Speed up Android project build time in IntelliJ IDEA

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sealskej picture sealskej · Nov 11, 2012 · Viewed 13.3k times · Source

I am wondering, if there is any way, how to set skip packaging and dexing in IntelliJ IDEA like in Eclipse and ADT. There is Additional VM Options field in Android DX Compiler section in IntelliJ Preferences, maybe this could be a way, how to set it. I would also appreciate another tips, how to speed up IntelliJ Android project build.

Answer

Jake Andreu picture Jake Andreu · Feb 19, 2013

I'm using IntelliJ 12. I've won time deploying and running Android apps enabling IntelliJ to "Make project automatically". To enable it, just go to Preferences -> Compiler and check "Make project automatically". In the same window check "Compile independent modules in parallel".

Enabling "Make project automatically" allows you skip "Make" task before an Android application launch. You can remove it in "Run/Debug Configurations", selecting your Android Application and removing "Make" task in "Before launch" section.

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