Android Studio does not find color style resource

Question

I'm trying to use a custom with Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar but the IDE throws the error that the named resources cannot be found. Kindly assist.Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The styles.xml is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<resources>
    <!-- Base application theme. -->
    <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
        <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
        <item name="android:windowActionBar">false</item>
        <item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>
        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/primary</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/primary_dark</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryLight">@color/primary_light</item>
        <item name="colorAccent">@color/accent</item>
        <item name="textColorPrimary">@color/primary_text</item>
        <item name="textColorSecondary">@color/secondary_text</item>
        <item name="iconColor">@color/icons</item>
        <item name="dividerColor">@color/divider</item>
    </style>    
</resources>

The colors.xml is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <color name="primary">#FF9800</color>
    <color name="primary_dark">#F57C00</color>
    <color name="primary_light">#FFE0B2</color>
    <color name="accent">#03A9F4</color>
    <color name="primary_text">#212121</color>
    <color name="secondary_text">#727272</color>
    <color name="icons">#212121</color>
    <color name="divider">#B6B6B6</color>
</resources>

I think your color xml name is colors and you call in color.. so it is not find — Abhinav singh, Jul 30 '15 at 05:50
you can only reference the colors as '@color/colorname', it doesnt accept '@colors/colorname' — Kabs, Jul 30 '15 at 05:54
yeah, i'm using 'compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.3' — Kabs, Jul 30 '15 at 06:18
have a look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5271387/get-color-int-from-color-resource — Sushant, Jul 30 '15 at 06:41

score 13 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 06 '17 at 07:26

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Just Build > Clean Project Then File > Invalidate Caches / Restart Project.

answered Feb 06 '17 at 07:26

Aref Bahreini

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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Rename Your xml Name, Set color.xml instead colors.xml under values folder. Then Build > Clean Project Then Restart Project .

Or try this way

 <resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<color name="green">#00ff00</color>

Reference

edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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answered Jul 30 '15 at 06:00

IntelliJ Amiya

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it still throws the same error even after renaming the xml file – Kabs Jul 30 '15 at 06:03
@Kabs your color XML file is within the values folder? – IntelliJ Amiya Jul 30 '15 at 06:07
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yeah, it is @IntelliJ Amiya – Kabs Jul 30 '15 at 06:10
https://developer.android.com/intl/zh-CN/samples/BasicMediaRouter/res/values/colors.html – IntelliJ Amiya Jul 30 '15 at 06:12
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Thanks, that worked, though I don't find the reason for using the integer-array reference the defined colors – Kabs Jul 30 '15 at 06:48

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 27 '19 at 16:51

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Make sure you don't have any imports like mine below

import android.R

This imports the wrong resource.

answered May 27 '19 at 16:51

Gates Wang

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 02 '18 at 09:26

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I was getting the following error which seems to be similar to yours

error: resource color/color_primary (aka com.example.android.test31july:color/color_primary) not found.

I went to colors.xml and created exactly the color resource named "color_primary" and the problem vanished.

answered Aug 02 '18 at 09:26

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For me, it the colors.xml had a reference that didn't exist. I fixed the reference, and cleaned the project to make the error disappear. What Kumar wrote should be the correct answer. – Rickard Elimää Dec 04 '18 at 12:29

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 22 '19 at 20:38

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Rebuilding can take a long time.

Simply remove the offending line and re-add it.

answered Mar 22 '19 at 20:38

Nolan Amy

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered May 11 '19 at 20:53

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make sure you use the color tag instead of any other tag.

<color name="name">#123</color>

answered May 11 '19 at 20:53

behrad

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Sep 11 '21 at 05:28

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try this

ContextCompat.getColor(getContext(), R.color.red800)

answered Sep 11 '21 at 05:28

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