Can I use Android Studio, and Eclipse for the same project?

Question

Android Studio is still in preview, however many projects are already using Gradle build system which is integrated into Android Studio.

Being an early access preview however, migrating a whole project to Android Studio is too risky, and migration seems to be a one way process.

Is there a way for a single Android project to work seamlessly in both environments (IDEs: Eclipse, Android Studio; and build systems: Ant, Gradle)?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 13 '14 at 14:54

You could set your build.gradle in android studio like this:

android {
    compileSdkVersion 18
    buildToolsVersion "18.1.1"

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 7
        targetSdkVersion 16
    }
    sourceSets {
        main {
            manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
            java.srcDirs = ['src']
            resources.srcDirs = ['src']
            aidl.srcDirs = ['src']
            renderscript.srcDirs = ['src']
            res.srcDirs = ['res']
            assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
        }

        instrumentTest.setRoot('tests')
    }
}

But I suggest to use Android Studio. I use it from 0.3.6 and I find it easier to use than Eclipse. I've made Apps with native lib, modules and the only problem I've found was that strings.xml was reformatted after create a new Activity.

Can I use Android Studio, and Eclipse for the same project?

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