Android Studio - Changing the project root to the “app” folder
Android Studio - Changing the project root to the “app” folder
I'm working on my first "gig" for Android. After importing this project from BitBucket, I'm noticing that.
A. it has a gradle wrapper.
B. The project's gradle file isn't syncing
C. the green dot on the folder icon is on a folder that's a level higher than the "app" folder.
D. There are no run configurations and I'm having a hard time making one.
How to do a change the root directory to the "app" folder? I'm hoping that gradle will sync up once I accomplish this.
I've heard it mentioned that I need to delete the iml files, but won't this mess up the upstream version if subsequent changes get merged? How can I fix this in my environment only?
Kind of new to git and Android, but am learning as I go in terms of working on projects other than my own. Thanks
-T
The
settings.gradle needs to be outside of app folder, then have a line include :app. You shouldn't move the project root into app/ because that is the recommended structure Android Studio expects– cricket_007
Jul 2 at 6:15
settings.gradle
include :app
app/
@cricket_007 Thank you for the quick response. I removed the iml file, and the settings.gradle file looks good according to your recommendation. I now am getting an error that says "The project *** is not a Gradle-based project". Which is the same issue I had before. I researched it prior to my post, found [this] (stackoverflow.com/questions/39825831/…) , which it's answer made me want to try changing the root directory in the first place. Back to square one. Any ideas?
– TJBlack31
Jul 2 at 6:34
In order to be a gradle based project, you need
build.gradle, settings.gradle, and app/build.gradle. If you delete the IML file while the IDE is open, you need to close the project and reopen... Generally, I use the terminal to run ./gradlew build before trying to open in the IDE– cricket_007
Jul 2 at 6:46
build.gradle
settings.gradle
app/build.gradle
./gradlew build
@cricket_007 Thank you. I noticed that in the directory, there are multiple iml files. Are there specific ones that I need to get rid of? There's even a folder version of a .iml
– TJBlack31
Jul 2 at 7:15
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The iml file ideally shouldn't be in VCS, so feel free to delete it to see if that fixes anything
– cricket_007
Jul 2 at 6:13