AOSP and IntelliJ IDEA

Question

Has anyone tried to work with AOSP using IntelliJ IDEA? I see in Android sources a specific folder (development/ide/intellij) but I cannot find any information how to use it in case of Android development (for Eclipse the information can be found here: http://source.android.com/source/using-eclipse.html) Can anyone provide similar instructions how to start developing Android in IDEA?

Answer 1

Run the below command from the Android source root directory.

make idegen -j4 && development/tools/idegen/idegen.sh

Then launch IntelliJ idea, and select the .ipr file generated. Then on the next screen select the .ipr based project property.

Works for me and better than using the android studio, because there is an annoying background scan all the time with the android studio.