How to import existing Android project into Eclipse

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I m trying to import and existing Android project into my current Eclipse workspace   I select File- New- Android Project  which brings up the Android project dialog  I then select   Create project from existing source   Location  Build Target and Finish     I get the following error  Invalid project description     Does anybody know how to get past this error

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It seems you cannot have your project root  with the AndroidManifest xml deeper than one directory level below your workspace root  I struggled for an hour with this before I just gave up and rearranged my repo

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Just delete the   project  file in your project folder  it s hidden on Linux  use  ls -a  to show   then from Eclipse  choose Create Android Project from existing source

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Solved  If you want to  Create project from existing source   you need to create a new directory and then put the project directory tree into that new directory   Then point to the new directory when importing

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In my Android Project folder  project file was missing  Restoring the  project file which will be hidden in Unix OS environment resolved the error

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You can also use Make new   General   Project  then import the project to that project directory

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Im not sure this will solve your problem since I dont know where it originats from  but when I import a project i go File -  Import -  Existing projects into workspace  Maybe it will circumvent your problem

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File   Import   General   Existing Projects into Workspace   Next Select root directory   path to project Projects   Select All Uncheck Copy projects into workspace and Add project to working sets Finish

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Updating  JamesWald s answer  and incorporating other comments  Assuming you want to create a cfesh copy from  say  a backup in your new workspace    Put the existing project in a directory not inside the destination workspace  In Eclipse  File- Import- Android- Existing Android Code into Workspace  Next Select root directory   path to project from step 1 Projects- Select All  or not  as the case may be  Make sure you set the new project name correctly - To change one click on the old project name  left column  and then click on the new project name  right column  and then edit  It will default to the class name of the Default Activity  Assuming you want a copy in the destination workspace  check   Copy projects into workspace  uncheck  Add project to working sets  Finish

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Same problem happened to me as well and the  project file was not there in the project  I copied a  project file from an existing android project and replace the project name with the name of the project I am trying to import   Then using File -  Import -  Existing projects into workspace  I was able to import the project

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This post helped me  http   code google com p android issues detail id 8431

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I had the problem of getting errors when checking out an Android project from SVN  This is what I did and the whole thing settled down  1  checkout the project from SVN as we normally do any other project 2  right click and get properties of the project 3  In the java build path- order and export tab select the android API and OK it    this removed all the project issues so far so good but not sure if this is the 100  correct method

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What works for me is that  File   Import   Existing Project into Workspace  under General tab   then choose the project root folder  The importing of Existing Android Code into Workspace somehow does not work on Eclipse for me

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I found James Wald s answer the closest to my solution  except instead of  File- Import- General- Existing Projects into Workspace   which did not work for me at all  I used  File- Import- Android- Existing Android Code Into Workspace    I am using Helios  maybe your version of Eclipse does not have this quirk

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This error message appears when the source code you try to import is inside an existing workspace   Put your source code in a directory OUTSIDE any existing workspace and then import

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