Prevent Android Studio/Intellij Idea from building project on startup

Question

When I open Android Studio, it loads the last project, and runs build. I really don't need it to do this. If I save a project with errors in it, because I haven't got time to fix them, but plan on doing it later, I don't really want the compiler to try to compile it next time I open the project, because it's just going to fail.

Also it's pointless building the project on startup even if it doesn't have errors, because if the project doesn't have errors, I always build it to test it before I stop working on it, so the new build will be completely redundant. Thanks if anyone knows of a way to disable this. I've tried Googling and searching the settings but can't find anything.

Edit: this has become even more annoying since I moved to a slower computer for development. It already takes long enough for Android Studio to start up, having the program build just slows the startup even more.

Answer 1

I've confirmed with a Google software engineer that this is currently not an option as of Android Studio 0.2.1. ( See 5th comment: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+XavierDucrohet/posts/1R2iPQzo4Zh )

I've also opened the following ticket as the engineer suggested: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=57831&thanks=57831&ts=1374268538

Hopefully this will be resolved in the near future! Until then, I guess we'll have to open Android Studio and grab a cup of coffee while the build completes.

Answer 2

我可以在最新版本0.8.x确认，通过在File -> Settings -> General取消选中Reopen last project on startup框，可以防止此功能。

Answer 3

Sounds like you have Make project automatically enabled.

This setting can be found in Settings -> Project Settings -> Compiler , under the Use external build setting.

You can also try disabling the Rebuild module on dependency change setting (it is in the same place).

Answer 4

In the latest version (0.2.6) the switch is in

File/Settings - General under tick box 'Reopen last project on startup'

Answer 5

I'm using Android Studio(v135.1740770) in Mac Pro, open below file:

~/Library/Preferences/AndroidStudio/options/ide.general.xml

you will see option for autoSyncFiles, just change its value to false.

<option name="autoSyncFiles" value="false" />

Hope this helps.