Import Intellij project folder to Android Studio

Question

I have to work on someone else's android application project but he works on Intellij . When I asked him for the source code he shared the whole project folder with me and told me to set up certain modules and libraries on my computer.

However

1. I cannot simply import the project to Android Studio because "There are unrecoverable errors"
2. I cannot open the project in Intellij I downloaded because the code opens up with full of errors (the most basic symbols are not resolved ) and it says the project SDK is not defined and no matter what I do I cannot correct this
3. I tried simply starting a new project on Android Studio and replacing all the java, xml files and resources and libraries. It sort of worked, but there are some bugs that weren't there in the original project.

So, how do I "take" this project from the previous programmer? I can ask him to give more/different folders if necessary but I can't ask for his computer :D

PS the bug I was talking about is some glitch of the textbox. Like instead of staying in the center it goes up and downs for a couple of times and then stays in the wrong location.

Thank you!

Answer 1

I presume by Inteliij project you refer the pre-Gradle project structure.

You can try several things but two come in my mind:

• IDEA is fully Android Studio-compatible, all you need is enable its Android plugin. Then you can try to Import Project from IDEA rather Android Studio

• if above does not work, you will need some manual changes in the proj structure

  • create a dummy Gradle project form Android Studio which has same package structure
  • move your src folders from original project into /src/main/java new project
  • override AndroidManifest.xml at src/main/AndroidManifest.xml . You will need to clean some parts in your manifest after that though
  • move /res folder from original to /src/main/res

Clean and try again.