Why do I get a warning: "build.properties does not exist"

Question

This appears to be something to do with the Plugin Development Environment, but I'm not writing an Eclipse Plugin.

How can I stop getting this warning?

Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

Is this a simple Java project? And what version of eclipse (and plugins) are you using?
Because for an EMF project (model), the build.properties won't exist until we generate the model (as mentioned here).

Otherwise, try a full refresh of the project, and/or check if you have a file referencing a build.properties files within your project.

Answer 2

If you are not writing a plug-in, then you can edit the .project file and remove the Plugin Nature, and perhaps also the api tools nature if it is there.

<projectDescription>
    ...
    <natures>
     <nature>org.eclipse.pde.PluginNature</nature>
     <nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
     <nature>org.eclipse.pde.api.tools.apiAnalysisNature</nature>
    </natures>
</projectDescription>