diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c6cbe562..26ef1d09 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,53 @@
-*.iml
+*~
+
+# Gradle
+.gradle/
 .gradle
-/local.properties
-/.idea/workspace.xml
-/.idea/libraries
+build/
+/*/build/
+
+# User-specific configurations
+local.properties
+
+.idea
+.idea/libraries/
+.idea/runConfigurations.xml
+.idea/gradle.xml
+.idea/workspace.xml
+.idea/tasks.xml
+.idea/.name
+.idea/compiler.xml
+.idea/copyright/profiles_settings.xml
+.idea/encodings.xml
+.idea/misc.xml
+.idea/modules.xml
+.idea/scopes/scope_settings.xml
+.idea/vcs.xml
+*.iml
+
+# OS-specific files
 .DS_Store
-/build
-/captures
+.DS_Store?
+._*
+.Trashes
+ehthumbs.db
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Built application files
+*.apk
+*.ap_
+
+# Files for the Dalvik VM
+*.dex
+
+# Java class files
+*.class
+
+# Generated files
+bin/
+gen/
+
+local.properties
+proguard/
+*.log
+.navigation/
diff --git a/.idea/.name b/.idea/.name
deleted file mode 100644
index 27df2eec..00000000
--- a/.idea/.name
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Diaspora
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/compiler.xml b/.idea/compiler.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 96cc43ef..00000000
--- a/.idea/compiler.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="CompilerConfiguration">
-    <resourceExtensions />
-    <wildcardResourcePatterns>
-      <entry name="!?*.java" />
-      <entry name="!?*.form" />
-      <entry name="!?*.class" />
-      <entry name="!?*.groovy" />
-      <entry name="!?*.scala" />
-      <entry name="!?*.flex" />
-      <entry name="!?*.kt" />
-      <entry name="!?*.clj" />
-      <entry name="!?*.aj" />
-    </wildcardResourcePatterns>
-    <annotationProcessing>
-      <profile default="true" name="Default" enabled="false">
-        <processorPath useClasspath="true" />
-      </profile>
-    </annotationProcessing>
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/copyright/profiles_settings.xml b/.idea/copyright/profiles_settings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index e7bedf33..00000000
--- a/.idea/copyright/profiles_settings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<component name="CopyrightManager">
-  <settings default="" />
-</component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/gradle.xml b/.idea/gradle.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 39139a6c..00000000
--- a/.idea/gradle.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="GradleSettings">
-    <option name="linkedExternalProjectsSettings">
-      <GradleProjectSettings>
-        <option name="distributionType" value="LOCAL" />
-        <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
-        <option name="gradleHome" value="$APPLICATION_HOME_DIR$/gradle/gradle-2.8" />
-        <option name="gradleJvm" value="1.8" />
-        <option name="modules">
-          <set>
-            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
-            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/app" />
-          </set>
-        </option>
-      </GradleProjectSettings>
-    </option>
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d199810..00000000
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="EntryPointsManager">
-    <entry_points version="2.0" />
-  </component>
-  <component name="NullableNotNullManager">
-    <option name="myDefaultNullable" value="android.support.annotation.Nullable" />
-    <option name="myDefaultNotNull" value="android.support.annotation.NonNull" />
-    <option name="myNullables">
-      <value>
-        <list size="4">
-          <item index="0" class="java.lang.String" itemvalue="org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable" />
-          <item index="1" class="java.lang.String" itemvalue="javax.annotation.Nullable" />
-          <item index="2" class="java.lang.String" itemvalue="edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.Nullable" />
-          <item index="3" class="java.lang.String" itemvalue="android.support.annotation.Nullable" />
-        </list>
-      </value>
-    </option>
-    <option name="myNotNulls">
-      <value>
-        <list size="4">
-          <item index="0" class="java.lang.String" itemvalue="org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull" />
-          <item index="1" class="java.lang.String" itemvalue="javax.annotation.Nonnull" />
-          <item index="2" class="java.lang.String" itemvalue="edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.NonNull" />
-          <item index="3" class="java.lang.String" itemvalue="android.support.annotation.NonNull" />
-        </list>
-      </value>
-    </option>
-  </component>
-  <component name="ProjectLevelVcsManager" settingsEditedManually="false">
-    <OptionsSetting value="true" id="Add" />
-    <OptionsSetting value="true" id="Remove" />
-    <OptionsSetting value="true" id="Checkout" />
-    <OptionsSetting value="true" id="Update" />
-    <OptionsSetting value="true" id="Status" />
-    <OptionsSetting value="true" id="Edit" />
-    <ConfirmationsSetting value="0" id="Add" />
-    <ConfirmationsSetting value="0" id="Remove" />
-  </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_7" default="true" assert-keyword="true" jdk-15="true" project-jdk-name="1.8" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
-    <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/build/classes" />
-  </component>
-  <component name="ProjectType">
-    <option name="id" value="Android" />
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index b52c2f0c..00000000
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
-    <modules>
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/Diaspora.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/Diaspora.iml" />
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/app/app.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/app/app.iml" />
-    </modules>
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/runConfigurations.xml b/.idea/runConfigurations.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f68460d..00000000
--- a/.idea/runConfigurations.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="RunConfigurationProducerService">
-    <option name="ignoredProducers">
-      <set>
-        <option value="org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.execution.test.runner.AllInPackageGradleConfigurationProducer" />
-        <option value="org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.execution.test.runner.TestClassGradleConfigurationProducer" />
-        <option value="org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.execution.test.runner.TestMethodGradleConfigurationProducer" />
-      </set>
-    </option>
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 94a25f7f..00000000
--- a/.idea/vcs.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
-    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$" vcs="Git" />
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file