Resources not available in test project

Question

I have a Android test project. in the resources folder I have strings and colors, but none of the resources are available. I cannot see any of my strings or colors. I have cleaned and rebuilt the project without any luck.

To access a resource I am using:

String test = context.getResources(R.string.button_text);

In this particular case button_text cannot be resolved.

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In the strings resource I have four strings

 <string name="button_text">Install</string>
 <string name="button_run_unit_tests">Run All Tests</string>
 <string name="Quit">Quit</string>  
 <string name="IsolatedTest">Run Unit Test</string>

But I cannot access any from my Java resource files. What am I missing?

This is what I see (not sure what it's referencing): enter image description here

Try this answer http://stackoverflow.com/a/6676897/3928341 Also try restarting Eclipse, that fixes a lot of weird errors like this one I get with Android — nem035, Sep 13 '14 at 00:47
@nem Thanks for the link. I have cleaned, rebuilt and even rebooted Eclipse. Still no luck. — Roy Hinkley, Sep 13 '14 at 12:51

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 13 '14 at 00:33

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What am I missing?

Perhaps you are missing the proper R import. Based on your suggested replacements, it would appear that you are importing the R from your app. Your strings are not in your app. They are in your test project, which has a different package name. Find the package name in your test project's manifest, and try importing that R.

Note that I have never tried putting resources in a test project, and so while it is possible they would work, I cannot be sure of that.

answered Sep 13 '14 at 00:33

CommonsWare

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It kept importing the default android.R and changing the namespace fixed the reference issue - THANK YOU! – Roy Hinkley Sep 13 '14 at 17:24
Thanks. In my case the test project package name had `.test` suffix. And it worked. – beigirad Mar 14 '23 at 10:32

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 12 '14 at 23:44

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GetResources() gets you an object that allows you to access resources. To access the resource, you then need to do get<Type>() (getString in your case). So you want to do:

String test = context.getResources().getString(R.string.button_text);

Also, you do not strictly need the call to context if you are invoking this in an Activity (since an Activity is a context, you can just do getResources directly).

answered Sep 12 '14 at 23:44

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Either way I cannot see the resource. Plz see my edit. – Roy Hinkley Sep 12 '14 at 23:48
Everything else in your post looks correct to me. Is your `strings.xml` properly formatted with a header like: ` `? – emerssso Sep 12 '14 at 23:53
Yes, everything is well formed. The project compiles just fine w/o the resource reference line. – Roy Hinkley Sep 12 '14 at 23:54
I'm out of ideas then. If you hadn't already cleaned your project, I would swear its using a cache for a different project for the tab completion. Do you have multiple projects open in Eclipse? – emerssso Sep 12 '14 at 23:58

Resources not available in test project

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