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paul
paul

Reputation: 2781

How to import existing Android project into Eclipse?

I'm trying to import and existing Android project into my current Eclipse workspace. I select File->New->Android Project, which brings up the Android project dialog, I then select, "Create project from existing source", Location, Build Target and Finish.

I get the following error: Invalid project description.

Does anybody know how to get past this error?

Upvotes: 169

Views: 247118

Answers (14)

Tony Vu
Tony Vu

Reputation: 4361

What works for me is that: File > Import > Existing Project into Workspace (under General tab), then choose the project root folder. The importing of Existing Android Code into Workspace somehow does not work on Eclipse for me.

Upvotes: 1

Ambegodas
Ambegodas

Reputation: 133

Same problem happened to me as well and the .project file was not there in the project. I copied a .project file from an existing android project and replace the project name with the name of the project I am trying to import. Then using File -> Import -> Existing projects into workspace I was able to import the project.

Upvotes: 1

James Wald
James Wald

Reputation: 13734

  1. File → Import → General → Existing Projects into Workspace → Next
  2. Select root directory: /path/to/project
  3. Projects → Select All
  4. Uncheck Copy projects into workspace and Add project to working sets
  5. Finish

Upvotes: 208

paul
paul

Reputation: 2781

Solved: If you want to "Create project from existing source", you need to create a new directory and then put the project directory tree into that new directory. Then point to the new directory when importing.

Upvotes: 53

Neil Townsend
Neil Townsend

Reputation: 6084

Updating @JamesWald's answer, and incorporating other comments. Assuming you want to create a cfesh copy from, say, a backup in your new workspace:

  1. Put the existing project in a directory not inside the destination workspace.
  2. In Eclipse: File->Import->Android->Existing Android Code into Workspace, Next
  3. Select root directory: /path/to/project/from/step/1
  4. Projects->Select All (or not, as the case may be)
  5. Make sure you set the new project name correctly - To change one click on the old project name (left column) and then click on the new project name (right column) and then edit. It will default to the class name of the Default Activity.
  6. Assuming you want a copy in the destination workspace, check "Copy projects into workspace"
  7. uncheck "Add project to working sets"
  8. Finish

Upvotes: 1

laaptu
laaptu

Reputation: 2973

In my Android Project folder .project file was missing. Restoring the .project file,which will be hidden in Unix OS environment resolved the error.

Upvotes: 1

thucnguyen
thucnguyen

Reputation: 1746

Just delete the ".project" file in your project folder (it's hidden on Linux, use "ls -a" to show), then from Eclipse, choose Create Android Project from existing source

Upvotes: 13

Arthulia
Arthulia

Reputation: 190

I found James Wald's answer the closest to my solution, except instead of "File->Import->General->Existing Projects into Workspace" (which did not work for me at all) I used "File->Import->Android->Existing Android Code Into Workspace". I am using Helios, maybe your version of Eclipse does not have this quirk.

Upvotes: 4

Ullash
Ullash

Reputation: 41

You can also use Make new > General > Project, then import the project to that project directory

Upvotes: 4

user836200
user836200

Reputation: 655

This post helped me: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=8431

Upvotes: 2

Sebastian Brannstrom
Sebastian Brannstrom

Reputation: 890

It seems you cannot have your project root, with the AndroidManifest.xml deeper than one directory level below your workspace root. I struggled for an hour with this before I just gave up and rearranged my repo.

Upvotes: 4

thera
thera

Reputation: 31

I had the problem of getting errors when checking out an Android project from SVN. This is what I did and the whole thing settled down.
1. checkout the project from SVN as we normally do any other project
2. right click and get properties of the project
3. In the java build path->order and export tab select the android API and OK it

this removed all the project issues
so far so good but not sure if this is the 100% correct method

Upvotes: 3

James Bayley
James Bayley

Reputation: 476

This error message appears when the source code you try to import is inside an existing workspace.

Put your source code in a directory OUTSIDE any existing workspace and then import

Upvotes: 46

pgsandstrom
pgsandstrom

Reputation: 14399

Im not sure this will solve your problem since I dont know where it originats from, but when I import a project i go File -> Import -> Existing projects into workspace. Maybe it will circumvent your problem.

Upvotes: 4

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