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Zsombor Erdődy-Nagy
Zsombor Erdődy-Nagy

Reputation: 16914

Large Android projects - how to speed up build process?

I have a relatively big Android project that contains about 200-250 resources, mainly .xml layouts. This means that when I modify and save one of them, the following rebuilding process takes about 1 min, which is damn annoying on the long run.

Could you recommend any tips that help on this matter?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 1112

Answers (2)

Blundell
Blundell

Reputation: 76536

Yes update to the latest Eclipse Android Plugin (ADT version 12), then go:

Window > Preferences > Android > Build > TICK 'Skip packaging and dexing until export...'

Preferences

This will stop building till you export, just like it saves, knocks a few seconds off your save time when editing XML files in a large project.

Upvotes: 9

Nikolay Elenkov
Nikolay Elenkov

Reputation: 52956

Use ADT 12. Go to Preferences->Android->Build and check 'Skip packaging and dexing until export or launch'. Resources won't be compiled when you save, only when you run your project.

Upvotes: 1

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