Importing a Android Project to Workspace in Eclipse

This post will help those who have just started the Android development and those who want to explore the android projects, its file structures. There are lots of sample android projects hovering around in the internet that you can download. After downloading the project, one needs to know how to import the project into Android workspace. If you have problems configuring the Eclipse, ADT plugin and Android SDK then move over to the Android Developer documents. You can find a detailed documentation on how to start android development. Once you have configured the android with eclipse you are ready to create new projects and import existing projects to the workspace. To create and manage a project you can learn it from the link. To import an existing project o Open Eclipse that is pre configured with the ADT plugin and Android SDK. o Click File -> Import . You will get a import window opened. o Under the General tab you can find “Existing Projects into workspace”. Click Next. o In the next window “Select root directory” and browse to the location of the downloaded android project and click Open o There is a checkbox “Copy projects into workspace” at the bottom. Keep this checked if you want to copy the downloaded project into your workspace. This is recommended. o Click Finish to import the project. That’s it. Your downloaded or previously developed project is imported to your workspace.