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Android Build a Blog Reader Android App Using Intents to Display and Share Posts Adding a Different Icon for Older Menus

Posted by stephen fontein
stephen fontein
605 Points

Cant add version Qualifier Folder into res/menu in Android Studio

at around 6:30 into the video Ben adds the new folder so that a new picture will be shown for old versions of android, but I can't do this in android studio, I have tried right clicking on res and adding new folders and fils with -11 at the end of the name but I don't see the folder in the res directory when I do this?

I have restared android studio and still don't see them? Or sometimes is says thats an invalid character?

Thanks for the help in advance!!

2 Answers

Jeremy Faith
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Jeremy Faith
Courses Plus Student 56,696 Points
Jeremy Faith
Jeremy Faith
Courses Plus Student 56,696 Points

I just tried it in Android Studio and it worked for me. In the res folder, I right clicked on the menu folder and selected Copy [Ctrl+C]. I then right clicked on the res folder and Pasted [Ctrl+V]. I was prompted with a Copy window. At the upper part of the window you should see Copy directory C: ......\main\res\menu. Under that you should see New Name. Here, you rename the copy of the folder to menu-v11. The To directory should be the same as the Copy directory above C: .....\main\res. Press ok and you should see the menu-v11 folder right below the menu folder.

Good Luck. I hope this helps you.

Danial Goodwin
Danial Goodwin
13,247 Points
Danial Goodwin
Danial Goodwin
13,247 Points

Instead of trying to create a new directory for /res/menu-11, try /res/menu-v11. ;)

For the prior one, without the v, Android Studio doesn't understand what type of qualifier you are trying to add, so it's not added.