android-studiointellij-ideasearch
I've just started using Android Studio (IntelliJ), and I now look for the feature to find the occurrence of a string in any of the files in my project. For example: I want to find all the files that contain the string ".getUuid()"
The search at the top right doesn't give me the correct results, and I don't think I can find this feature under Edit > Find.
Could anybody point me at the right direction?
If you see that error occur after upgrading versions of IntelliJ IDEA or Android Studio, or after Generating a new APK, you may need to refresh the IDE's cache.
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For Windows/Linux, you can go to File -> Settings -> Editor -> General -> Auto Import -> Java and make the following changes:
change Insert imports on paste value to All
markAdd unambigious imports on the fly option as checked
On a Mac, do the same thing in Android Studio -> Preferences
After this, all unambiguous imports will be added automatically.
Best Answer
TLDR: ⌃⇧F on MacOS will open "Find in path" dialog.
First of all, this IDEA has a nice "
Find Usages" command. It can be found in the context menu, when the cursor is on some field, method, etc.It's context-aware, and as far as I know, is the best way to find class, method or field usage.
Alternatively, you can use the
dialog, which allows you to search the whole workspace.
Also in IDEA 13 there is an awesome "
Search Everywhere" option, by default called by double Shift. It allows you to search in project, files, classes, settings, and so on.Also you can search from Project Structure dialog with "
Find in Path…". Just call it by right mouse button on concrete directory and the search will be scoped, only inside that directory and it's sub-directory.Enjoy!