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Android Studio cannot be configured correctly with a multi module project

I have cloned a project from GitHub and am trying to configure the Android component with Android Studio and the IDE does not work properly. The Gradle button does not show up, I many references are unresolved, my AVD is not recognized and the android module does not even show up in the project.

I configured all dependencies, tried setting folders are sources, creating new modules, restarting IDE but nothing works. I need Android Studio to actually recognize the project and show me the relevant options. This is a C++ project by the way so I am using the NDK to set it up.

You can see from highlighted areas of the screenshot that the android module does not show up and I can't run the "app" as I normally would. There is only a directory name there.

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Solution

  • Looking at the root of the organicmaps githug project:

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    There is not a settings.gradle, therefore it won't import correctly as a Gradle (multi-module) project in AndroidStudio.

    I can see in this folder organicmaps/android there is a build.gradle and a gradlew and a gradle.properties, so likely this is the "root" of the AndroidStudio project.

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    Try opening this folder as the root of your project. As in close AndroidStudio and create a new project using the folder: organicmaps/android instead of organicmaps.

    Based on your comment.

    It works for me, I opened the android folder in AndroidStudio and it loads as a Gradle project.

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    However it does then fail to sync, you have to comment out the code they have for making a release & create an empty secure.properties file, because it wants the release credentials and you don't have them.

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    After that, you have code completion and the files on your classpath. There is still an NDK problem, not in my knowledge how to deal with that sorry.

    ^ Did a bit more exploring. After the above, I went up to the root folder and ran:

    ./configure.sh (Figured it sets stuff up, got it from here.)

    Then found all the instructions in /docs/, if you read /docs/INSTALL.md it has specific Android instructions, and says to import like I said above.

    I then ran

    ./gradlew webDebug

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    and we're up and running :-)