cleaned project now its broken getting import errors

Question

i cleaned my android project and now im getting this error saying i need to put import android.R; at the top, when i do that it then says that any field isnt visible, for example i have this line of coding

setContentView(R.layout.inbox);

when i hover over the error mark i get

Multiple markers at this line
    - Inbox cannot be resolved or is not a field
    - R cannot be resolved to a variable.

Im getting this on all of my Activity

UPDATE:

some errors from my XML that is causing the R.java to not be rebuilt durring the cleaning proces

Description Resource    Path    Location    Type
error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'drawable' with value '@drawable/friendrowbg'). friendslistselector.xml /atmebeta/res/layout    line 8  Android AAPT Problem
error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'background' with value '@drawable/friendslistselector').   friend_row.xml  /atmebeta/res/layout    line 1  Android AAPT Problem
error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'drawable' with value '@drawable/friendrowbg'). friendslistselector.xml /atmebeta/res/layout    line 2  Android AAPT Problem
error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'drawable' with value '@drawable/friendrowbg'). friendslistselector.xml /atmebeta/res/layout    line 6  Android AAPT Problem
error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'listSelector' with value '@drawable/friendslistselector'). friends.xml /atmebeta/res/layout    line 29 Android AAPT Problem

Check in your xml file for any errors, save the xml and try again. And dont use `android.R`. — Oam, May 21 '13 at 19:17

TronicZomB · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-21T20:01:55.890

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You should not import android.R. There is up to a couple minutes (~2) for R.java to be recreated at times.

If R.java is not created then there is a problem within your res folder. What helped the OP (found in the comments as well) was the @drawable reference is referencing items that are located within res/drawable/, not within res/layout. The layout folder is only for layout xml files, while the drawable is for your apps images.

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answered May 21 '13 at 19:16

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Its just simply `R cannot be resolved to a variable`, and i agree i didnt want to have to and its worked this whole time without it. – NodeDad May 21 '13 at 19:18
Did you check to see if the clean had finished and recreated your R.java file? – TronicZomB May 21 '13 at 19:19
If you are using Eclipse, on the left side is the Package Explore. Go to your project and expand the gen folder all the way out and you should see two files, one being R.java – TronicZomB May 21 '13 at 19:23
No its not there... wonder what happened to it. How do i fix that? – NodeDad May 21 '13 at 19:23
Try closing Eclipse, starting and do a clean again. – TronicZomB May 21 '13 at 19:24
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Then it seems that there is an error in your XML that is causing R to not build. – TronicZomB May 21 '13 at 19:32
It appears that you deleted your drawable folder, but you are still trying to reference those drawables. – TronicZomB May 21 '13 at 19:52
those files are in my layout folder, they should be in drawable?... there xml files – NodeDad May 21 '13 at 19:54
Yes, they should be in res/drawable, not res/layout. – TronicZomB May 21 '13 at 19:56
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awesome thank you, can you add that into your answer for other people to se later... noob mistake i suppose. I coming from iOS – NodeDad May 21 '13 at 19:58
Not a problem and sure thing. – TronicZomB May 21 '13 at 19:59

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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You may want to check a similar question posted before:

"R cannot be resolved to a variable"?

Basically, it seems that it could be an error on an XML or your code that prevents R to be generated again, hence, it's missing. In worst scenario some configuration on your project may be missing or a library project may be causing the issue.

Check that question or provide more information about your set up.

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answered May 21 '13 at 19:27

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This kind of makes sense, i just added some list_row.xml files to build a custom ListView... – NodeDad May 21 '13 at 19:34
Check in the Window > Show View > Problems tab. Do you see more errors than just the R file ones? – Tim C May 21 '13 at 19:37

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 21 '13 at 19:15

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Your project itself will have an R file for your local resources (everything in the /res/ directory).

If your project is com.example.app... add this line

import com.example.app.R;

answered May 21 '13 at 19:15

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tried this and it just says that that import cant be resolved – NodeDad May 21 '13 at 19:22
which means that there were issues building your project. Check to make sure everything compiled correctly in eclipse. Once your R file gets generated this will work for you. – RyanInBinary May 21 '13 at 19:37

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 21 '13 at 19:27

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The R file is built automatically when the project is built. Do you have "Build Automatically" checked (it's under the Project menu)? If not, doing a Clean will remove the R file, but a Build will not be executed. You'll need to either select Build, or check the Build Automatically.

You can also go to Window > Show View > Progress and see if a build is in progress. Doing a Clean should trigger a build if Build Automatically is checked.

answered May 21 '13 at 19:27

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Build Automatically is checked, i did uncheck it earlier and clean to see if that would fix it and it didnt. – NodeDad May 21 '13 at 19:33
Did you try manually doing a build? Does the Progress window show the build process? – Tim C May 21 '13 at 19:35

cleaned project now its broken getting import errors

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