getting error Error:res/menu/mainMenu.xml:invalid file name:must contain only[a-z0-9_.]

Question

I am new to android and just started it. I created a file in res folder, menu/mainMenu.xml. But i got the error

Error: res/menu/mainMenu.xml: invalid file name: must contain only[a-z0-9_.]

When i changed the file name to just mainmenu(remove the capital M) then it started working. Why? I am using intelliJ 10.5.1.

Thanks

XML files name should be always in lowercase latter only – swiftBoy Jun 06 '12 at 11:35 — swiftBoy, Jun 06 '12 at 11:35

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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xml file doesnot support capital letter in naming of xml file so try removing capital letter.

correct mainmenu.xml or main_menu.xml. For further detail you can look onto this.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

Community

answered Jun 06 '12 at 11:41

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 23 '13 at 09:43

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it should be mainmenu.xml ,no capital letter is allowed in naming of xml files.

  File name must contain only lowercase a-z, 0-9, or _.

edited Aug 23 '13 at 09:43

surhidamatya

answered Jun 06 '12 at 11:34

Samir Mangroliya

oh thanks for the answer and explanation of regex pattern also. :) – Basit Jun 06 '12 at 11:52

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