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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Getting Started with Android Running the Fun Facts Project

Dan Badertscher
Dan Badertscher
5,327 Points
Posted by Dan Badertscher
Dan Badertscher
5,327 Points

Error Message "Error:(4) No resource identifier found for attribute 'showAsAction' in package 'AppTest.funfacts'"

I am trying to run the Fun Facts project for the first time and I am getting the following message:

Error:(4) Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugResources'.

com.android.ide.common.internal.LoggedErrorException: Failed to run command:

How do I go about fixing this?

James Simshaw
James Simshaw
28,738 Points

Hello,

Could you post your layout XML files to make it easier to assist you?

Dan Badertscher
Dan Badertscher
5,327 Points
Dan Badertscher
Dan Badertscher
5,327 Points

The layout XML is:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" tools:context=".FunFactsActivity">

<TextView
    android:text="@string/hello_world"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</RelativeLayout>

Dan Badertscher
Dan Badertscher
5,327 Points
Dan Badertscher
Dan Badertscher
5,327 Points

The menu XML is:

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" tools:context=".FunFactsActivity"> <item android:id="@+id/action_settings" android:title="@string/action_settings" android:orderInCategory="100" app:showAsAction="never" /> </menu>

1 Answer

James Simshaw
James Simshaw
28,738 Points
James Simshaw
James Simshaw
28,738 Points

Hello,

Your xml looks right, so the likely issue is that you need to include 

dependencies {
  compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:+'
}

in your build.gradle file for your app(not the project build.gradle file).