Create new Gradle based Android project in IntelliJ IDEA

Question

The title pretty much says it all. I would like to create a new Gradle based Android project in IntelliJ IDEA (13 EAP) like I can do in Android Studio.

I've tried creating a new Android Project in IntelliJ but it uses the "old" build system, while creating a new Gradle Project creates a generic java project which doesn't have Android integration at all.

What can I do?

Answer 1

1. Create an android project
2. Create an empty file `build.gradle' in the root of your project
3. Add to the file:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.5.+'
    }
}

apply plugin: 'android'

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

android {
    compileSdkVersion 18
    buildToolsVersion "19"

    sourceSets {
        main {
            manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
            java.srcDirs = ['src']
            resources.srcDirs = ['src']
            aidl.srcDirs = ['src']
            renderscript.srcDirs = ['src']
            res.srcDirs = ['res']
            assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
        }

        instrumentTest.setRoot('tests')

        debug.setRoot('build-types/debug')
        release.setRoot('build-types/release')
    }
}

4. Menu Run > Edit configurations and add(+) Groovy run/debug configuration
5. Fill script path to the previously created file 'build.gradle'
6. Fill Script parameters with desirable task( e.g. installDebug or assemble)

To add adb shell command you may add new task to this script. Sample:

task launchDefaultActivity(type:Exec){
    commandLine './adb', 'shell', 'am', 'start', '-c', 'android.intent.category.LAUNCHER', '-n', 'com.example.AndroidGradle/.LaunchActivity'
}