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Android Build a Weather App (2015) Hooking Up the Model to the View Setting the Weather Icon

Posted by Steve Dutky
Steve Dutky
5,290 Points

Moving Project Files to another system

When I copy the Stormy2 project files from one linux system to another, opening the project on the target system caused Android Studio to hang.

When I download the project files from Treehouse to the target system, I can open the project in Android Studio w/o a problem.

So my question is how should I go about bundling up the files for moving them to a new system?

3 Answers

Steve Dutky
Steve Dutky
5,290 Points

Android Studio was apparently choking on .idea/workspace.xml. Apparently it gets auto-generated. I deleted it. Upon opening the project, no tool windows or files were open. I was able to set the default views, save and run the project.

I probably need to add .idea/workspace.xml to gitignore. What if any files under .idea are needed?

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

Glad you got it working!

Looking at the .gitignore on your project it doesn't look like the one usually generated by Android Studio and mentions Eclipse in the comments, so it was probably created by Eclipse. An IDEA/Android Studio generated .gitignore has these lines that yours don't:

/.idea/workspace.xml
/.idea/libraries
.DS_Store
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

Have you tried Import Project instead of Open Project? If all the source files are there, it should be able to reconstruct any settings/configuration files it needs.

The best way bundle a project for transfer is to use a version control system like git and put it on a repository host like GitHub or Bitbucket. That way you can keep the changes to the different copes in sync with each other.

Steve Dutky
Steve Dutky
5,290 Points
Steve Dutky
Steve Dutky
5,290 Points

Hi, Seth,

I created a gitHub repository (https://github.com/sdutky/Stormy2.git) using Android Studio->VCS->Import into Version Control->Share Project on GitHub from my Ubintu 12.04 system at work where the app runs successfully on Gennymotion emulator.

At home on my Ubuntu 14.04 system, when I import the project from GitHub from the Android Studio Welcome screen, the AS gui disappears but a Gradle Build Successful toast appears.

When I download and unzip the project from Treehouse (http://treehouse-code-samples.s3.amazonaws.com/Android/WeatherApp/Stormy_s6v4.zip), I can open it in AS w/o problem.

Can you give me a clue as to what to try next?

Much appreciated!

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

I'm not exactly sure what to do at this point. I am able to import your repository into Android Studio on Windows just fine. You could try File -> Invalidate Caches / Restart and try to open the project again. Also check your versions of Java and the Android SDKs you have installed.