README.md

Simple IntelliJ Plugin

This plugin houses tooling and capabilities that makes life easier while building the Simple Android app.

What's in the package?

The plugin contains,

• A uuid() function expression to generate new UUID strings, commonly used in tests
• A collection of Live Templates that make working with UUIDs easier
• A collection of Live Templates that make working with timestamps easier

Installation

1. Go to Preferences (Cmd + ,) or Android Studio → Preferences
2. Search for Plugins in the Preferences Dialog
3. Click on the Cog Icon and Choose Install Plugin from Disk…
4. Choose the latest release (yyyy-mm-dd format) from the releases directory

Releases

To make changes and release a new version of the plugin, do the following.

1. Use IntelliJ Community / Ultimate Edition to open the project.
   • Click on Create New Project
   • From the New Project window,
     • Select IntelliJ Platform Plugin from the left pane
     • Then select IntelliJ IDEA IU-xxx.xxxx.xx from Project SDK on the right pane
     • Click on Next
   • In the next screen click on the … icon to select the Project location,
     • Point to simple-android-idea-plugin
     • Click on Finish
     • If a File Already Exists dialog shows up, click on Yes to overwrite the .iml file
   • One the IDE opens the project, do a git reset --hard (this is hacky, but we'll update this once we find a solution)
2. Make the desired changes.
3. Open the /resources/META-INF/plugin.xml file and bump up the plugin version number specified inside the <version> tag. Please follow SemVer to update the version number.
4. Update CHANGELOG.md to mention the changes that were made.
5. Go to Build → Prepare Plugin Module for Deployment.
   • This will generate a intellij-plugin.jar in the project's root directory
   • Don't push the generated jar to Git. Instead make a release on GitHub with the changelog