Android Properties Window - android

If I right click on my project and select properties. Then select android properties on the left side of the screen I am given a window where I can change project build target or add a library. The problem is none of my changes appear to be "sticking" in this screen when I hit apply or ok.
For example I go into the screen to add a library project:
Then I hit apply, then ok. When I go back into the screen none of my changes have been applied:
This is a problem because I want to reference a library project in my main project. Whenever I try to reference one of the classes in my library project from my main project I get a class not found exception. Also whenever I run my project it says the libray-project.apk is not found in the console window?
Any suggestions or is this possibly a bug in eclipse or the android tools?
This bug has been reported here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=17673&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Owner%20Summary%20Stars

Check that default.properties file is not read-only. This file is located in root folder of your Android project.
UPDATE: I actually tried making this file read-only and can see exactly the same behavior, but on Ubuntu. Don't have access to Windows machine now. This should probably be reported as bug.

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Android Studio - Android Project View is Missing

I've found some webpage but it does not guide me back to normal android project view.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/studio-androidview.html
I did File => Other Settings => Default Project Structure => Default Settings => OK It make even worse, import library become not function-able.
I also had this problem (creating new project also looked similar to IntelliJ IDEA), got it fixed when I enabled some Android-related plugins.
Go to Preferences (Settings on Windows and Linux) > Plugins and enable Android Support, at a minimum.
Now you will have "Android" option in the Project View.
Try:
View -> Tool Windows -> Project OR the shortcut is alt+1.
If that's not working try:
Window -> Restore Default Layout OR the shortcut is shift+F12.
Also, check that Studio is up to date:
Help -> Check for update...
None of the above solutions worked for me so I fixed this by removing the .gradle and .idea folders from my project.
The square at the bottom left corner of android studio lets you spread the screen or it populates it with side menus.
For me, it happened when I used Kotlin KTS for Gradle files, but created a java library module for this project. After trying to reimport project I got an error:
New Gradle Sync is not supported due to containing buildSrc module
Solution:
Migrate added module to kts
Remove created by Wizard settings.gradle, if you already use settings.gradle.kts
Reimport project
File -> Close project
Android Studio: import project
Show it your current project location
Just had the problem happen to me again. I got the problem solved, but unfortunately I can't confirm the solution, now that it's fix; but I have strong suspicions on what was the cause.
In my case, the problem occurred as a result of reorganizing my project directory. My projects are stored in given directory lets call it "Projects". I renamed that fold to "ProjectsBackup" and created a new "Projects" directory. I then moved selected projects now contained in the "ProjectBackup" directory to the new "Projects" directory. After moving the first project, I used Android Studio to open that project. That's when the problem occurred. I got a message that it couldn't find the gradle-wrapper and offered me the choice to create it. The gradle-wrapper is stored in a directory call "gradle" and its stored in the "Projects" directory. I had not copied that directory over from the "ProjectsBackup" to the new "Projects" directory. At the time, I thought nothing about that since, a new one was created. After trying all the various suggestion in this problem discussion, android studio offered a notification from me to update my "android gradle" plugin. I did the update and after that the "android" view was now available for me to select. The android gradle update fixed the problem.
I unfortunately, can't tell you what changed as a result of the update, nor can I tell you how you can force Android Studio to update or reinstall the android gradle plugin. All I can tell you is that I got lucky that android studio gave me that notification to update the android gradle plugin. Things like "file/project structure" and changing the Android Gradle Plugin Version, didn't fix the problem. What I did notice, was that when I first looked at that, the drop-down list of android gradle versions was an empty list. I manually put one in "3.6.3", but it didn't help. If you run into this problems I would suggest you look at the dates of the two file in the "wrapper" directory and compare those to projects you may have that are working correctly with the android view. I wish I would have checked the date of the wrapper jar file, when it wasn't working. That's what I think might have been wrong (i.e. I got a wrapper.jar file that was incompatible with my version of android studio - unfortunately I can't prove that)
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Android Exclamatory red mark

I'm very new to Android. Whenever I create a new project using a new workspace, I get an exclamatory red mark in Eclipse in my project and an error at Appcompat. I searched here for an answer, but no answer was what I was looking for, so I just asked this. When I create a workspace at DDMS it displays this:
Sending Tracking request failed!
At Android, after I create a new project
WARNING: unable to write jarlist cache file here, src file, layout file not available.
I've searched a lot and found no solution.
OK, first thing first. Eclipse is no longer supported by Google. The only official IDE for Android Development is Android Studio Download Page.
Here is the announcement of Eclipse support ending
Over the past few years, our team has focused on improving the development experience for building Android apps with Android Studio. Since the launch of Android Studio, we have been impressed with the excitement and positive feedback. As the official Android IDE, Android Studio gives you access to a powerful and comprehensive suite of tools to evolve your app across Android platforms, whether it's on the phone, wrist, car or TV.
To that end and to focus all of our efforts on making Android Studio better and faster, we are ending development and official support for the Android Developer Tools (ADT) in Eclipse at the end of the year. This specifically includes the Eclipse ADT plugin and Android Ant build system.
Please note that the number of people using Eclipse to develop Android apps are going down. You will get less and less support even on Stackoverflow as time goes by. Overall, it is better to just make the switch while you are just starting.
Check on the first link, you will see some amazing documentation in the Android Studio IDE
If you 100% required to use Eclipse...
OK, so you have a job that requires Eclipse or there is some other reason, then check out this documentation by Eclipse.
Also, here is a list of all the different icons that can be displayed by Eclipse (credit for the icon list).
Build path problems are sometimes easy to miss among other problems in a project. The Package Explorer and Project Explorer views now show a new decorator on Java projects and working sets that contain build path errors:
The concrete errors can be seen in the Problems view, and if you open the view menu and select Group By > Java Problem Type, they all show up in the Build Path category:
Please refer this link too here
If you go to appcompat_v7/bin folder, you'll see that file "jarlist.cache" doesn´t appear or is unsynchronized. You need to
refresh the appcompat_v7 folder, only press F5 over that folder.
The appcompat_v7 folder is added because you use an action bar
component.
Aah. To avoid a new appcompat_v7_XX folder when you are creating a new
project, choose a LEVEL API 14 as Minimun Required SDK. After you must
modifier the AndroidManifest.xml and put the level that you need.
change it
android:targetSdkVersion="19" />
Delete all appcompat_v7_XX. It is a bug.
With appcompat_v7, You will see that Eclipse creates two XML files:
Activity_main.xml and fragment_main.xml. If you want to have an option
to create a project in the old way only with activity_main.xml, do
that:
Make a copy of the folder "BlanckActivity" located in this path:
\sdk\tools\templates\activities of an ADT previous version.
Rename the folder as “BlankActivityNoFragment”, then edit the field
name of the file "template.xml" with a notepad as
name=”BlankActivityNoFragment”
Copy the new folder in the same path of the new Eclipse
IDE:sdk/tools/templates/activities
Now you´ll see the new template when you go to create a new project.
Remember to choose as Minimum Required SDK an API 14
If you don't want the support of appcompat library then just remove it from your project by following steps :
Right click on project
Select properties
In dialog select android on left side
In dialog check library section
Remove appcompat library by selecting it and press remove
Extends your MainActivity.java with Activity
You can run your project successfully.
If you want the support of appcompat then follow this steps :
download the latest appcompat using Sdk Manager
import appcompat project in your eclipse
add it as a library project
extend your MainActivity with AppCompatActivity.
If you're getting any problem with app_compact library... This is the solution
Hopefully it will work....
According to the documentation
Decorates Java projects and working sets that contain build path
errors
There can be several reasons. Most of the times it may be some of the below reasons ,
You have deleted some of the .jar files from your /lib folder
You have added new .jar files
you have added new .jar files which may be conflict with others
So what to do is we have to resolve those missing / updating / newly_added jar files.
right click on the project and go to properties
Select Java Build Path
go to the Libraries tab
Remove the references of the jar files which you have removed already. There will be a red mark near them so you can identify them easily.
Add the references to the newly added .jar files by using Add JARs Refresh the project
This will solve the problem if it's because one of the above reasons.
Still Facing problem ??Try this:
Go to Windows -> Preferences -> Android -> Build and uncheck "Skip packaging and dexing until export or launch" then restart Eclipse.

Errors when creating a new Android project

Im trying to create an Android project on Eclipse but as soon as i create it, errors appear on the project name.
I dont know whats wrong since I havent written anything myself yet. When when im on the final step of the project creation window (the activity section), I click finish and it takes like 5 seconds and the project name appears on the left, in the project explorer but the window doesnt close.
Heres what it looks like:
Here's the result of the Problems tab:
When you have errors like R cannot be resolved to a variable most of the times you have to solve problems in your Resources, for example you can see the folder \res has a red cross, solve that problems first.
Do the below changes and I guess it should work.
Update ADT & SDK.
Remove gen folder , and create it again .
Do a clean-project.
Right click the project and choose android-tools -> fix-project-properties .
Right click the project and choose properties -> java-build-path -> order-and-export. make sure the order is :
Android private libraries
Android dependencies
Your library project's if needed
yourAppProject/gen
yourAppProject/src
Make sure all files in the res folder's subfolders have names that are ok : only lowercase letters, digits and underscore ("_") .
Always make sure the targetSdk is pointed to the latest API (currently 18) , and set it in the project.properties file
If above doesn't work then try next method 2 given below:
The step to solve the issues is easy. You just mouse point to your project folder (Example: SampleAndroid), then right click and now choose “Build Project”. Your all project will rebuild.
Once rebuild complete, you can see that the error icon was disappear on the MainActivity.java code. Now you can run your application in Emulator.
Maybe try "Project->clean" in order to rebuild.
First of all check the Problems tab that will you show you what may cause this. Also clean your project as it might solve some issues.
I also faced the same problem and solved it by deleting appcompatv4 file from libs folder. Try it, it might help to you.
I have this problem, finally,I solved this by opening my SDK manager → download Android support in Extras,you can try.
check your Android support is installed, and then you can build a new project without errors.

Unable to Debug Library Projects with ADT v14 - Source Not Found

Ever since upgrading my current projects to use the new R14 Tools in Eclipse, I'm now unable to debug any code that exists in my library projects.
When I hit a break point in my library project code, instead of Eclipse opening the original source file, it opens up the read-only copy of the source file contained within the JAR with the message "Source not found".
I've searched around for a solution to this, but have yet to come across anything. Does anybody else have any suggestions? It's quite a pain not being able to debug.
EDIT
The issue has came back and I'm no longer able to debug. I haven't changed any project settings around or anything. Very frustrating.
Tried all of the above and it did not work for me, however the workaround detailed here did.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=20731
Start debugging, and run until you hit a breakpoint (and precisely get a .class file instead of the .java you would like to have)
Right click in the Debug view of the Debug perspective (for example on the call stack), and choose "Edit Source Lookup Path"
Add all your projects above "Default", via "Add..." > "Java project" > "Select All"
(I'm using ADT 15.0.2 preview from http://tools.android.com/download)
After having this issue as well and doing a little research, I came across this thread and another one that tipped me off. I was pulling my hair out already.
It turns out that the problem is with the build order of your projects (mine was anyway). Since ADT/SDK v14 changed the way library projects are referenced, the build order needs to be correct. Make sure all of the libraries your app uses are built first. I just moved the "src" and "gen" folders for each of my projects to the bottom and now it builds the library first and I am able to debug it and view the source of my library files through the main project.
In case someone doesn't know where to do this, in Eclipse, right click on your project and "Build Path" and then click "Configure Build Path". Then, on the "Order and Export" tab, move the two folders for your project to the bottom of the list below your libraries. I did this for all of my projects and the library projects.
You can also do it globally in Eclipse from Windows->Preferences->General->Workspace->Build Order and moving your library projects to the top. I think the build order defined in each project will override this though, so you may want to do it in both places to solve the issue now and for future projects.
I had the same problem in a project today. The project consists of an app which has two library dependencies. I could not see code during debugging and when using auto-completion when overriding methods Eclipse was unable to deduce proper argument names.
First of all, the problem manifested itself by showing the the 'gen' folder was used as the one that contained the source. To check whether this is the same issue go to your app project, open the Android dependencies and have a look at the properties of the your library dependencies. Location path said /libraryprojectname/gen.
If this is also your problem then go to the 'Order and Export' tab of each library project and move the 'gen' item below the 'src' item. As soon as you click OK Eclipse will work a bit and when you check the Android dependency properties the location path should say: /libraryprojectname/src. Open click the dependency and open any class inside the jar. It should show the source.
I am using ADT plugin 20.0.3 with Android SDK Tools 20.0.3 and Android SDK Platform Tools 14.
The following worked for me on Eclipse Juno:
In Project Properties/Java Build Path:
In the Projects tab, added my library projects.
In the Order and Export tab, moved my library projects to the top, and checked them
Not sure if it's relevant, but Android SDK tools is rev 20.0.3 and Android SDK platform tools is 14.
I assume you are opeining library project and there you put brakepoint.
Try this: On main project open Library Projects->[yourlibrary.jar]->[yourfile.class] from Package Explorer, and then in .class file put brakepoints.
This works for me at least :)
Sometimes this happens to me. Not sure about the reason but the way I solve is:
Remove the main project from eclipse. -- Closs Eclipse -- Delete the jar file in the library project -- Open Eclipse -- Wait for the library project to compile -- Import the main project
This problem also occurs with release 21 of ADT inside Juno. As a workaround, in the "debug" view of the debug perspective (where you see threads and method invocation traces), right click and edit source lookup path.

Eclipse Android project

I have a problem I can't seem to get around. I've created a project in Eclipse (I recreated it from another project that I thought was corrupted). There are no visible errors in any of the files, including the .xml files. However, the project root [project name] itself has an error (red 'x') and so I can't run it.
On a side note, in the default properties file the line:
target=android-4 is underlined in red with the note that 'android' is not spelled correctly. I have not altered this file since it was generated.
Any clues? Target is 1.6, sdk 4. And I'm new at this :)
You may have already tried this unsuccessfully, but if not, you might want to try the Android Tools > Fix Project Properties action from the context menu of the project root.
Eclipse also thinks android-4 is misspelled in my default.properties, so I doubt that is the cause of your build problem.
Does the Problems view describe any issues? (Window->Show View->Problems)
You could also try cleaning the project in eclipse. Project->Clean..
if the error message you get is
The project cannot be built until the build path errors are resolved.
this might help:
Open the Project -> Properties
Select Java Build Path -> Libraries
Add any new library (to be deleted later) -> OK
Wait for the workspace to refresh or force a refresh
The error should go away
Remove the dummy library
You can stop the spelling error by adding that word to a user dictionary, but a spelling error wouldn't prevent a run.

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