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Alexandre G
Alexandre G

Reputation: 1693

How can I tell which IDE an Android project was made with?

For example this project. I see it has Gradle files, but a quick search says Eclipse has a Gradle plugin as well.

https://github.com/sephiroth74/HorizontalVariableListView

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1012

Answers (3)

SilentKnight
SilentKnight

Reputation: 14021

Gradle is a building tool. It has plugins for Eclipse, IntelliJ, Android Studio and Netbeans. So you won't be able to tell which IDE an Android project is made with from just a gradle file. Some project structures vary, for Eclipse projects and IntelliJ ones, you can find easily differences between them if you are familiar with both. But some are not explicitly, for IntelliJ projects and Android Studio ones.

BTW, do IDEs matter? The App you are building does, I am afraid.

Upvotes: 1

PageNotFound
PageNotFound

Reputation: 2320

Android Studio, which is developed based on IntelliJ. It uses gradle to build the project.

If a project contains .classpath or .project, it should be made by Eclipse. Or it should be made by android studio. A project made by android studio can not be imported into eclipse.

Upvotes: 1

tachyonflux
tachyonflux

Reputation: 20221

The Android build system is built on top of gradle:

https://developer.android.com/tools/building/plugin-for-gradle.html

So that means that just plain gradle is not enough to build an Android project.

As ADT never used gradle and Google has ended Eclipse support, you can be reasonably confident that an Android gradle project was made using Android Studio.

Upvotes: 2

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