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Importing Xcode keybinds into IntelliJ IDEA


As an iOS/Mac developer expanding his horizons into the world of Android, I have encountered a major problem. I use IntelliJ IDEA 15 for my Android development (it's amazing btw), but the problem happens with the keybinds. With Xcode, I use + R and + B for building the project. There are countless others, and I was wondering if I could import these settings into my IntelliJ IDEA.

P.S. I know about the Preferences -> Keymap stuff, but going through each one and typing it in could probably take days. (I hope it won't come to that).


Solution

  • IntelliJ IDEA does not have any built-in support for importing keybindings from other IDEs. Generally speaking, since the set of actions to which keyboard shortcuts can be assigned differs greatly between different IDEs, migrating a set of keybindings from one IDE to another requires making decisions, and as such cannot really be automated.