I'm trying to migrate to Android Studio from Eclipse.
In reading a simple example of using a library within another app:
https://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/studio-build.html
In eclipse to achieve this all I would go to the properties of the project and add a reference to the project. Simple, through the IDE and easy to check the build settings at a later date.
In Android Studio I've got to add an entry to my referenced library using ALT-ENTER after getting autocomplete to find the library, which seems to add an entry to the file 'app.iml':
<orderEntry type="module" module-name="app2" />
Then I've got to edit the gradle file:
dependencies {
compile project(":lib")
}
Is there not a better way, i.e. using the IDE. I don't particularly want to have to remember about this xml iml file or have to manually edit build files every time I want to do something.
?
Sorry,
After browsing for a while with no answer I found it just after posting:
How to create a library project in Android Studio and an application project that uses the library project
Why can't Google update their documentation to use the more normal way (presuming this dialog is a new addition)....
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I am trying to setup an NDK library module structured very similar to the gen-libs module in the Android-NDK sample project. It identifies what I want in an Android NDK library module to allow me to incorporate 3rd party Native Libs:
src/main/cpp
CMakeLists.txt
Android manifest
build.gradle
I am NOT looking to add C or C++ source files to my app module.
Instead, I am looking to create an Android-NDK library module within Android Studio, so that I can incorporate 3rd Party Native Libs.
However, I am Unable to easily reproduce the structure of the gen-libs module in Android-NDK sample hello-libs.
More specifically, Android Studio does not provide any option to create a "New => Module => Android Library => Add NDK/C++ support"
I suppose I can recreate this NDK module manually, but before I do that, I would like to ask the community if, for a brand new project, is there any easy way to auto-create the gen-libs module structure from hello-libs beside manual method?
Feel free to use your copy/paste skills to produce the project manually. The wizard won't do it for you, at least for now.
You can also create an app project and switch it to library by changing one line in build.gradle.
You can also create a library module, right click on this module, and choose 'Link C++ Project with Gradle' from the popup menu (or from File menu).
I have tried to clone the following repository on GitHub using Android Studio, https://github.com/AlexKang/favr.git, but I have the error:
Before this I selected build project using Gradle and then accepted anything it wanted to install. I am having similar problems with, https://github.com/mb16/RemindEm.git, where I get that
Each time I selected "create project from existing sources" and then accepted everything it suggested.
What am I doing wrong?
The projects have eclipse .classpath files in the folder. I'm guessing you should be able to import the project into eclipse.
As an alternative to using Eclipse you might want to try using a feature of IntelliJ IDEA (Android Studio's parent project). File > New > Project from Existing Sources... Then select the .project file for the import
I am trying to add a 3rd party library to my project.
But it keeps on giving this error:
Error:(10, 0) Could not find property 'VERSION_NAME' on project ':library'.
I am adding Floating action button library
Can someone mention me the proper steps how do I import it?
as mentioned in here in the link you provided. You just simply paste this into your Build.gradle file
compile 'com.getbase:floatingactionbutton:1.9.0'
If you want to learn more about android studio, check out this tutorial I made on getting started with android studio :D
I'm struggling badly with moving from Eclipse to Android Studio.
Basically, I get that an Android Studio project is more like a workspace and a module more like a project...
However, in the Android Studio start page you can only create projects, so how do you share a module (i.e. a project in eclipse terms) across projects?
Basically, I have a number of apps that use a shared library I've created, in Eclipse all I do is flag it as a library and in each project simply link to it.
I have absolutely no idea how to do this in Android Studio. The examples for creating modules seem to take you as far as creating a module for no real purpose other than to use it within one app.
I first imported my library as a project in android studio, but that proved pointless, thinking that was how to do it because I want it kept separate in my version control system.
I then created a temporary module inside my app, but then it stores it within the project and in my other apps I cannot find a way to import the modules, so I really don't see what the point of a module is when it's embedded in a project and can't be separated or referenced anywhere else.
Thanks for any help.
Consider your library project name common-lib
Open build.gradle of the projects to which you want to add library add add the following
dependencies {
compile project(':common-lib')
}
and sync gradle
I have got some open source projects which I want to have a try. But I want to use Eclipse if the project was made using eclipse; otherwise I would like to use Android Studio.
So how can I know by viewing the source code about the IDE used for the development of a particular project? Is there any metadata in any file which stores the IDE information?
I believe that Android Studio sometimes includes gradle related files. That's how I would check.