Android Studio - Failed to convert @drawable/ into a drawable

Question

I am getting this error when I am trying to use an image in Layout file:

Couldn't resolve resource @drawable
Failed to convert @drawable/image into a drawable

Here is my layout file

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="50dp"
        android:layout_height="50dp"
        android:src="@drawable/image"
        />
        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    </LinearLayout>

I tried restart IDE, clean-rebuild but nothing, and I read all threads related to it ( I think ). And yes my image name contains only [a-z0-9_.].

@itzhar the name is "image.png" but I tried to remove the extension, same error — Bakri Bitar, Jul 05 '15 at 10:27
@jlopez it doesn't contain any illegal as I mentioned in the question — Bakri Bitar, Jul 05 '15 at 10:29
im sure u see this post http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8874262/android-failed-to-convert-drawable-picture-into-a-drawable. anyway make sure u dont have any other file with same name — itzhar, Jul 05 '15 at 10:30
Try changing the name of the image to other name that doesn't cause conflict with your app,sometimes Android Studio gets picky with names — Pugin, Aug 11 '16 at 18:00

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 05 '15 at 11:05

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I had the same problem, I solved it by renaming my image into something like : my_image.

answered Jul 05 '15 at 11:05

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As I said, the name of image is correct and I am still having this error – Bakri Bitar Jul 06 '15 at 09:45
did you put any "_" in the name?, if not try to. sometimes Android studio gives problems for this kind of "stupid stuff". – 3nomis Jul 06 '15 at 10:26

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 31 '15 at 07:55

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Well, I found a way to avoid this

RightClick on drawable folder then New => File insert its name (myImage) for example Then Select Image Files.

Then in drawable folder I replaced myImage file with the real image.

answered Jul 31 '15 at 07:55

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Android Studio - Failed to convert @drawable/ into a drawable

Here is my layout file

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