I am new to IntelliJ. I have spent the last few of my nights learning about it.
Currently I am looking for the correct way of setting up the Android support libraries:
https://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/setup.html
v4 and v7
I found this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyaZEphsz44
I do not like the way he does things, via moving folders around. It seems to me that one can just do all of this via the IntelliJ interface..
http://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2010/09/android-library-projects-support/
The following is the step-by-step procedure I have performed to duplicate what I found on the Android site. I would like to know if it is the most 'correct' way?
1. New Project-> Android->Library Module->Next
2. Project Name: appcompat -> Finish
3. Right click appcompat->Open Module Settings
4. Under Project Settings select Libraries
5. + sign to add a library and select Java
6. Navigate to android-sdk/extras/android/support/v7/appcompat/libs and add android-support-v7-appcompat.jar
7. Navigate to the same directory and add android-support-v4.
8. Modules->appcompat->Dependencies both of the jars I added show up as dependencies.
Is this support library/module properly set up now?
If I wanted to use this library/module in a normal Android project, do I import what I did as a module?
or in the project settings of the Android project I want to create, do I add what I created above as a library?
So is that the correct way of creating a v4/v7 support 'module?' or library?
I think I am now confused on what intelliJ considers a library vs a module.
How would I get the support libraries auto-added to every Android application?
IntelliJ Community Edition 13.1.2
Java 1.7.0_40
Android 19
Windows 7 Pro