INTELLIJ_RUN_CONFIG.md

IntelliJ Run Configuration Recipe

IntelliJ Run Configuration Setup

1. Run → Edit Configuration → +.

• Select configuration type your typical run task is.
  • Name: something meaningful, like *-remote-build.
• Remove standard Make/etc step from Before Launch section (ha!).
• Create a step in Before Launch section for Run External Tool.
  • Name: use something meaningful, like remote assembleDebug.
  • Program: bash.
  • Parameters: mainframer.sh somebuildcommand with parameters or any command you want*.
  • Working directory: $ProjectFileDir$.

This also works for tests, you can compile tests on remote machine and then IntelliJ will simply run compiled code on your local machine.

Tip: you can override default run configuration options to to run tasks through mainframer by default.

Note to IntelliJ team: please keep things as is so we can do crazy stuff like mainframer!

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Follow mainframer IntelliJ Plugin development.

Performance Optimizations

Specify as Precise Build Task as Possible

For example, assembleDebug for specific module.

$ ./gradlew :app:assembleDebug

Instead of.

$ ./gradlew assembleDebug

Enable Build Daemon on Remote Machine

If your build system supports some kind of daemoning like Gradle does or Buck, please enable it on remote machine to achieve maximum performance.