What should be in my .gitignore for an Android Studio project?

Question

What files should be in my .gitignore for an Android Studio project?

I\'ve seen several examples that all include .iml but IntelliJ docs sa

Answer 1

There is NO NEED to add to the source control any of the following:

.idea/
.gradle/
*.iml
build/
local.properties

So you can configure hgignore or gitignore accordingly.

The first time a developer clones the source control can go:

1. Open Android Studio
2. Import Project
3. Browse for the build.gradle within the cloned repository and open it

That's all

PS: Android Studio will then, through maven, get the gradle plugin assuming that your build.gradle looks similar to this:

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.12.2'
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
}

Android studio will generate the content of .idea folder (including the workspace.xml, which shouldn't be in source control because it is generated) and the .gradle folder.

This approach is Eclipse-friendly in the way that the source control does not really know anything about Android Studio. Android Studio just needs the build.gradle to import a project and generate the rest.