This must be something I’m just overlooking or possibly my ADT install is out of date.
When I attempt to add a new drawable resource to my project I don’t see a type of Drawable in the “New Android XML file dialog.”
Here’s what I see when adding a resource:
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/2977/drawable.jpg
What am I missing here?
It appears to just be a bug in the plugin. When you first open the dialog the folder is set for "/res/drawable" but once you enter a filename it then complains "One of the types must be selected (e.g. layout, values, etc.)", but "drawable" is not one of the types in the radio box list!
So it's not even possible to put an empty file in the drawable directory (of course with the set of qualifiers that must be given in a set order for pixel density or language, etc).
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This is my project folder, when i adding first image then it not show any error but after adding the 2nd and 3rd image it show the red lines.
I don't know where i do mistake, if anyone knows then please help me.
In Android Studio, click on View > Tool Windows > Resource Manager in the menus or click on the Resource Manager tab to the left of the Project window.
Click the + below Resource Manager, and select Import Drawables. This opens a file browser.
Make sure the name of the image you are trying to add does not resemble some keyword. I was trying to add an image in drawable with name "try". When i made it "tried" error went away. So, name your image != any keyword.
FOR YOUR CASE IN PARTICULAR:
Try invalidating cache and restarting it. Moreover, also check if the problem persists only with these two images or others too.
Names should be in lowercase.
Therefore never use names with uppercase letters in it
try removing numerals and keep a meaningful name. Also ensure that the names are in lower case
drawable folder is wrong place for png files.
In drawable are stored xml files
All png files should be stored in mipmap folders
If you want have only one png for all resolutions, store it in mipmap-anydpi
I found the problem.
Add the same image to the default drawable folder. Android Studio automatically doesn't add it to the default drawable folder.
It usually happen because of the name assigned to image file. try to put the name of file in snake_case.[error][solution]
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I want to create a new resource file of type animation inside my android app
I right click on res -> new -> Android resource file
in the following window the animation type is not exist
what can I do?
I Know it's a old question but may be someone will find this helpful,
You just need to scroll the option window, in the new versions of the Android Studio the option window starts from downwards, the scroll bar is too light in color is often missed.
Just leave "Values" as the Resource type and set "anim" as the Directory name.
It will create automatically an "anim" folder if you don't have one.
Create a folder in res and name it "anim", remember this is case senstitive so don't write "Anim", it will automatically create Animation resource file for you.
I'm using android studio 4.01. Initially I thought it was a bug. Scroll up. Window was open from bottom.
I inherited the values folder structure shown below.
For over an hour I've Googled and looked and pulled down menus in Android Studio 1.2.2 and tried creating files and folders but nothing I have done lets me add, for instance, dimens.xml (sw720dp).
I deleted dimens.xml (sw720dp - landscape) because landscape didn't suit my needs.
What steps did whoever created the folder structure take in order to get dimens.xml (sw600dp) to appear in the structure?
What steps do I need to take to get a dimens.xml file with the sw<N>dp file naming convention? How do I get dimens.xml (sw720dp) where it belongs?
You can ignore the rest of this. I'm just showing that I've TRIED stuff, none of which works right.
Am I supposed to right-click values or dimens.xml (2)? What then?
Here's what I did and it didn't do as I need:
I also tried:
EDIT
I also tried copying the sw600dp file. No luck:
IT CAN'T BE THIS HARD.
What steps do I need to take to get a dimens.xml file with the swdp file naming convention?
First, you will probably be happier with life if you change the drop-down above your project tree from "Android" to "Project", which shows you an actual filesystem view of your project.
To add a resource directory from within Android Studio:
Right-click over res/
Choose New > "Android resource directory" from the context menu to bring up the New Resource Directory dialog:
Choose your resource type in the "Resource type" drop-down (in this case, values)
Click on your desired qualifier (in this case, "Smallest screen width") in the "Available qualifiers" list.
Click the >> button
In the field that appears, fill in your numeric value (in this case, 600)
Click OK to close the dialog and create the directory
To add dimens.xml to that directory, right-click over the newly-created directory and choose New > "Values resource file" from the context menu.
I have had MANY failures trying to do stuff OUTSIDE Android Studio, but this time I got away with it:
I will now see how #Commonsware says I could have done it.
EDIT
And as always, #Commonsware bailed me out with good advice (I have no idea when or why or how I lost the File structure "tab" along the left margin).
Here's what I now see, and (I was right:) it's NOT hard to see what to do ONCE YOU SEE THIS:
And, following his advice, I get to here and am ready to create the dimens.xml file that goes inside:
I am trying to create a new folder inside the /res directory
I added a new directory
The folder does not appear in the /res folder even though it exists in the finder
Case and point I tried adding the folder again and I got a message telling me it exists.
If you can suggest what I can do to fix this I'd love it!
(And yes I have restarted the program as well as my computer)
Turns out there is a selector at the top which, by default, is set to show Android. If you flick the toggle down to 'Packages' you can see your own packages.
In Android Studio you can add new directories by right clicking the resource folder in the Android view. (Don't get confused by the New Directory option.)
For example, if you want a new layout resource file and folder then right click layout and choose New > Layout resource file.
If you want a new layout-sw600dp for the activity_main.xml file then choose Smallest Screen Width from the list and click the >> button. Fill in the file name and width and click ok.
Android Studio will automatically create the layout-sw600dp directory and in the Android view you will have both layout files conveniently displayed next to each other.
It is a similar process for adding other resource directories and files (see my other example).
Clicking at TAB Android in top, select the perspective Project Files. Then u can see all folders of project.
Android 4.0
The Android view by default seems to conceal the duplicated resource type directories in the side panel.
If you want to view the duplicate resource type directories i.e. drawable for two different languages,
switch the view from "Android" to "Packages" or "Project" or "Project Files"
Browse the actual folder structure in windows and you'll see the folder. Put the same resource file found in the normal drawable folder into this new directory. Then when you go back into Android Studio you'll now see 2 files under the NORMAL \res\drawable structure. Make sure you don't look for a subfolder in Android Studio called "drawable-sw600dp" because you won't find it other than in windows explorer. What you will find in Android Studio (after you copy the resource file) is a new resource file along with your original called "jenny-web.png (sw600dp)" or something similar. This same principle resolves the same error when working with other resources like layouts.
For Android Studio 3.0, those who are following https://developer.android.com/training/basics/supporting-devices/languages.html and have encountered the same issue as the one stated in this question, you can also do the following aside from the above answers which are helpful.
Right click to the target folder (i.e. res folder) > New
Choose Android Resource File
Specify the file name, and in the Directory name field put the folder name you want to create or the existing folder you want to put the resource file.
After hitting OK, in the Project files dropdown, you will see the correct strucutre.
And in the Android dropdown, you will see it as part of the strings.xml under values folder.
This worked best for me. What I did was I right-clicked the 'app' directory and chose 'New' >> 'Android Resource File'. After that I filled in the File Name with 'strings'. Chose 'XML' as my resource type and my Directory Name was 'values-b+za+ZA'.
This created everything as I wanted it to, however, values-b+za+ZA, still didn't show in the Android view but it shows in the Package view. (The views you choose from the top dropdown.)
The difference this time is that in the Package view I can still see my new 'strings.xml' file and in the Android view I van also see the new 'strings.xml' file.
I guess android studio doesn't show custom directories in the Android view but creates like some kind of link to the true directory when working with it. I am not familiar with Android Studio at all but this did work for me. If there are more professional answers please feel free to correct me.
You most probably have the file named in Uppercase, Android Studio does not recognize file names in Uppercase, I had made this mistake a while back.
As the developer doc states:
be sure the Project window is open (select View > Tool Windows > Project)
and the Android view is selected from the drop-down list at the top of that window.
You will then be able to see all relevant project files (including new ones) in a more efficient way.
Hope it helps someone.
This is odd but in my case i had to many underscores delimiters.
When i renamed yt_search_view (2 delimiters) to yt_searchview (1 delimiter), it appear in project view where it should be. It is probably a bug. My version is Android Studio 3.2.
Also, i notice that if i add a value folder to the layout folder, it also fix the issue.
Example:
layout_control_x
--layout
----top_panel.xml
--values <--adding this empty folder fixed the problem
For complete information on how to add sub folder layouts check this.
I am newbie to Android and playing with some Hello World codes.I observed that android put every resource i.e. image,string etc in res folder and we access it like #drawable/icon i.e icon image in drawable folder or like R.layout.main which means main.xml inside layout folder.
But while accessing strings we use #string/string_name but we dont specify its parent folder name i.e.values.Why syntax differs for strings ?
It may sound silly but it makes to think and put this question.
All resources of the same type in android is in a flat hierarchy.
You don't specify a directory name but instead the type of the resource.
Even if you split all strings between different files it will always be #string/string_name I'm afraid.
A good thing you can do to get some structure is to do something similar to this:
#string/error_network_io
#string/error_network_unknown_host
#string/message_save_successful
...