Reputation: 54013

Search all the occurrences of a string in the entire project in Android Studio

I've just started using Android Studio (IntelliJ), and I now look for the feature to find the occurrence of a string in any of the files in my project. For example: I want to find all the files that contain the string ".getUuid()"

The search at the top right doesn't give me the correct results, and I don't think I can find this feature under Edit > Find.

Could anybody point me at the right direction?

Upvotes: 652

Answers (15)

Seagull

Reputation: 13859

TLDR: ⌃⇧F on MacOS will open "Find in path" dialog.

First of all, this IDEA has a nice "Find Usages" command. It can be found in the context menu, when the cursor is on some field, method, etc.

It's context-aware, and as far as I know, is the best way to find class, method or field usage.

Alternatively, you can use the

Edit > Find > Find in path…

dialog, which allows you to search the whole workspace.

Also in IDEA 13 there is an awesome "Search Everywhere" option, by default called by double Shift. It allows you to search in project, files, classes, settings, and so on.

Also you can search from Project Structure dialog with "Find in Path…". Just call it by right mouse button on concrete directory and the search will be scoped, only inside that directory and it's sub-directory.

Enjoy!

Upvotes: 871

Jakub Michalko

Reputation: 2139

In Android Studio on a Windows, macOS or Linux based machine use shortcut Ctrl + Shift + F to search any string in whole project. It's easy to remember considering Ctrl + F is used to search in the current file. So just press the Shift as well.

Upvotes: 183

Quadri Ismail

Reputation: 61

use ctrl + shift + f on windows

Upvotes: 3

Alexander Belokon

Reputation: 1522

Android Studio Version 4.0.1 on Mac combination is for me:

Shift + Control + F

Upvotes: 10

DragonFire

Reputation: 4102

In Android 3.6 on a Mac if you want to export the results to a text file then do the following

Command+Shift+F then enter the text you want to search

Then on Bottom Right click on "Open In Find Window"

Then Right Click On Found Occurrences

Then Export To Text File

Once in text file you can find and replace to remove, sort lines etc... please see screenshots for assistance.

Upvotes: 1

JanPl

Reputation: 804

And for all of us who use Eclipse keymaps the shortcut is Ctrl+H. Expect limited options compared to eclipse or you will be disappointed.

Upvotes: 8

Lance Samaria

Reputation: 19622

On a mac use shift + cmmd + f

To get rid of the screen press esc

I use IntelliJ IDEA version: 2019.2.3 (Community Edition) Build #IC-192.6817.14, built on September 24, 2019 Runtime version: 11.0.4+10-b304.69 x86_64

Upvotes: 0