I am developing an app and I must take that project to GitHub. Now, I must make gitIgnore file. I know that file is used to ignore some specified files from my project. I used gitIgnore.io service and I received generated file. This is my gitIgnore file:
# Created by https://www.gitignore.io/api/android
### Android ###
# Built application files
*.apk
*.ap_
# Files for the ART/Dalvik VM
*.dex
# Java class files
*.class
# Generated files
bin/
gen/
out/
# Gradle files
.gradle/
build/
# Local configuration file (sdk path, etc)
local.properties
# Proguard folder generated by Eclipse
proguard/
# Log Files
*.log
# Android Studio Navigation editor temp files
.navigation/
# Android Studio captures folder
captures/
# Intellij
*.iml
.idea/workspace.xml
# Keystore files
*.jks
### Android Patch ###
gen-external-apklibs
But I don't know were to copy this, and where to put that in my Android project. Could someone help me?
I copied this file into my gitIgnore file in Android Studio, but when I have pushed that project on gitHub my gitnigore file looks like this:
*.iml
.gradle
/local.properties
/.idea/workspace.xml
/.idea/libraries
.DS_Store
/build
/captures
So, that files that I copied into Android Studio are not here. What is the problem?
Normally when creating a new project the gitignore file is generated for you.
Here is the correct .gitignore file.
*.iml
.gradle
/local.properties
/.idea/workspace.xml
/.idea/libraries
.DS_Store
/build
/captures
This is were you have to put it.
.gitignore file must be in the root directory of the project not just in android projects but in any project types
I hope my answer would be useful
Check out this handy page on Github - the ignore files for other types of projects are there as well and regularly updated.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38219957/where-to-put-gitignore-file-in-android-studio