README.md

aDoctor

aDoctor is an Android Studio plugin for code smell detection and refactoring. It is able to fix 6 Android-specific design flaws related to energy consumption:

• Durable Wakelock
• Early Resource Binding
• Inefficient Data Structure
• Internal Setter
• Leaking Thread
• Member Ignoring Method

aDoctor is the outcome of the research conducted in the Software Engineering Lab @ University of Salerno, Italy.

Installation ad execution

Install from Jetbrains Plugin Repository

Follow these steps to install the plugin in Android Studio for production use:

1. Open Android Studio
2. Go into File>Settings...>Plugins>Marketplace
3. Type "aDoctor"
4. Install it
5. Restart Android Studio
6. Open the Android project you wish to analyze
7. Go to Refactor>ADoctor to launch the plugin

Install from disk

Follow these steps to install the plugin in Android Studio for production use:

1. Clone the repository
2. Open the project with IntelliJ IDEA
3. Build the project just to be sure everything is alright. Ensure you have IntelliJ Platform SDK installed
4. Go to Build>Prepare Plugin Module 'aDoctor\ for deployment'. This will generate a zip file in the project root
5. Copy the zip file whenever you want
6. Open Android Studio
7. Go into File>Settings...>Plugins
8. Click the gear icon and Install Plugin from Disk...
9. Select the zip file
10. Restart Android Studio
11. Open the Android project you wish to analyze
12. Go to Refactor>ADoctor to launch the plugin

Get source code and run in sandbox

Follow these steps to build the source code and run the plugin in a sandbox:

1. Clone the repository
2. Open the project with IntelliJ IDEA
3. Build the project (with the IDE) just to be sure everything is alright. Ensure you have IntelliJ Platform SDK installed
4. Run the project (with the IDE) though the run configuration Run aDoctor: this will run IntelliJ IDEA sandbox
5. Open the project you wish to analyze
6. Go to Refactor>ADoctor to launch the plugin