How to transfer an Android Studio Project from Windows to Mac OS X?

Question

I am trying to transfer my Android Studio project from my Windows computer over to a Mac.

I am going into my Android Studio Projects, selecting the entire folder "MyApplication", and then copying to an external hard drive.

When I am on the Mac, I try to open the file on Android Studio.
I go to File > Open... and find my application folder on the external hard drive, open.

Then I get this error:

Sync Android SDKs

The path 'C:\\Users\\Owner\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\Sdk' does not belong to a directory. Android Studio will use this Android SDK instead: '/Users/user/Library/Android/sdk' and will modify the project's local.properties file.

I click "OK", and nothing happens.

I assume I am transferring unnecessary local files from my Windows machine, but I don't know which ones I should copy over, which to leave, where to find them, and if there is a simple process for this (like an Export Project).

Sorry not exactly a coding question, but I can't seem to figure this out, and other answers make me feel like this should be super easy.
I already checked this and this .

Answer 1

At the very least, you only need

app/
    src/
    build.gradle
build.gradle 
settings.gradle

You can keep the gradlew files, or you can install Gradle separately

If you have a local.properties , you must install Android SDK separately on the second machine, then point the sdk.dir property to that

As far as transferring projects, I recommend using Git rather than external hard drives

Answer 2

You have to get the settings for your project. For this, you can 'Export Settings' from Android studio in Windows and 'Import Settings' in Mac. A similar type of question is answered.

Check this out: Moving Android Studio Projects and Configurations from Windows 7 to OS X

Answer 3

去找到你的项目存放的地方，在项目上右击，然后为它创建一个zip文件夹，然后把zip文件夹移动到mac上解压，这是最好的方式也是最常用的方式

Answer 4

I did a Mac finder search on "c:\\" on a project imported from Window, and found a file named build-info.xml, that I renamed (temporarily in my mind) build-info-ko.xml ... and then everything went fine, I was able to Run, install APP (which initially failed, before the rename) and launch. (of course, using Mac own local Android SDK, ignoring the initial path with c:\\ )

Answer 5

Android Studio > File > Export to Zip File...

and that's it... unzip the file over at MACOS and open with Android Studio.