How to migrate a project to another machine

Question

I want to migrate an Android project developed in Android Studio from one machine to another machine so I can continue working.

I tried to copy the project directory to the target machine; but, when opening the project in Android Studio (File→Open) on the target machine, it doesn't load it as an Android project, instead it considers it to be just a directory.

How can I migrate a project to another machine?

Answer 1

So how this can be done?

Copy the project directory.

I usually clean out the bits that wouldn't go into version control (e.g., build/, *.iml, .gradle/, .idea/) before importing the copied directory into Android Studio.

Answer 2

When opening the project in the new machine in android studio for the first click on the folder directory and android studio will automatically sync the files and set up the new project.
Select app to include in project.
Next time when you click to open the project it will appear as a project and not a directory.

In addition to Commonwares answer.

I keep all my projects either in a google drive directory, both locally on my machine and online or on github usually both locally, but always remotely. Anything that requires version control is on github.

That way if anything happens to a machine (which has happened in the past) all the projects are accessible to me.

If I need to use another machine I can download the complete project.

The other way is to copy the project to a removeble drive or usb stick and upload it to your other machine.