Android Studio import project with gradle changes iml files

Question

I have the following entries in my .gitignore:

... *.iml .idea/ ...

After I git clone a fresh repo (I don't have any iml or .idea in the project), I open Android Studio (v0.2.5), import the project successfully and compile without issues. Now, if I want to edit some files, IntelliJ is showing the red wavy thing almost everywhere, because it can't find external libraries. I realized that when the iml files are regenerated, the external libraries are added like this:

<orderEntry type="library" exported="" scope="TEST" name="guice-3.0-no_aop" level="project" />

FYI, the build.gradle part to add external libraries:

... dependencies { compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar') } ...

So now, if I bring the Project Structure pop-up and change the scope from Test to Compile, the red waves disappear, and everything is back to normal.

I'd like to know if it's something that I do wrong on my side, or if it's a bug? Also, regarding the way to handle iml files (version them or not), I couldn't find any straight answer. Everyone seem to do have their own way.

Thanks!

Rémi F · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-28 13:10:47Z

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The IDEA official documentation is clear about that :

Share all the files under .idea directory in the project root except the workspace.xml and tasks.xml files which store user specific settings, also share all the .iml module files.

Source : How to manage IntelliJ IDEA projects under Version Control Systems

EDIT : But, sharing iml files seems to be wrong. Best thing is to use a similar gitignore file and to import the project in AndroidStudio for each developer.

edited Aug 28, 2013 at 13:10

answered Aug 25, 2013 at 9:37

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mbmc Over a year ago

By doing that, the next time someone clones a tree, and import the project in AS, the iml files will be modified and will show up as changed / deleted in the git status.

rfgamaral Over a year ago

The .iml files should not be added to VCS in Android Studio / Gradle projects. They can be constantly changing. The .gradle files are enough for Gradle to build the .iml files and import the project.

Rémi F Over a year ago

I agree with you. The official IDEA doc is not really clear. I have added a link to github's android gitignore file

user486646 Over a year ago

I would add .idea/modules.xml to the ignore along with ignoring the *.iml files. Try taking an existing project, rename the directory the project is in and open it Android Studio. You will get changes to your iml files AND lines added .idea/modules.xml

mbmc · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-09 17:09:48Z

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This issue is fixed, as of Android Studio v0.2.7.

answered Sep 9, 2013 at 17:09

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Essej Over a year ago

I'm using version 1.5.1 and I still get this problem. I am not uploading any iml files as understand that these should be generated when importing the project, but they are not. Whenever my friend clone my project he get a error dialog saying there are two missing iml files.

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