Recover file in Android Studio?

Question

I created a project in Android Studio (Version 1.2) and after working on that project for a few weeks, my PC suddenly shut down (Android Studio was open at that time).

Answer 1

This is yet another day, Android studio saved my days of hardwork when I accidentally deleted an entire project files (note: the root folder of the project was available). There were no files left to search for local history. Steps I followed as below.

Opened the root project in Android studio.

And right click on the parent folder, from which is empty currently -> choose 'Local history' -> 'show history'.

This will show all the deleted files as 'External change' , now you can revert back to the entry before the history item marked as 'External change'. This will revert back all the 'Shift + deleted' files!

After recovery I can still see some files which are missing recent changes, which can obviously be recovered using the same process for individual files.

Now I was able to recover an entire android studio project which was 'shift+deleted'. This is a priceless moment for me :)