Can't find the ActionBar resource icon

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All, Forgive me I just began to learn development of Android, It is the first time I used the ActionBar in my Android application. Firstly. I was following the tutorial to add the resource of ActionBar to project. But the IDE alert me the resource can't be found. please help to review my current setup. thanks.

I had downloaded and upziped all the Icons. and copy all the icons under the res/drawable folder.

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and I add a xml file named main_activity_actions.xml under the folder res/menu which content shows below.

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >

    <!-- Search, should appear as action button -->
    <item android:id="@+id/action_search"
          android:icon="@drawable/Core_Icons/unstyled/hdpi/ic_action_search"
          android:title="@string/action_search"
          android:showAsAction="ifRoom" />  
    <!-- Settings, should always be in the overflow -->
    <item android:id="@+id/action_settings"
          android:title="@string/action_settings"
          android:showAsAction="never" />

</menu>

Could someone please tell me why IDE can't find the icon ic_action_search.png? thanks.

And you have some error in the `res` folder it seems. First fix that. Otherwise, your project will not be built. — Swayam, Sep 25 '13 at 14:09
@Swayam The error still exist(can't found the icon) after rebuild project. thanks. — Joe.wang, Sep 25 '13 at 14:09
@Swayam There is no other error exist in the res folder, If I comment the definition of `item` , everything is fine . thanks. — Joe.wang, Sep 25 '13 at 14:13
Oh, okay. I suggested that because I saw the red cross mark on your res folder. — Swayam, Sep 25 '13 at 14:22

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 25 '13 at 14:10

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Unfortunately the resource folders do not support directory hierarchies (sub-folders), so you will need to move all icons to the parent folder (drawable).

Then reference it like this: android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_search"

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2018

answered Sep 25 '13 at 14:10

ashatte

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No problem! It's annoying because it makes larger projects difficult to manage, but that's the way it is for now until they fix it... – ashatte Sep 25 '13 at 14:16

Can't find the ActionBar resource icon

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