app, tapping {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/8\/82\/Android7dropdown.png","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/8\/82\/Android7dropdown.png\/30px-Android7dropdown.png","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":460,"bigWidth":"30","bigHeight":"30","licensing":"<div class=\"mw-parser-output\"><p>I edited this screenshot of an Android icon.\n<\/p><p>License: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fair_use\">Fair Use<\/a><br>\n<\/p><\/div>"}, tapping Manage accounts, tapping Add account, and signing in with your new account.
Open the Notifications shade. Open Settings . Scroll down and tap Accounts. Tap ＋ Add account. Tap Google. Tap Or create a new account. Enter your name. Tap NEXT. Enter your birthday and gender. Tap NEXT. Type in a username. Tap NEXT. Create a password. Tap NEXT. Add a phone number. Tap NEXT. Tap I AGREE. Tap NEXT.