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Syncing IntelliJ Android .apk Files Using Dropbox
edit Posted by Joe Moore on Thursday June 16, 2011 at 01:26PM

During a typical day of Android development we compile Android applications (.apk files) dozens of times, deploying to emulators and devices simply by pressing the Run button in IntelliJ. This is great for our in-office developers, but it's more difficult for our remote-pairing developers to install those same .apks on their own emulators and phones. As a remote developer, I wanted seamless, instant access to all .apks we build during development. Using Dropbox and some IntelliJ configuration changes I now have all .apks we build available for me to install on my local emulators and phones just seconds after we build them on our development machines, 2500 miles away.