#if in java, like in c preprocessors [duplicate]

Answer 1

I'm under the assumption that the compiler will strip the code inside blocks enforced with constant/final flags? This is how you can leave code in your project that isn't shipped in the final apk.

public final static boolean DEBUG = false;

if(DEBUG) {
    //add messy error prone code here
    //compiler will strip this out as unreachable when false
}

Read here:

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/html/jls-14.html#jls-14.21