- Open the Project Structure settings.
- Click Artifacts to open the Artifacts page.
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Click the New button
and
choose the artifact type Android Application in the New drop-down list.
Then specify the original contents of the artifact definition using the context menu:
- To have an empty layout definition created. choose Empty.
- To have the data of a module included in the artifact by default, choose From module <module name>.
The basic settings of the new artifact are displayed in the Artifact Layout pane that opens.
- Specify the general settings of the artifact. In the Output directory text box, specify the location of the package .apk file to be created.
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Complete the artifact definition by following these general steps:
- Configure the artifact structure.
- Add resources to the artifact.
- Arrange the elements included in the artifact.
- If necessary, specify additional activities to be performed before and after building the artifact in the Pre-processing and Post-Processing tabs.
- In the Android tab, choose Debug.
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To have IntelliJ IDEA obfuscate the application
during packaging,
select the Run ProGuard check box and specify the location of the proguard.txt configuration file.
The file is generated during project creation and is stored in the project root. IntelliJ IDEA suggests this default location
in the Config file path text box. Accept the suggestion or specify a custom configuration file
by clicking the Browse button 
and selecting the required file
in the dialog that opens.
