Android Studio: can´t resolve symbol R

Question

I know this question has been asked several times, but no answers are useful due to my context. The thing is, I just opened my first project (in my actual computer) all the "R." in the mainActivity.java turn red. Do anyone know what are the causes for this problem and how it can be fixed?

Here is the .java main activity

package xyz.elblog.elblog;

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.StatusLine;
import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.protocol.HTTP;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import android.widget.FrameLayout;
import android.text.Html;
import android.app.Activity;
public class home extends Activity {


    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_home);
        String readJSON = getJSON("http://blogging.mysite.com.mx/json.php");
        try{
            JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(readJSON);
           String seo = jsonObject.getString("seo");
            WebView bprimary = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.bprimary);
            bprimary.loadData(seo,"text/html","UTF-8");
        } catch(Exception e){e.printStackTrace();}
        finally {
            System.out.println("Success");
        }

    }

    public String getJSON(String address){
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
        HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(address);
        try{
            HttpResponse response = client.execute(httpGet);
            StatusLine statusLine = response.getStatusLine();
            int statusCode = statusLine.getStatusCode();
            if(statusCode == 200){
                HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
                InputStream content = entity.getContent();
                BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(content));
                String line;
                while((line = reader.readLine()) != null){
                    builder.append(line);
                }
            } else {
                Log.e(home.class.toString(),"Failedet JSON object");
            }
        }catch(ClientProtocolException e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return builder.toString();
    }
}

therefore this the home.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_width="fill_parent">

    <FrameLayout
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:id="@+id/bprimary"></FrameLayout>

</LinearLayout>

im trying to get with json html and show on frame layout

build.gradle:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 19
    buildToolsVersion "23.0.1"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "xyz.elblog.elblog"
        minSdkVersion 14
        targetSdkVersion 23
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.1'
}

Post your build.gradle content, missing libs could show this error. — DzungPV, Oct 08 '15 at 05:14
`"Tools" -> "Android" -> "Sync Project with Gradle Files" `http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17054000/cannot-resolve-symbol-r-in-android-studio — IntelliJ Amiya, Oct 08 '15 at 05:43

Er.Rohit Sharma · Answer 1 · 2015-10-08T05:08:20.867

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The problem due to some error in your xml files. So, check all your xml layouts, styles, and selectors for the error. And also check the drawables file names. Like your add some pics in drawables having names containing symbols like '-' etc which is incorrect way to giving name. So, find the error and rebuild your project. This issues will be solved easily.

edited Oct 08 '15 at 05:08

answered Oct 08 '15 at 05:07

Er.Rohit Sharma

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It's values-v21. So rename your folder name and rebuild your project. – Er.Rohit Sharma Oct 08 '15 at 05:13
Wait! Why are you using this xml file values v-21.xml?? – Er.Rohit Sharma Oct 08 '15 at 05:23
can i have the code written in this values v-21.xml file? – Er.Rohit Sharma Oct 08 '15 at 05:33
i think the probleem goes on targetsdkversion – Fin del Mundo Oct 08 '15 at 05:57
i seen your code. You are defining styles in this file. Styles should be defined in res\values\styles.xml file. Or res\values-v21\ styles.xml file for version compatibility. – Er.Rohit Sharma Oct 08 '15 at 06:02
how? i just choose blank activity – Fin del Mundo Oct 08 '15 at 06:11
But this problem is due to some error in xml files and name of image drawables you copied in your project. So, check your code throughly. Also, you can try to make the new project and copy your code in that project. Sometimes this works also. – Er.Rohit Sharma Oct 09 '15 at 04:32
i did it but still failing – Fin del Mundo Oct 09 '15 at 05:50

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 08 '15 at 05:38

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This error occurs when there is any error in res dir's files. So first try to fix those problems(in layout, drawables, styles, values etc etc). After fixing rebuild your project and the problem will be solved.. Happy Coding

answered Oct 08 '15 at 05:38

Amit Kumar

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 08 '15 at 06:27

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Check if there is no error in XML file, and cross-verify your recent modifications
Try "Sync Project With Gradle Files"

This has worked for me

answered Oct 08 '15 at 06:27

DsD

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 08 '15 at 12:54

try compile HttpClient library in your Gradle files like:-

compile files('libs/fluent-hc-4.5.jar') compile files('libs/httpclient-4.5.jar') compile files('libs/httpclient-cache-4.5.jar') compile files('libs/httpclient-win-4.5.jar') compile files('libs/httpcore-4.4.1.jar') compile files('libs/httpmime-4.5.jar') compile files('libs/jna-4.1.0.jar') compile files('libs/jna-platform-4.1.0.jar')

Android Studio: can´t resolve symbol R

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