cannot find symbol variable array

Question

In android studio I am trying to create a college app that will contain different screens containing information. I have created a drawer but am unable to add items to the drawer because of the following line of code:

mApplicationOptions = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.application_options);

everything else works in my program except the array part under array I get the error cannot find symbol variable array. How can I resolve this in order to use the array to populate the list in my navigation drawer.

Thanks!

2Dee · Answer 1 · 2015-12-15T14:18:41.297

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Did you define the array in your app's resources ? You can do so by declaring an array in strings.xml, for example :

<string-array name="application_options">
    <item>one</item>
    <item>two</item>
    <item>three</item>
</string-array>

Documentation HERE.

I hope this helps, captain ;)

edited Dec 15 '15 at 14:18

answered Dec 15 '15 at 14:13

2Dee

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I have done that however when I add items they not only do not show up but the app also crashes when run. ;( – Connor Cleveland Dec 16 '15 at 13:31
Profile Guardian DOB – Connor Cleveland Dec 16 '15 at 13:49
When run the app crashes and android studio gives me the error "ArrayAdapter requires the resource ID to be a TextView" – Connor Cleveland Dec 16 '15 at 13:52
That's a different issue, you can find this when googling the error message : http://stackoverflow.com/q/9280965/1178337 – 2Dee Dec 16 '15 at 16:22

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