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I am working on one android application. Don't know why but i am not able to regenerate R.java file.
i also searched a lot about it. and also tried all the solutions i got from various place. but R.java is not generated.
if i import my project in another computer, then it is working fine. only have problem in my eclipse. :(
i also solved all the lint errors, warnings and also tried to clean and build project. i also checked my all .xml files as well as all images. all is perfect not any special symbols or uppercase. and and tried all the tricks which i got. but now able to generate R.java file.
please help me.. Thank in advance...
Edit :
right now i am getting one error like
Description Resource Path Location Type Error executing aapt: Cannot
run program "..\Android_SDK\build-tools\18.0.1\aapt.exe":
CreateProcess error=5, Access is denied: CreateProcess error=5, Access
is denied TestProject line 1 Android ADT Problem
Occassionally I am also fighting with this issue. Sometimes it's tough, but it's usually that something is wrong with your /res/ files. Usually XMLs.
First try to Clean your build, but you did that already.
Look for malformed XMLs, they do not have to be marked in red at first, but try to open them all if you don't see them popup in red. Check that you don't reference ids to another views in styles.xml, check for invalid characters in keys, check for invalid/unescaped characters in content of xml entities.
Also check properties of your project and make sure that all Java Build Path components are checked (Order and Export). Mainly Android one. Sometimes it happens to me, that it's unchecked making my project unbuildable.
If it works on another computer, it seems the code is fine. The problem seems to be either your toolchain or your Eclipse workspace.
Try the following:
If you use Android SDK Tools 17 or higher, make sure you install the corresponding Android SDK Build-tools in Android SDK Manager.
If the above doesn't help, create a new workspace and import your existing code into it.
This is common problem, which can be caused by many different situations.
What always worked for me:
If your R.java is not generated, your project is flooded with errors saying that class R is not recognized (obviously). Usually, somewhere between all those R.java errors, there was one other error (with different that all others) which is often overlooked because of hundredths R.java related errors. If i fixed this other error, R.java is generated after clean/build...
Edit: the "other error" i am talking about that is preventing your R.java to regenerate, is often found somewhere inside resource XML files...
The problem is in your installation path of Eclipse. Just check that your path doesn't have any spaces where you have installed Eclipse. And name should be proper for the Eclipse directory.
I also had the same problem because my Eclipse installation path got spaces in it, and my Eclipse directory name got changed to some symbolic name. When i renamed it to Eclipse and make the installation which contains no space, it got worked.
For example if Eclipse directory path is like
D:/New Folder/Android/Eclipse
Then it may got problem because of space between "New Folder".
Check your path and directory name and if it worked then check my answer please.
I was struggling with this issue for past one hour. I just solve it by
Remove the ".metadata" file from the workplace directory.
Then start the Eclipse.
Import the project from the workplace by File -> Import -> Existing project into workplace under General tab.
The R.java file will be generated. You need to import all other project that were in your workplace the same way.
Hope this will help someone
I recently downloaded the Android Support Package and have been using it trying to get my application, running at SDK 10, to use a GridLayout.
Anyway, I cleaned my project a few times working on this error in my XML files, and then when I went back to my classes in /src, every single reference to R.* was an error.
This has happened to me before, but it usually fixes itself, and it has not yet. Does anyone know what to do?
The R.java file is no longer in my /gen folder.
It sometimes happens when you import another project First i suggest you to build it, it will create automatically .
If it's not working then try to create new project from existing source and specify the downloaded project . It worked for me
Hope this works for you let me know..
Sometimes if there is an error in your XML files R.java won't build. Go through your XML files to make sure that everything is in order (typo, forgetting to close a bracket, etc). When you fix that it should build itself again.
You can also try Adnroid Tools>Fix Project. That may help you to create gen/R.java file
Follow following steps :
In Eclipse,
=> Right Click on Project > Android Tools > Fix Project
By this way, you can fix many common problems which can help generate R.java in gen/R.java file.
There can be several reasons why this occurs. The following I have found happen to me and I have included the steps I took to resolve them.
First step is to try and clean the project (from the Project menu option I believe)
Check there are no errors with your XML files. Sometimes this is obvious from the red 'x' that appears next to an XML filename in the Project exlporer window and sometimes it is not. If it is not obvious check the 'Errors' window (whic is founf in the 'Windows' Menu option
Failing that I have found that by disabling the automatic build option, adding some arbitrary comment to an arbitrary source file, saving the source file, clean the project, remove the comment and then re-selcting automatic build can work too.
Apologies for the approximate locations for some of the Eclipse functions but I am not currently in front of Eclipse to check.
This happens when you have an error in the res folder.
Fix the error first, then do :
Project --> Clean --> Ok
Et voila !
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In Eclipse, I've created a project from a source and now it shows errors - "R cannot be resolved to a variable". From what I found here, I had cleared and rebuilt the project, but still the R file doesn't appear in the /gen folder.
Any ideas?
Dont worry. First you may clean the project, then run the project. If this does not work then follow the following links:
Here is the best way to solve this problem: [Android Development- Where is my R.Java file?][2]
R.java not regenerating
R cannot be resolved - Android error
R cannot be resolved to a variable
R cannot be resolved to a variable -- mailing list entry
Fixed: R cannot be resolved to a variable
If Clean/Rebuild Project doesn't work try to check our package name in AndroidManifest.xml.
The problem "R cannot be resolved" happens when you change your package name in the AndroidManifest.xml file. It uses your Android package name to create a subdirectory under the "gen" directory where it stores the R.java file.
For me the error got fixed by making some changes in Android SDK Manager.
Whatever be the latest API level available, install its "SDK Platform". For me latest API level available was 16, so I installed its's SDK Platform as shown in the image below. It works fine now.
Cheers, Mayank
Did you just update both sdk and adt(from 21 to 22), then you need to install a new item: Android SDK Build-tools
Refer to:
Eclipse giving error, missing R.java file after recent update
For me somehow the Project properties; Android; Project Build Target was not set. I chose a Android version there (e.g. 4.2) and it fixed it.
for me, the best solution to suggest to people that have problems with the "R" file would be to try the next steps (order doesn't matter) :
update ADT & SDK , Eclipse and Java.
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 4.3 (always the latest version)
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
For me, there was a missing slash at the end of my SDK. In Eclipse > Preferences > Android > SDK Location
For example, change
/home/matt/android-sdk-linux
to
/home/matt/android-sdk-linux/
your android manifest must start with correct package
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="HERE - Correct package NAME"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >`
I got similar problem and solution I found out was in resources any of
the file aka background, sound etc must not contain capital letters or
any special symbol other than _
What you really need to do it just install "build-tools" from sdk manager,
and r.java will be generated automatically.
I had the same error. Error was that, I had placed a file in res/raw folder with invalid filename.
As soon as I corrected the file name to a valid one, error was resolved!
Allowed characters for naming a file:-
1. a-z
2. . _
3. 0-9
4. no capital letters
Capital letters were the issue in my case!
Sometimes you can accidentially add an import to "R", so if at the top of your code you see some weird import about that that you did not add yourself, delete the reference, and everything should go back to normal
My problem was strange and took some time to find. Somehow the package of the src file changed so that the last entry in the package was deleted. So for example initially my class MyActivity.java was in package com.abc.client.test.app but after I added a user permission, the app got removed and the package was renamed to com.abc.client.test. I don't know how it happened. Renaming the package and putting the java file in the correct place fixed the problem.
I found this problem when trying to run the Notepadv3 programme from Googles 'first lesson'..
For me it was an issue with the xml file, due to the API level I was using. I renamed each case of Match_Parent to the older type of Fill_Parent. Oh and if you have already auto-built the project then you need to delete 'import android.R' on NoteEdit.java and Notepadv3.java, clean the project (click 'Project', then 'clean...') before saving.
Solved it for me. Came from this post Android NDK r4 san-angeles problem
Can't believe Google dosen't warn of this problem - I have been setting up another PC to start programming again and even with a bit of prior knowledge this was a pain.. How do you set the API when importing an existing project??? Can't see where there is any dialogue option when you 'File' 'Import' etc ..
Scamparelli
Check the androidmanifest.xml file and layoutfolder xml files. They should be created properly as the starting and ending clause in xml should be placed properly. Update the files, clean and build. And all set!
I had this problem and none of the other guides helped, and then I realized I didn't have the java jdk installed on my system. If you haven't done this either go download the version corresponding to the version of eclipse you installed (x86 or x64)
It is possible you have an error in your *.xml files: layouts and etc.
Try to modify AndroidManifest file.
For example add space and delete this space. After this OPERATION, save project. Resources will be refreshed. It can help.
I solved the problem with resolving R resource on fc19.x86_64 and ADT v22.0.5-757759 by installing additional libraries after Fedora and ADT upgrade.
yum install ld-linux.so.2
yum install libstdc++.so.6
yum install libz.so.1
Those libraries are required by adb (Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.31).
Then restart Eclipse and perform project clean Project->Clean check project you would like to clean.
Hope it helps :)
Project > Clean...
usually regenerates R.java file located in gen/com.mypackage
In my case, R.java wasn't getting generated because of a hierarchical parent error, which in turn was cured by updated one or more Eclipse plugins (Go Eclipse-->Help-->Check for Updates)
I got this error when I added a js file to the res folder.
An error indicator was set on the res folder icon. In all the classes where I used R I got this error.
I moved the js file to the assets folder and everything worked.
Problem was eclipse was not generating R.java.
To resolve this issue please go to project->clean... and select your project and select ok and then clean and build project and import your package name R file(Ex com.demo.R). It works.
This can happen when the android naming convention isn't followed. Check if you have placed a file/photo into one of the android folders and make sure that the file name contains only lower case letters
I know this is an old question but I just solved my own version of it and perhaps this might help someone.
After two days of tearing my hair out with this, I finally got around it by deleting the raw folder, then recreating it and dropping the file(s) back in.
After that, another Project > Clean and it at last compiled.
I got this when I renamed a project. Although the project is renamed, some references are not. Clearing lint, and then rerunning lint helped. (Right click project > Android Tools > Clear Lint Markers, then Run Lint)
My setup was broken after a recent update where the SDK build tools need to be installed separately after the SDK installation. So build tools update + Eclipse restart fixed this for me.
Credit goes to the Android reply here
When other solutions fail, select your project and delete it. MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT REMOVE FILES FROM DISK.
Then use file>import>existing android code into workspace, and select the location of your project.
I been having this and i did trace it back to the layout files.. It happend to me again however i could not find noting in the layout files. I looked in the string.xml and there was it.. one of the string names started with cap and that was causing the problem.
Fix any XML formatting errors in the XML Files in your /res/menu folder.
Might be a compile time error from the XML file being improperly formatted.
I am kind of new to android programming, and I had to reinstall eclipse because there was a problem. Now, Eclipse isn't recognizing any android commands or there are red exclamation points next to the folders. Thanks
there can be multiple reasons to this..
The red exclamation mark basically means that something is wrong on the build path of the affected project. Check "context menu > Build Path > Configure Build Path..."
(e.g. make sure you have the right JRE System Library on the Libraries
tab). Or open the Problems view, group by Java Problem Type, and check
the Fatal Errors.
The build path is stored in the .classpath file. Maybe you find the
problem when you check the file's contents before and after "switching"
Android API levels.
if problem persists
Try reinstalling the jre,jdk,android sdk again
The same red exclamation appeared on my project i tried to open all jar files in my library with 7-Zip i replaced the ones telling corrupt, now the exclamation is gone
Make you sure you have installed also the ADT plugin and set the android sdk path correctly from Window > Preferences > Android.
Try deleting the gen folder. When you delete that folder eclipse will recreate it.
After I added some .png files into my Project Workspace drawable folder I refreshed my drawable folders in Eclipse and the newly added files showed up. But when I tried to access those resources using R.drawable.xyzimage, xyzimage although in the folder could not be resolved.
So I did a Project Clean and guess what after this clean R.java is totally gone and all my classes accessing resources using R.java is showing all sorts of error and Eclipse won't let me run the code anymore.
I have backup of my source code but I want to explore if R.java can be regenerated and how?
Thanks for all the help.
Try Project->Clean in Eclipse. In my limited experience if R.java is not being automatically created then there is an error somewhere in your xml. Triple check everything.
You have to build the project to be able to use the newly added resources.
Cleaning a project removes all auto-generated files. Building the project it should automatically create them. When you Clean a project, there's an option to start a build immediately after clean up.
Here's a few things you can try (did the same procedure after manually deleting the "gen" directory.
After you have deleted the gen directory, go to Project > Clean ...
You should have errors indicating that R cannot be resolved to a variable. Right click on your project from the Package Explorer and select Build Project. Be sure Build Automatically option is turned off (uncheck in Project > Build Automatically).
Errors regarding R should have now disappeared. Now, perform a Project Clean once again. All errors should be gone.
Let me know if this works for you.
Here is what the problem was. I added those new png images to the project and android has rules as to what characters are allowed in the names of these images. Once I changed the uppercase letters in the image name, it was back on track again and Build Automatically generated the R.java file and all errors were gone. Eclipse console is the place where I found all the errors related to my resources.
Thanks Guys....I tried your solutions but my error was something specific which was due to my image naming convention so this is the way I fixed it.
I would agree this is usually a XML problem but moreover that it is something within your res folder that is the problem and may be highlighted with a red cross after the clean attempt.
I have just had this problem and it was because I had created my own folder called 'data' within res folder. After the clean it had a little red cross against it. I removed this folder and R built again.
Regards,
Mark
Several things you should check in your project:
Check the Problems tab in your Eclipse IDE. Are you sure that you did not introduced building problems while making changes with drawables? To check that you need to check xml source of affected layout and see if something is marked red.
In File explorer go to the directory where your Android project is. Check that you have file default.properties (.classpath, .project and AndroidManifest.xml should be there). If default.properties is missing it may be easily replaced by correct version.
Which is the Android version you are working with? If that is 1.5 or lower be sure that in the res directory you have directory named drawable, not drawable-hdpi, drawable-mdpi and drawable-ldpi. Last three are valid for version 1.6 and higher.
Right click on your project in Package explorer in Eclipse. You will get a number of options. Go to Android Tools-> Fix Project Properties so see if that helps.
I had an invalid jpg in my res/drawable folder. I removed the jpg and it worked.
I had this problem on my Mac too and I think it could be good to know for all Mac users how I managed to solve this error.
I had a .DSStore file automatically imported to my project inside the res directory and when I removed it and rebuilt the project all went well.
Everytime you clean the project and it rebuilds, it imports
import.android.R
so, delete this import and remove all errors from xml files. It will work.
This happens to me if I move my project to a new location. I have found that the answers above didn't fix my problem, but that creating a new project and importing the source did.
This may be simple but check to make sure you don't use
import android.R;
If you add an external resource file with capital letters for example
"Hello.png or WelcomeSound.mp3 etc etc" like if you add upper case letters and clean your project you'd surely loose your R.java file. So if you already lost it, either rename the file externally and then clean your project or else right click on the project Refractor->Rename and then rename your file with all letters in lower casing. Next, delete the 'gen' folder in the project explorer and now right click and "Build Project". If Build Project option is grayed out, go to Project-> Deselect "Build Automatically" option.
Regards,
Kshitij Thube
Check at the Console View If there in message Error, It will Help you to find out the source of the probleme.
I had i similar probleme and i find out that the probleme was from the pic name even if the name respect the Syntax so I change it to img1 and it worked fine.
Try editing one line of code in your project, then build the project once more.
Another thing: never try to run an application with the texteditor opened with a xml file. That will create a wierd run configuration that can only be fixed by project clean-up and sometimes can make the xml file to vanish (happened to me twice already).
All my R.* files stopped working after I did a Project->clean in Eclipse. The issue was that I backed up a XML file attached to one of my activities in the layout directory. This causes errors in every activity of my project.
After deleting the file I still had R errors in one of my Activities and it only was resolved after I tried importing different files and then deleting them. I actually made no change to the previous imports but for some reason deleting them all and re-pasting them fixed it.
I have got the same problem after lots of cleaning and building project again and again. I found that on console there is this error:
res/drawable-hdpi/Blue Blank.png: Invalid file name: must contain only [a-z0-9_.]
and this is not appearing as an error in xml. I changed the name and save the file, clean project and build. Now it's working. My suggestion check your res folder and name of files you use in it and name only [a-z0-9_.].
Delete related tag in xml, save xml, clean project, build project. Now again put that resource in xml and save!
Check your file in drawable folder ensure that all are resource file (image) remove unwanted file Like thumb.db. Remove those all files and check again
Make sure your png files have lowercase names. That is what kept throwing mine out, because I capitalized the first letter, or I used an unallowed non alpha numeric in the naming. Check that before destroying any of your code.
just check your image folder (usually created res > drawable files) and be sure dont use capital letters on .png files, every type must be in small letters then you can find again your R.java under the gen file folder
i removed 'import android.R;' then commented out the offending lines, then did a build, ok
then i removed the comment and it fixed it
I had the same problem when I cleaned my project. I got crazy to solve it, I searched and searched but solved it in my way.
First of all, delete all needless files in your /res folder. I had some notes in it, I took them to another project that I don't work on it and build the project manually. It worked! Try this I'm sure it will help.
Good developing!
Was there an XML file with the naming convention of "somthing.out.xml" generated? If so you should delete this file (an unwanted file of this name can cause major problems for your somthing.somthing.R file import).
In some versions of eclipse (I know eclipse javaEE does this for sure), running the project while viewing an XML file will create a file called filename.out.xml in your res->layout folder. You must delete this generated file if this has occurred otherwise you wont be able to get the java.R file to import.
Try Project -> check Build Automatically
If you are using 64-bit Ubuntu, try to install the 32-bit libraries (ia32-libs)
$ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
it worked for me
This exact same thing happened to me. coincidentally I needed to update my adk that day, so i did so and after restarting eclipse it worked again. My recommendation would be to build the project and restart eclipse. It is not due to any error in your code.
I read and tried many of the above after simply doing a clean on one project. Eclipse would not build anything afterwards.
Fortunately I had last-nights backup of the workspace and my source is copied in from VS 2010.
No more cleaning!
Delete your project from workspace witout source deleting and then import it into workspace.
RightClick on your Project -> Delete /Don't select "Delete project content on disk (cannot be undone)"/ -> Ok
File -> Import -> General -> Existing Projects into Workspace -> Brouse -> /Look for your workspace(!) folder/ -> Ok -> /your cleaned project will be automatically checked/ -> Finish
I had the dreaded missing R problem yesterday with Eclipse Juno after a routine clean. StackExchange is full of suggestions and extensive googling revealed only the usual suspects (XML naming conventions problems, etc) none of which seemed to apply directly, although it is certainly possible I missed something.
The best summary comprehensive list of possible causes and fixes was here:
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/software-engineer/a-comprehensive-troubleshooting-guide-for-androids-r-cannot-be-resolved-error/
One useful tip there was to try to create and run a simple "Hello World" in my workspace. If that does not run, the setup is corrupted. My Hello World was just as full of errors as my custom app.
The solution that worked for me (perhaps great overkill but nothing else worked) was to completely uninstall Android SDK and delete Eclipse (Juno), download Eclipse for Developers (Kepler) and reinstall Android ADT plugin and ADK and recreated my AVDs using the latest "compile with" version in options.
So far so good, although I am recreating the app from scratch. I will be more cautious about using clean from here on.
I have same problem occur just now I renamed invalid png file like *demo.1.png as demo.png * and its work.
Proven successful method, check the file (AndroidManifest.xml) and delete all comments in it, and make sure there are no errors in this file, I tried and did work with me.