Android Studio can't find color reference within the same resource file

Question

Here's the content of my resource file \res\values\colors.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <color name="themeGray">#ff8A9199</color>
    <color name="themeLightGray">#ffeaeaea</color>
    <color name="themeDarkGray">#ff3f434b</color>
    <color name="themeRed">#ffCC292B</color>
    <color name="themeBlue">#ff002E63</color>
    <color name="themeWhite">#ffffffff</color>
    <color name="buttonNormal">@color/themeGray</color>
    <color name="buttonPressed">@color/themeBlue</color>
</resources>

The two values

@color/themeGray
@color/themeBlue

are red colored Cannot resolve symbol '@color/themeGray'

EDIT

This what I see in the Message windows:

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugResources'.
> java.lang.NullPointerException (no error message)

put colors in main project, if you put colors in lower project -> that main won't see it - beacuse is on higher level — deadfish, Oct 17 '14 at 09:48
Clean your project once and Rebuilt it, it should work. Hvae you tried syncing it with gradle ? — Piyush Agarwal, Oct 17 '14 at 09:52
found a (non) solution at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23359572/android-studio-execution-failed-for-task-appmergedebugresources-if-project I relocated the project and now everything works — Seraphim's, Oct 17 '14 at 09:53

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 17 '14 at 11:06

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After trying with project clean/compile and File>Invalidate Caches / Restart... with no success, I solved the problem relocating the project to another folder.

answered Oct 17 '14 at 11:06

Seraphim's

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 08 '16 at 13:54

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Change

xmlns="http://schemas.android.com/tools"

to

xmlns="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"

lets see what happens

answered Aug 08 '16 at 13:54

mohan chaudhari

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score -3 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 17 '14 at 09:55

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That also depends on where your are trying to access the resource files. some fields only take rgb format for colors.

answered Oct 17 '14 at 09:55

Hirak Chhatbar

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I think It's an issue related to resource compilation, I found that relocating the project resolve the problem. – Seraphim's Oct 17 '14 at 09:56
files in android dosent affect Color class even if takes rgb format of colors – Maniya Joe Sep 02 '15 at 16:35

Android Studio can't find color reference within the same resource file

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