Execute Build file in background

Last modified: 08 March 2021

By default, during the build process Ant displays a modal dialog that shows the progress of the build. It is possible to execute the build in the background, and use this time to work on other things.

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Background execution may slow down performance.

Enabling background execution of a build file

  1. Open the Build File Properties dialog box.

  2. Check the Make build in background option.

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