Editing on a PC

[Shaun Ruddick]

Loving this app and have used for a few years.  The convenience of developing on the go is great for productivity.

However, for a major task I'd like to either start or migrate to a PC-based Android IDE (such as Android Studio) to make things easier.

How do I easily migrate a project from AIDE to a PC IDE and are there any of the latter that are better in achieving this than others?

Thanks in advance!

[Alireza Ivaz]

Hi.
1. Create a new project on Android Studio without any activity.
2. Copy all files of res and java folder into same folder on the pc.
3. Copy and replace AndroidManifest.xml
4. If in build.gradle have additional data such as repositories, copy them to build.gradle on the pc.
5. Enjoy it!
If have any question, I am here!

[Trasd]

Shaun,

This is how I used to do it:

1. Generate a blank project skeleton in Android Studio
2. Copy the skeleton to my device
3. Open a copy of the skeleton in AIDE
4. Change the namespaces
5. Program

This allowed me to copy the project back and forth with little maintenance.  Unfortunately, with AIDE falling behind the times and not really supporting SDKs beyond 27.1.1, it becomes a little more troublesome.

Now, since AIDE doesn't support Jetpack (AndroidX specifically), I only use AIDE for tests and proof of concept.  On a side note; recently, I created an app in AIDE thinking it wouldn't be too difficult to upgrade to SDK 29 or 30 in Studio once I was done.  That was a mistake and, I'm in the midst of rewriting most of the app in Studio!

But, I hope this helps!