Can't access drawable resource from menu for navigation drawer

Question

Am trying to add icons to a navigation drawer but somehow, I can't access resources in the res/drawable folder.

This is the list of icons I have in my drawable-hdpi folder:

But I can't access any of them using the correct method:

It says cannot resolve the symbol '@drawable/ic_action_user'

This is strange because I have another application open that uses the exact same method and it works fine there.I've tried invalidating cache and restarting Android Studio with no luck.

All I get are the icons in the drawable-v21 folder:

It seems to be already answered.Please check this http://stackoverflow.com/a/28704026/2772552 — Htoo Aung Hlaing, Jan 18 '16 at 07:04

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 18 '16 at 10:12

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You have created drawable-hdpi folder inside drawable.
You should move it to res folder .

edited Jan 18 '16 at 10:12

Jonas Czech

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answered Jan 18 '16 at 06:59

subrahmanyam boyapati

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Silly me.Didn't notice that – Ojonugwa Jude Ochalifu Jan 18 '16 at 07:52

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 18 '16 at 06:55

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Try to use gradle task 'clean' and rebuild project

answered Jan 18 '16 at 06:55

nick_kryloff

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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You need to put images in drawable folder instead of drawable-v21. Create below drawable folder under res .

drawable-ldpi

drawable-mdpi

drawable-hdpi

drawable-xhdpi

drawable-xxhdpi

Then Clean & Rebuild your Project . Hope this helps .

You can check #SO How to import set of icons into Android Studio project

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Jan 18 '16 at 07:01

IntelliJ Amiya

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I have found the cause of the problem. – Ojonugwa Jude Ochalifu Jan 18 '16 at 07:53
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@ojonugwaochalifu Good to hear .Move ahead . – IntelliJ Amiya Jan 18 '16 at 07:55

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 18 '16 at 06:53

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First check that the icons is available in your resources folder.

answered Jan 18 '16 at 06:53

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Ahmed Elgendy · Answer 5 · 2016-01-18T06:58:44.480

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Try to put your images in the main drawable directory (res/drawable).. Not in the sub one (res/drawable-hdpi)

edited Jan 18 '16 at 06:58

answered Jan 18 '16 at 06:56

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No need to keep in "main drawable" you can access from sub one – Suhas Bachewar Jan 18 '16 at 06:58

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 18 '16 at 06:58

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you might have set min sdk version to 21 in gradle, set it to below version or copy all drawables in drawables-hdpi to drawables-v21, as only drawables in drawables-v21 will be used in versions equal to and above 21

answered Jan 18 '16 at 06:58

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Can't access drawable resource from menu for navigation drawer

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