How to build eclipse project files for android project

Question

When I download an android project - open source or samples etc from the web. They don't come with following files which are required to build the projectin eclipse.

.project
project.properties
.classpath

As a result I copy these files manually from some existing project, copy them to the root of this given project, manually edit them to change project name + target in project.properties

I have to repeat these every time I download a new project for example any open source android project.

Then I go to eclipse file -> Import existing project into workspace to build the project and use it.

My Question is : Is there a proper way to import an android project in eclipse so that these above files are automatically created ?

Answer 1

Try importing the following way: File -> Import -> Android -> Existing Android Code Into Workspace. Hope it helps.