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How to open an existing project [message #873663] Fri, 18 May 2012 19:40 Go to next message
Derek Church is currently offline Derek ChurchFriend
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Registered: May 2012
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Hi all,

I have created a project on a PC at work for Android - it all compiles and works well in the emulator. I sent it home to open and continue working on it.
I have spent an hour trying to work out how to open an existing project and am just about ready to give up.
I have created projects for Android on the *new* machine before so I know the SDK et all is all installed correctly etc...

It must be possible to send projects between computers?

Open doesn't work.

Import existing project gets me the answer "Some projects cannot be imported because they already exist in the workspace" - well, duh!

Window, project explorer etc.. does nothing.

I think the devs should have a look at M$ Visual Studio (I'll even donate towards a copy) to see how this should be done - it's a really slick interface and shows what is possible.

I can't have to copy and paste each file into Eclipse to get back to where I started surely?
Re: How to open an existing project [message #873776 is a reply to message #873663] Sat, 19 May 2012 03:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
David Wegener is currently offline David WegenerFriend
Messages: 1445
Registered: July 2009
Senior Member
On 05/18/2012 02:40 PM, Derek Church wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have created a project on a PC at work for Android - it all compiles
> and works well in the emulator. I sent it home to open and continue
> working on it.
> I have spent an hour trying to work out how to open an existing project
> and am just about ready to give up.
> I have created projects for Android on the *new* machine before so I
> know the SDK et all is all installed correctly etc...
>
> It must be possible to send projects between computers?
> Open doesn't work.
>
> Import existing project gets me the answer "Some projects cannot be
> imported because they already exist in the workspace" - well, duh!
>
> Window, project explorer etc.. does nothing.
>
> I think the devs should have a look at M$ Visual Studio (I'll even
> donate towards a copy) to see how this should be done - it's a really
> slick interface and shows what is possible.
>
> I can't have to copy and paste each file into Eclipse to get back to
> where I started surely?
If the project is in a workspace, I believe that you need to use
File->New to get Eclipse to recognize the project. You need to give the
new project the same name as the project that you copied into the workspace.

The best approach when copying projects between workspaces is to place
them somewhere other then the workspace. Then the Import process will
be able to find and open them. They will remain where ever you put them
in this case unless you explicitly check copy into workspace.
Re: How to open an existing project [message #873828 is a reply to message #873776] Sat, 19 May 2012 07:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Derek Church is currently offline Derek ChurchFriend
Messages: 3
Registered: May 2012
Junior Member
Hi, cheers for that.

If I do: File-->New then give it the same name I get: A project with that name already exists in the workspace

It doesn't appear to matter where I copy the files to, I still get the "Some projects cannot be
imported because they already exist in the workspace" message.

I'm a little baffled as to why they've made something so fundamental so very difficult.

Is there an Android SDK plugin for NetBeans do you know? Is NetBeans able to work with projects created on a different PC?
Re: How to open an existing project [message #873840 is a reply to message #873828] Sat, 19 May 2012 08:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Derek Church is currently offline Derek ChurchFriend
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Registered: May 2012
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Wow! Ok, so I've created a new project from scratch, created all the files again and cut and paste the contents to their new home, and finally (after 2 days) I have my project again...however, it won't compile as it says that there is an error. It doesn't say where there's an error, in fact it doesn't even hint at where there is an error. I'm supposed to simply guess and hunt around like a game of Tomb Raider I guess.
Is this IDE really ready yet? There's no mention in the 'About' box that this is a pre-beta version.
When is the true release of this product coming out?
Re: How to open an existing project [message #874138 is a reply to message #873840] Sun, 20 May 2012 03:14 Go to previous message
David Wegener is currently offline David WegenerFriend
Messages: 1445
Registered: July 2009
Senior Member
On 05/19/2012 03:12 AM, Derek Church wrote:
> Wow! Ok, so I've created a new project from scratch, created all the
> files again and cut and paste the contents to their new home, and
> finally (after 2 days) I have my project again...however, it won't
> compile as it says that there is an error. It doesn't say where there's
> an error, in fact it doesn't even hint at where there is an error. I'm
> supposed to simply guess and hunt around like a game of Tomb Raider I
> guess.
> Is this IDE really ready yet? There's no mention in the 'About' box that
> this is a pre-beta version.
> When is the true release of this product coming out?
>
You mention Android development in your other posts. The Android
development tools are created and supported by Google. They are not
provided by Eclipse.
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