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Reputation: 6296

Linked android modules generate unwanted .iml files

I'm ussing the usual way to link android studio modules to a project:

include ':app'
include ':coretools'
project(':coretools').projectDir = new File(settingsDir, '../base/CoreTools/app')

This works as expected but the problem is that this generates a coretools.iml file in the used module folder. I mean, in the above example a coretools.iml is generated under base/CoreTools/app.

The main concern is that this coretools.iml generated file has references to the project that used this module and it is a nightmare to use the module in different projects by different users with a CVS like git.

The question is: Is there any way to avoid this .iml creation? Is this "as designed" and can't be avoided?

Thanks

Upvotes: 0

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Answers (2)

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Reputation: 6296

I finally ended just ignoring all *.iml in the library module but the one belonging go the module. Something like this in the .ignore file did it:

*.iml
!app.iml

being the app.iml the real/original module iml file.

Cheers.

Upvotes: 0

IsaacCisneros
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Reputation: 1953

Please refer to the module documentation:

A module is a discrete unit of functionality which you can compile, run, test and debug independently.

Modules contain everything that is required for their specific tasks: source code, build scripts, unit tests, deployment descriptors, and documentation. However, modules exist and are functional only in the context of a project.

Configuration information for a module is stored in a .iml module file. By default, such a file is located in the module's content root folder.

Development teams, normally, share the .iml module files through version control.

As you can see there is a lot of useful project-related information in the .iml files but the documentation doesn't state that you always must share those files though a CVS. If the .iml files are a pain for your development team just add them to your .gitignore file.

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