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Steve Kinsey
4,463 PointsCannot resolve symbol 'R'
Just finished making changes to FunFactsActivity and FactBook Java files but in FunFactsActivity.java three separate errors are appearing on the letter R (example the 'R' in setContentView(R.layout.activity_fun_facts); is red and says Cannot resolve symbol 'R' in a pop-up. I have no idea what I did to cause this nor how to rectify it...can anyone help? Cheers Treehousers :-) Steve
2 Answers
Kristen Law
16,244 PointsHey Steve! Have you tried cleaning and rebuilding your project?
Sean Gallagher
2,054 PointsI was having the same issue where cannot resolve symbol R. I noticed my R file under build/source is missing.
I had build errors (because my layout had a missing ID attribute - ugh!) that I eventually saw in my messages window but not showing as red in XML text.
I did a clean and rebuild and it fixed the issue. So try checking to see if you have error messages.
Steve Kinsey
4,463 PointsThanks man...but already got past it thankfully :-)
Appreciate it though brother...
Peace steveKinsey
Steve Kinsey
4,463 PointsSteve Kinsey
4,463 PointsHi Kristen.
Yup, tried everything, even voodoo...but no joy so I just reverted the code back to the way it was at the end of the previous video and got past it that way.
Now having issues with my emulator stooping and telling me 'Unfortunately, Fun Facts has stopped' :-(
Grrrrr
:-)
Cheers, Steve K