Make sure you have followed android build instructions already.
build/android/gradle/generate_gradle.py [--canary] # Use --canary for Android Studio 3.1 canary
This creates a project at out/Debug/gradle
. To create elsewhere:
build/android/gradle/generate_gradle.py --output-directory out/My-Out-Dir --project-dir my-project
By default, common targets are generated. To add more targets to generate projects for:
build/android/gradle/generate_gradle.py --extra-target //chrome/android:chrome_public_apk
For first-time Android Studio users:
//third_party/android_tools
.To import the project:
out/Debug/gradle
.If you‘re asked to use Studio’s Android SDK:
If you‘re asked to use Studio’s Gradle wrapper:
You need to re-run generate_gradle.py
whenever BUILD.gn
files change.
gn clean
you may need to restart Android Studio.By default, only a single module is generated. If more than one apk target is specified, then an _all
module is generated. Otherwise a single apk module is generated. Since instrumentation tests are combined with their apk_under_test
target, they count as one module together.
To see more detailed structure of gn targets, the --split-projects
flag can be used. This will generate one module for every gn target in the dependency graph.
Gradle supports source directories but not source files. However, files in Chromium are used amongst multiple targets. To accommodate this, the script detects such targets and creates exclude patterns to exclude files not in the current target. The editor does not respect these exclude patterns, so a _all
pseudo module is added which includes directories from all targets. This allows imports and refactorings to be searched across all targets.
Most generated .java files in GN are stored as .srcjars
. Android Studio does not support them, and so the generator script builds and extracts them all to extracted-srcjars/
subdirectories for each target that contains them. This is the reason that the _all
pseudo module may contain multiple copies of generated files.
.srcjars
change (this includes R.java
).STUDIO_VM_OPTIONS=-Xmx2048m /opt/android-studio-stable/bin/studio-launcher.sh
rm -r ~/.AndroidStudio*/
tools/android/android_studio/ChromiumStyle.xml
-> OKtools/android/android_studio/ChromiumInspections.xml
-> OKShift - Shift
: Search to open file or perform IDE actionCtrl + N
: Jump to classCtrl + Shift + T
: Jump to testCtrl + Shift + N
: Jump to fileCtrl + F12
: Jump to methodCtrl + G
: Jump to lineShift + F6
: Rename variableCtrl + Alt + O
: Organize importsAlt + Enter
: Quick Fix (use on underlined errors)F2
: Find next errorGradle builds can be done from the command-line after importing the project into Android Studio (importing into the IDE causes the Gradle wrapper to be added). This wrapper can also be used to invoke gradle commands.
cd $GRADLE_PROJECT_DIR && bash gradlew
The resulting artifacts are not terribly useful. They are missing assets, resources, native libraries, etc.
org.gradle.daemon=true
to ~/.gradle/gradle.properties
, creating it if necessary.--canary
flag.