What should be in my .gitignore for an Android Studio project?

1332

votes

What files should be in my .gitignore for an Android Studio project?

I've seen several examples that all include .iml but IntelliJ docs say that .iml must be included in your source control.

gitandroid-studiogitignore

github.com/github/gitignore – Yousha Aleayoub

Checkout: toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/android,androidstudio – Trake Vital

1384

votes

Updated to Android Studio 3.0 Please share missing items in comments.

A late answer but this alternative answer was not right for us ...

So, here's our gitignore file:

#built application files
*.apk
*.ap_
*.aab
                           
# files for the dex VM
*.dex
                            
# Java class files
*.class
                            
# generated files
bin/
gen/
                            
# Local configuration file (sdk path, etc)
local.properties
                        
# Windows thumbnail db
Thumbs.db
                
# OSX files
.DS_Store
                            
# Android Studio
*.iml
.idea
#.idea/workspace.xml - remove # and delete .idea if it better suit your needs.
.gradle
build/
.navigation
captures/
output.json 
    
#NDK
obj/
.externalNativeBuild

Since Android Studio 2.2 and up to 3.0, new projects are created with this gitignore file:

*.iml
.gradle
/local.properties
/.idea/workspace.xml
/.idea/libraries
.DS_Store
/build
/captures
.externalNativeBuild

Deprecated - for older project format, add this section to your gitignore file:


/*/out
/*/*/build
/*/*/production
*.iws
*.ipr
*~
*.swp

This file should be located in the project's root folder and not inside the project's module folder.

Edit Notes:

Since version 0.3+ it seems you can commit and push *.iml and build.gradle files. If your project is based on Gradle: in the new open/import dialog, you should check the "use auto import" checkbox and mark the "use default gradle wrapper (recommended)" radio button. All paths are now relative as @George suggested.
Updated answer according to @128KB attached source and @Skela suggestions

156

votes

Building on my normal Android .gitignore, and after reading through documentation on the Intellij IDEA website and reading posts on StackOverflow, I have constructed the following file:

# built application files
*.apk
*.ap_

# files for the dex VM
*.dex

# Java class files
*.class

# built native files (uncomment if you build your own)
# *.o
# *.so

# generated files
bin/
gen/

# Ignore gradle files
.gradle/
build/

# Local configuration file (sdk path, etc)
local.properties

# Proguard folder generated by Eclipse
proguard/

# Eclipse Metadata
.metadata/

# Mac OS X clutter
*.DS_Store

# Windows clutter
Thumbs.db

# Intellij IDEA (see https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/entries/23393067)
.idea/workspace.xml
.idea/tasks.xml
.idea/datasources.xml
.idea/dataSources.ids

Also note that as pointed out, the built native files section is primarily useful when you are building your own native code with the Android NDK. If, on the other hand, you are using a third party library that includes these files, you may wish to remove these lines (*.o and *.so) from your .gitignore.

83

votes

Updated 7/2015:

Here is the definitive source from JetBrains

Directory based project format (.idea directory)

This format is used by all the recent IDE versions by default. Here is what you need to share:

All the files under .idea directory in the project root except the workspace.xml and tasks.xml files which store user specific settings
All the .iml module files that can be located in different module directories (applies to IntelliJ IDEA)

Be careful about sharing the following:

Android artifacts that produce a signed build (will contain keystore passwords)
In IDEA 13 and earlier dataSources.ids, datasources.xml can contain database passwords. IDEA 14 solves this problem.

You may consider not to share the following:

gradle.xml file, see this discussion
user dictionaries folder (to avoid conflicts if other developer has the same name)
XML files under .idea/libraries in case they are generated from Gradle project

Legacy project format (.ipr/.iml/.iws files)

Share the project .ipr file and all the .iml module files, don't share the .iws file as it stores user specific settings

While these instructions are for IntelliJ IDEA, they hold true 100% for Android Studio.

Here is a .gitignore snippet that incorporates all of the above rules:

# Android Studio / IntelliJ IDEA 
*.iws
.idea/libraries
.idea/tasks.xml
.idea/vcs.xml
.idea/workspace.xml

47

votes

I disagree with all of these answers. The following configuration is working great for our organization's app.

I ignore:

/build
/.idea (with possible exceptions, see comments in dalewking's answer)
*.iml
local.properties

I think almost everyone agrees about /build.

I got sick of constantly seeing messages about the various library.xml files that Gradle creates or deletes in /.idea. The build.gradle will run on the developers's local when they first check out the project, so why do those XML files need to be versioned? Android Studio will also generate the rest of /.idea when a developer creates a project using Check out from Version Control, so why does anything in that folder need to be versioned?

If the *.iml is versioned a new user will have to name the project exactly the same as it was when committed. Since this is also a generated file, why version it in the first place?

The local.properties files points to an absolute path on the file system for the SDK, so it definitely shouldn't be versioned.

Edit 1: Added .gradle to ignore the gradle caching stuff that should not be versioned (thanks Vasily Makarov).

Edit 2: Added .DS_Store now that I am using Mac. This folder is Mac specific and should not be versioned.

Additional note: You probably also want to add a directory to put your signing keys in when building a release version.

For copy/paste convenience:

.gradle
/build
/.idea
*.iml
local.properties
.DS_Store

38

votes

I use this .gitignore. I found it at: http://th4t.net/android-studio-gitignore.html

*.iml
*.iws
*.ipr
.idea/
.gradle/
local.properties

*/build/

*~
*.swp

37

votes

Android Studio 4.1.1

If you create a Gradle project using Android Studio the .gitignore file will contain the following:

.gitignore

*.iml
.gradle
/local.properties
/.idea/caches
/.idea/libraries
/.idea/modules.xml
/.idea/workspace.xml
/.idea/navEditor.xml
/.idea/assetWizardSettings.xml
.DS_Store
/build
/captures
.externalNativeBuild
.cxx
local.properties

I would recommend ignoring the complete ".idea" directory because it contains user-specific configurations, nothing important for the build process.

Gradle project folder

The only thing that should be in your (Gradle) project folder after repository cloning is this structure (at least for the use cases I encountered so far):

app/
.git/
gradle/
build.gradle
.gitignore
gradle.properties
gradlew
gradlew.bat
settings.gradle

Note: It is recommended to check-in the gradle wrapper scripts (gradlew, gradlew.bat) as described here.

To make the Wrapper files available to other developers and execution environments you’ll need to check them into version control.

36

votes

In the case of Android Studio, the only files that are required to be saved in version control are the files required to build the application from the command line using gradle. So you can ignore:

*.iml
.idea
build

However, if you save any IDE settings, such as custom code style settings, they get saved in the .idea folder. If you want those changes in version control, then you'd save the IDEA files as well (*.iml and .idea).

21

votes

My advise would be also to not ignore the .idea folder.

I've imported a Git-based Eclipse project to Android Studio and that went fine. Later, I wanted to import this project with Git (like the first time) to another machine with Android Studio, but that didn't worked. Android Studio did load all the files but wasn't able to "see" the project as a project. I only could open Git-files.

While importing the project for the first time (from Eclipse to Android Studio) my old .gitignore was overwritten and the new one looked like this:

.idea/.name
.idea/compiler.xml
.idea/copyright/profiles_settings.xml
.idea/encodings.xml
.idea/libraries/libs.xml
.idea/misc.xml
.idea/modules.xml
.idea/scopes/scope_settings.xml
.idea/vcs.xml
.idea/workspace.xml

So, I tried to use an empty gitignore and now it worked. The other Android Studio could load the files and the Project. I guess some files are not important (profiles_settings.xml) for Git and importing but I am just happy it worked.

11

votes

It's the best way to generate .gitignore via here

9

votes

There is NO NEED to add to the source control any of the following:

.idea/
.gradle/
*.iml
build/
local.properties

So you can configure hgignore or gitignore accordingly.

The first time a developer clones the source control can go:

Open Android Studio
Import Project
Browse for the build.gradle within the cloned repository and open it

That's all

PS: Android Studio will then, through maven, get the gradle plugin assuming that your build.gradle looks similar to this:

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.12.2'
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
}

Android studio will generate the content of .idea folder (including the workspace.xml, which shouldn't be in source control because it is generated) and the .gradle folder.

This approach is Eclipse-friendly in the way that the source control does not really know anything about Android Studio. Android Studio just needs the build.gradle to import a project and generate the rest.

8

votes

I support the committing of .idea folder (excluding workspace.xml and tasks.xml). But I am starting to come to the conclusion that .iml files should be ignored.

Here is the issue:

Open a project in a directory named "foo" for example and you will get foo.iml and that all seems well and good. The problem is that if I simply rename the directory to foo2 (or clone it into another directory name) when you try to open the project in Android Studio you will get three things:

A new iml file named foo2.iml
The iml file for your Android project will be changed to point now to foo2 as its parent
.idea/modules.xml will have a line added for foo2.iml so it has both the old iml file and the one for the new directory

I can find no way to prevent Android Studio from doing this iml file generation when the project is stored in a different directory. Adding them to source control is going to cause problems. Therefore I think perhaps we should ignore *.iml files and .idea/modules.xml

7

votes

Tested with Android Studio 3.0

You might need to Install .ignore plugin.

You can auto-generate the .gitignore file for Android. Right click on folder and follow

Then Select Android from left panel and click Generate

Android Studio will generate .gitignore file which contains all the file need to ignore.

Taken from http://menukanows.com/how-to-add-gitignore-file-in-android-project/

7

votes

Depends on how your project format is maintained:

You have two options:

Directory-based format (You will have a .idea folder which contains the project specific files)
File-based format (configuration files are .iws and .ipr)

Ref: http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/webhelp/project.html

Files committed to version control depends on the above:

Include .idea folder to version control, exclude workspace.xml and tasks.xml
Version control .ipr file and all the .iml module files, exclude the .iws file as it stores user specific settings.

Ref: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/entries/23393067

5

votes

Basically any file that is automatically regenerated.

A good test is to clone your repo and see if Android Studio is able to interpret and run your project immediately (generating what is missing).
If not, find what is missing, and make sure it isn't ignored, but added to the repo.

That being said, you can take example on existing .gitignore files, like the Android one.

# built application files
*.apk
*.ap_

# files for the dex VM
*.dex

# Java class files
*.class

# generated files
bin/
gen/

# Local configuration file (sdk path, etc)
local.properties

# Eclipse project files
.classpath
.project

# Proguard folder generated by Eclipse
proguard/

# Intellij project files
*.iml
*.ipr
*.iws
.idea/

4

votes

I'm kosher with adding the .iml files and Intellij sez to add the .idea folder but ignore .idea/workspace.xml and .idea/tasks.xml, but what about .idea/libraries/ ?

I don't see how it makes sense to add this. It has a list of XML files that list libraries the Android Studio project is supposed to know about. These are supposed to come instead from build.gradle defined dependencies -- not an IDE project file.

Also the contents of one of these files looks like this:

<component name="libraryTable">
    <CLASSES>
       <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.gradle/caches/artifacts-26/filestore/com.example/example/etc...jar!"/>

It doesn't make sense to commit this. What if the user specified a different home dir for gradle, or if they use a different gradle version, the path under .gradle/caches/artifacts-xxx is going to be different for them (i.e. artifacts- the number appended on the end will relate to the gradle version release you are using.) These paths are not universal, and yet the advice is to check all this in?

4

votes

As of Android Studio 0.8.4 .gitignore file is generated automatically when starting new project. By default it contains:

.gradle
/local.properties
/.idea/workspace.xml
/.idea/libraries
.DS_Store
/build

3

votes

I know this is an old topic and there are certainly a lot of options, but I really prefer gibo by Simon Whitaker. It's super simple to use, cross-platform (mac, *nix, and windows), and uses the github gitignore repo so it is (basically) always up to date.

Make sure your local cache is up to date:

    $ gibo --upgrade
    From https://github.com/github/gitignore
     * branch            master     -> FETCH_HEAD
    Current branch master is up to date.

Search for the language/technology you need:

    $ gibo --search android
    Android

Display the .gitignore file:

    $ gibo Android
    ### Android

    # Built application files
    *.apk
    *.ap_

    # Files for the Dalvik VM
    *.dex

    # Java class files
    *.class

    # Generated files
    bin/
    gen/

    # Gradle files
    .gradle/
    build/

    # Local configuration file (sdk path, etc)
    local.properties

    # Proguard folder generated by Eclipse
    proguard/

    # Log Files
    *.log

Now, append it to your project's .gitignore file:

    $ gibo Android >> .gitignore

(Make sure you use >> to append to your project's .gitignore file; one > will overwrite it - as I've done many times on accident!)

I know this isn't answering the OP's exact question, but using gibo makes it so you pretty much don't have to think about 'the question' anymore! .. it's nice! ;)

3

votes

To get a better idea, all you need are the following files

app
build.gradle
settings.gradle

You could put everything else in the .gitignore file. All your app changes lies mostly in these files and folders. The rest you see in a basic project are gradle build files or Android Studio configuration files.

If you are using Android Studio, you can use "Import project" to successfully build the project. Alternatively you can build using command line, follow Building Android Projects with Gradle.

3

votes

It's best to add up the .gitignore list through the development time to prevent unknown side effect when Version Control won't work for some reason because of the pre-defined (copy/paste) list from somewhere. For one of my project, the ignore list is only of:

.gradle
.idea
libs
obj
build
*.log

3

votes

Github maintains useful gitignore items for various kinds of projects. Here is the list of useful gitignore items for android projects.

# Built application files
*.apk
*.ap_

# Files for the ART/Dalvik VM
*.dex

# Java class files
*.class

# Generated files
bin/
gen/
out/

# Gradle files
.gradle/
build/

# Local configuration file (sdk path, etc)
local.properties

# Proguard folder generated by Eclipse
proguard/

# Log Files
*.log

# Android Studio Navigation editor temp files
.navigation/

# Android Studio captures folder
captures/

# Intellij
*.iml
.idea/workspace.xml
.idea/tasks.xml
.idea/gradle.xml
.idea/libraries

# Keystore files
*.jks

# External native build folder generated in Android Studio 2.2 and later
.externalNativeBuild

# Google Services (e.g. APIs or Firebase)
google-services.json

# Freeline
freeline.py
freeline/
freeline_project_description.json

Android Gitignore in github

3

votes

Using the api provided by gitignore.io, you can get is automatically generated. Here is the direct-link also gitignore.io/api/androidstudio

### AndroidStudio ###
# Covers files to be ignored for android development using Android Studio.

# Built application files
*.apk
*.ap_

# Files for the ART/Dalvik VM
*.dex

# Java class files
*.class

# Generated files
bin/
gen/
out/

# Gradle files
.gradle
.gradle/
build/

# Signing files
.signing/

# Local configuration file (sdk path, etc)
local.properties

# Proguard folder generated by Eclipse
proguard/

# Log Files
*.log

# Android Studio
/*/build/
/*/local.properties
/*/out
/*/*/build
/*/*/production
captures/
.navigation/
*.ipr
*~
*.swp

# Android Patch
gen-external-apklibs

# External native build folder generated in Android Studio 2.2 and later
.externalNativeBuild

# NDK
obj/

# IntelliJ IDEA
*.iml
*.iws
/out/

# User-specific configurations
.idea/caches/
.idea/libraries/
.idea/shelf/
.idea/workspace.xml
.idea/tasks.xml
.idea/.name
.idea/compiler.xml
.idea/copyright/profiles_settings.xml
.idea/encodings.xml
.idea/misc.xml
.idea/modules.xml
.idea/scopes/scope_settings.xml
.idea/dictionaries
.idea/vcs.xml
.idea/jsLibraryMappings.xml
.idea/datasources.xml
.idea/dataSources.ids
.idea/sqlDataSources.xml
.idea/dynamic.xml
.idea/uiDesigner.xml
.idea/assetWizardSettings.xml

# OS-specific files
.DS_Store
.DS_Store?
._*
.Spotlight-V100
.Trashes
ehthumbs.db
Thumbs.db

# Legacy Eclipse project files
.classpath
.project
.cproject
.settings/

# Mobile Tools for Java (J2ME)
.mtj.tmp/

# Package Files #
*.war
*.ear

# virtual machine crash logs (Reference: http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml)
hs_err_pid*

## Plugin-specific files:

# mpeltonen/sbt-idea plugin
.idea_modules/

# JIRA plugin
atlassian-ide-plugin.xml

# Mongo Explorer plugin
.idea/mongoSettings.xml

# Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)
com_crashlytics_export_strings.xml
crashlytics.properties
crashlytics-build.properties
fabric.properties

### AndroidStudio Patch ###

!/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar

# End of https://www.gitignore.io/api/androidstudio

2

votes

I merge Github .gitignore files

### Github Android.gitignore ### 

# Built application files
*.apk
*.ap_

# Files for the Dalvik VM
*.dex

# Java class files
*.class

# Generated files
bin/
gen/

# Gradle files
.gradle/
build/

# Local configuration file (sdk path, etc)
local.properties

# Proguard folder generated by Eclipse
proguard/

# Log Files
*.log

# Android Studio Navigation editor temp files
.navigation/

# Android Studio captures folder
captures/

### Github JetBrains.gitignore ### 

# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio

*.iml

## Directory-based project format:
.idea/
# if you remove the above rule, at least ignore the following:

# User-specific stuff:
# .idea/workspace.xml
# .idea/tasks.xml
# .idea/dictionaries

# Sensitive or high-churn files:
# .idea/dataSources.ids
# .idea/dataSources.xml
# .idea/sqlDataSources.xml
# .idea/dynamic.xml
# .idea/uiDesigner.xml

# Gradle:
# .idea/gradle.xml
# .idea/libraries

# Mongo Explorer plugin:
# .idea/mongoSettings.xml

## File-based project format:
*.ipr
*.iws

## Plugin-specific files:

# IntelliJ
/out/

# mpeltonen/sbt-idea plugin
.idea_modules/

# JIRA plugin
atlassian-ide-plugin.xml

# Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)
com_crashlytics_export_strings.xml
crashlytics.properties
crashlytics-build.properties

Please read: JetBrains Support: How to manage projects under Version Control Systems

1

votes

As of Android Studio 0.8.4 .gitignore file is generated automatically when starting new project. By default it contains:

.gradle
/local.properties
/.idea/workspace.xml
/.idea/libraries
.DS_Store
build/
/captures

I agree with this statement, however I modify this file to change /build to build/ (This will include /build and /app/build) So I don't end up with all the files in app/build in my repository.

Note also that if you import a project from Eclipse, the .gitignore won't be copied, or "automagically" created for you.

1

votes

Android Studio 3.5.3

I use this for my libraries and projects and it covers most of the files that generate by android studio and other famous tools:

# Built application files
*.apk
*.ap_
*.aab

# Files for the ART/Dalvik VM
*.dex

# Generated files
bin/
gen/
out/
app/release/

# Gradle files
.gradle/
build/

# Local configuration file (sdk path, etc)
local.properties

# Log Files
*.log

# Android Studio Navigation editor temp files
.navigation/

# Android Studio captures folder
captures/

# IntelliJ
*.iml
.idea/workspace.xml
.idea/tasks.xml
.idea/gradle.xml
.idea/assetWizardSettings.xml
.idea/dictionaries
.idea/libraries
.idea/caches

# Keystore files
# Uncomment the following lines if you do not want to check your keystore files in.
#*.jks
#*.keystore

# External native build folder generated in Android Studio 2.2 and later
.externalNativeBuild

# Freeline
freeline.py
freeline/
freeline_project_description.json

# fastlane
fastlane/report.xml
fastlane/Preview.html
fastlane/screenshots
fastlane/test_output
fastlane/readme.md

#NDK
*.so

1

votes

This is created using the reference of http://gitignore.io/ Where you can create the latest updated gitignore file for any project. For Android http://gitignore.io/api/androidstudio. Hope this helps. Currently I am using Android Studio 3.6.3

# Created by https://www.gitignore.io/api/androidstudio
# Edit at https://www.gitignore.io/?templates=androidstudio

### AndroidStudio ###
# Covers files to be ignored for android development using Android Studio.

# Built application files
*.apk
*.ap_

# Files for the ART/Dalvik VM
*.dex

# Java class files
*.class

# Generated files
bin/
gen/
out/

# Gradle files
.gradle
.gradle/
build/

# Signing files
.signing/

# Local configuration file (sdk path, etc)
local.properties

# Proguard folder generated by Eclipse
proguard/

# Log Files
*.log

# Android Studio
/*/build/
/*/local.properties
/*/out
/*/*/build
/*/*/production
captures/
.navigation/
*.ipr
*~
*.swp

# Android Patch
gen-external-apklibs

# External native build folder generated in Android Studio 2.2 and later
.externalNativeBuild

# NDK
obj/

# IntelliJ IDEA
*.iml
*.iws
/out/

# User-specific configurations
.idea/caches/
.idea/libraries/
.idea/shelf/
.idea/workspace.xml
.idea/tasks.xml
.idea/.name
.idea/compiler.xml
.idea/copyright/profiles_settings.xml
.idea/encodings.xml
.idea/misc.xml
.idea/modules.xml
.idea/scopes/scope_settings.xml
.idea/dictionaries
.idea/vcs.xml
.idea/jsLibraryMappings.xml
.idea/datasources.xml
.idea/dataSources.ids
.idea/sqlDataSources.xml
.idea/dynamic.xml
.idea/uiDesigner.xml
.idea/assetWizardSettings.xml

# OS-specific files
.DS_Store
.DS_Store?
._*
.Spotlight-V100
.Trashes
ehthumbs.db
Thumbs.db

# Legacy Eclipse project files
.classpath
.project
.cproject
.settings/

# Mobile Tools for Java (J2ME)
.mtj.tmp/

# Package Files #
*.war
*.ear

# virtual machine crash logs (Reference: http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml)
hs_err_pid*

## Plugin-specific files:

# mpeltonen/sbt-idea plugin
.idea_modules/

# JIRA plugin
atlassian-ide-plugin.xml

# Mongo Explorer plugin
.idea/mongoSettings.xml

# Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)
com_crashlytics_export_strings.xml
crashlytics.properties
crashlytics-build.properties
fabric.properties

### AndroidStudio Patch ###

!/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar

# End of https://www.gitignore.io/api/androidstudio

0

votes

Compilation:

#built application files
*.apk
*.ap_

# files for the dex VM
*.dex

# Java class files
*.class

# generated files
bin/
gen/

# Gradle files
.gradle/
build/
/*/build/

# Local configuration file (sdk path, etc)
local.properties

# Proguard folder generated by Eclipse
proguard/

# Log Files
*.log

# Windows thumbnail db
Thumbs.db

# OSX files
.DS_Store

# Eclipse project files
.classpath
.project

# Android Studio
*.iml
.idea
#.idea/workspace.xml - remove # and delete .idea if it better suit your needs.
.gradle
build/

# Intellij project files
*.iml
*.ipr
*.iws
.idea/

0

votes

To circumvent the import of all files, where Android Studio ignores the "Ignored Files" list, but still leverage Android Studio VCS, I did the following: This will use the "Ignored Files" list from Android Studio (after import! not during) AND avoid having to use the cumbersome way Tortoise SVN sets the svn:ignore list.

Use the Tortoise SVN repository browser to create a new project folder directly in the repository.
Use Tortoise SVN to checkout the new folder over the top of the folder you want to import. You will get a warning that the local folder is not empty. Ignore the warning. Now you have a versioned top level folder with unversioned content.
Open your project from the local working directory. VCS should now be enabled automatically
Set your file exceptions in File -> Settings -> Version Control -> Ignored Files
Add files to SVN from Android Studio: select 'App' in Project Structure -> VCS -> Add to VCS (this will add all files, except "Ignored Files")
Commit Changes

Going forward, "Ignored Files" will be ignored and you can still manage VCS from Android Studio.

Cheers, -Joost

-1

votes

This official documentation from JetBrains Support says the following should be included:

All files under .idea directory except workspace.xml and tasks.xml because
    they store specific user settings
All the *.iml files that can be located in different module directories

It also gives other recommendations of things to be careful about.

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votes

.gitignore from AndroidRate library

# Copyright 2017 - 2018 Vorlonsoft LLC
#
# Licensed under The MIT License (MIT)

# Built application files
*.ap_
*.apk

# Built library files
*.aar
*.jar

# Built native files
*.o
*.so

# Files for the Dalvik/Android Runtime (ART)
*.dex
*.odex

# Java class files
*.class

# Generated files
bin/
gen/
out/

# Gradle files
.gradle/
build/

# Local configuration file (sdk/ndk path, etc)
local.properties

# Windows thumbnail cache
Thumbs.db

# macOS
.DS_Store/

# Log Files
*.log

# Android Studio
.navigation/
captures/
output.json

# NDK
.externalNativeBuild/
obj/

# IntelliJ
## User-specific stuff
.idea/**/tasks.xml
.idea/**/workspace.xml
.idea/dictionaries
## Sensitive or high-churn files
.idea/**/dataSources/
.idea/**/dataSources.ids
.idea/**/dataSources.local.xml
.idea/**/dynamic.xml
.idea/**/sqlDataSources.xml
.idea/**/uiDesigner.xml
## Gradle
.idea/**/gradle.xml
.idea/**/libraries
## VCS
.idea/vcs.xml
## Module files
*.iml
## File-based project format
*.iws

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Android.gitignore

# Built application files
*.apk
*.ap_

# Files for the ART/Dalvik VM
*.dex

# Java class files
*.class

# Generated files
bin/
gen/
out/

# Gradle files
.gradle/
build/

# Local configuration file (sdk path, etc)
local.properties

# Proguard folder generated by Eclipse
proguard/

# Log Files
*.log

# Android Studio Navigation editor temp files
.navigation/

# Android Studio captures folder
captures/

# IntelliJ
*.iml
.idea/workspace.xml
.idea/tasks.xml
.idea/gradle.xml
.idea/assetWizardSettings.xml
.idea/dictionaries
.idea/libraries
.idea/caches

# Keystore files
# Uncomment the following line if you do not want to check your keystore files in.
#*.jks

# External native build folder generated in Android Studio 2.2 and later
.externalNativeBuild

# Google Services (e.g. APIs or Firebase)
google-services.json

# Freeline
freeline.py
freeline/
freeline_project_description.json

# fastlane
fastlane/report.xml
fastlane/Preview.html
fastlane/screenshots
fastlane/test_output
fastlane/readme.md

What should be in my .gitignore for an Android Studio project?

30 Answers

Directory based project format (.idea directory)

Android Studio 4.1.1

.gitignore

Gradle project folder