android studio find-usages

Finds usages of a symbol.

Usage

android studio find-usages [-h] [--context-file=PARAM] [--pid=PARAM] [--project=PARAM] [--short] <symbol>

Options

  • --context-file=PARAM - Optional path to a file containing a reference to the symbol, relative to the current directory or absolute.
  • -h,--help - Shows the help message for the specified command.
  • --pid=PARAM - The PID of the Android Studio instance to connect to.
  • --project=PARAM - The name or path of the project open in Android Studio to query. Use android studio check to get the names of available projects.
  • --short - Only show the location in files with matches.

android options:

  • --sdk=PARAM - Path to the Android SDK.
  • -v,--verbose - Enable verbose output for troubleshooting.
  • -V,--version - Print version information and exit.

Positional arguments

  • <symbol> - The symbol to find usages for.

Description

android studio find-usages finds all references and call sites of a symbol across the open project using Android Studio's semantic analysis engine.

Requires Android Studio Quail 2 or higher.

Pass --context-file=<path> to disambiguate overloaded or identically named symbols, and pass --short to output only the matched file locations.

Examples

Find all usages of HotelDetailScreen in compact format:

android studio find-usages --short HotelDetailScreen