I'm brand new to Eclipse for Android Developers (Eclipse Neon in Ubuntu), and upon creating my first project, I was flooded with errors. It appears that the source of the errors was that the R.java file was never generated.
I've attempted to clean the project and restore from local history (nothing was ever deleted so this accomplished nothing). I've been unable to find a solution to my R.java file never existing in the first place, and help would be very much appreciated.
The Main Reason behind R.java File not generated is :-
First of all i think that is the Problem of your XML file.if you Leave any Mistakes/Errors on your XML file.
Then Eclipse/Android Studio will never generate an R.java.
That is the Solution of your Problem.
Hope this help to generate your File..(:
Try to create project Again (Delete it and create New)
Either your Eclipse is not installed properly.
Any file is missing in Eclipse (While installing it, Antivirus removes some important files, So install Re-install Eclipse keeping your antivirus paused.
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My computer crashed (Got the blue screen of death).
After that I was unable to open my project again, however, it's files were still present.
So I opened a new project and created all the files again and then copied the content inside.
Everything went well except for errors in all of my java files: "R cannot be resolved to a variable".
Additional info:
My Android SDK Build-tools are installed
The new project I created has the same name exactly, except for an aditional char "3" at the end of it [example: test3 instead of test],
and I editted the menifest file properly and also every java file to
contain the propper package name.
My R.java file is present [I'm using Eclipse, Windows7]
Would very appreciate help in solving this.
It is a quite common issue when using Eclipse for Android development but for some reasons, Eclipse isn't exit properly; re-opening the project will see the error logs of R.java ....
I suggest to remove the project from workspace (don't delete local files), copy your project source code to another directory. From Eclipse, File -> Open Existing Android Project, find the project source directory to re-add into workspace. Update the SDK version and dependencies. Usually, it should be fine at this step.
For experienced developers, I guess you know how to check file lock (#ChuongPham mentioned in comment above) and check for wrong resources references in projects manually...
I'm creating a clean project on ADT and I noticed that the gen folder is empty (with no R.java in it), not letting me run the project. I'm running ADT with all stuff up-to-date (as you can see here)
I already cleaned and built it in every possible way. I also tried to reimport the project, and nothing. There are no errors in the XML files.
I searched for a solution and I found a lot of people with the same problem, and in most cases the solution was to update the SDK tools, but it didn't work for me.
Is there a reason for this?
at the top of screen, click build -> rebuild project
Give it a few seconds. it worked for me, i hope it save you aswell
im using Android Studio(beta) 0.8.9
My R disappeared after i fiddled with sound files in my res/raw directory(converted them to different formats, figuring out how SoundPool class works...and suddenly there is red "R"'s everywhere!
Try right clicking on the project, then going to Android Tools > Fix Project Properties.
If that doesn't work, then try cleaning it before and possibly after that.
If R.java disappears, you usually have to recreate the project from scratch again.
There are many reasons for R.java missing issue, i use to face this issue frequently, some of my thoughts to debug this issue.
Try creating another test project using File->New->Project->Android->Android Application Project. After creating the project run the project in emulator. If every thing works then your setup is perfect.
Check your imports section of your java files, some times default R.java gets included which is from android package. In this case Remove that import and add correct import statement.
Check your "res" folder all the xml's should be well formed and valid.
Hope these debugging steps may help to find the root cause.
try deleting the r.java file in gen folder. when you run again after cleaning and building the project. It should recreate those files and it should work after that. Try that.
Other wise you might have to reinstall Eclipse as you have tried in so many different projects
Something I just noticed was that after I removed the auto-generated code for the menus (which I wasn't using) it started causing errors. Eventually when I cleaned with the menu xml's still in the file structure, my R file disappeared. I removed all entries in the menu folder and then cleaned again. This worked for my specific instance. Hope this helps others as well.
I am using Intellij IDEA as an IDE for running Java programs. Dues to power fluctuation computer got restarted. Now when I launch the IDE after reboot i am getting the error Cannot convert project: /home/aniket/IdeaProjects/JavaDemoCodes/.idea/workspace.xml: Error on line -1: Premature end of file.
Has anyone encountered this situation before? What can I do to view my project back again?
I also had this after a power failure, I simply deleted the workspace.xml file from the projects .idea folder, restarted IntelliJ and it seemed to be OK apart from loosing which files were open.
Cheers,
Nick
I had this exact error when my laptop bluescreened. I solved it by:
Exit IntelliJ IDEA
Rename .idea folder
Start IntelliJ IDEA
Create new project from existing sources
Exit IntelliJ IDEA
Copy all files from old .idea folder to newly created one.
Restart IntelliJ IDEA
Finally solved the problem. Hers is the solution. First of all I had two Intellij IDEA projects open in two separate windows.
One was the project which had corresponding subversion repository. This was a file-based format project. Files that define a project are .iws, .ipr and .iml. .iws is the one corresponding to the workspace configuration. I just reverted back this file with svn revert project.iws and I could launch my project again.
But the problem in second project JavaDemoCodes still persisted as it was custom project I created and it looks by default we get a directory-based format project instead of file-based format project. This has all its configurations in /home/aniket/.IdeaIC12 directory. As many of you suggested i searched for workspace.xml here but could not find it. I tried find . -name *.xml but i still could not find it(Also as the error suggests there is no file /home/aniket/IdeaProjects/JavaDemoCodes/.idea/workspace.xml ).Finally I did import project from my first project(the one with svn repo) it detected my JavaDemoCodes project as Intellij IDEA project and let me open it in new window.
Not sure if this is the perfect answer but it solved my problem and yes as someone suggested I deleted .iws file from my 1st svn repo based project and tried to restart but was of no help. New .iws file was created but it still gave me the same error.
I have experienced this same problem. It happens to me when I have IntelliJ open and for whatever reason (usually problems with having multiple VPN connections open), my computer freezes and I have to do a forced re-boot.
My solution is to use Windows 7 restore. I'll go to the folder it is complaining about, right click on it, and do a restore. If I'm lucky, I have a restore point only a few days old.
For me, rebuilding my configuration on several projects from scratch is too time consuming. Using a restore point from a few days or even a week makes more sense.
Good luck.
I solved it just by creating a new project, then starting it and then reopening the old project..
I've checked every site I can find for the last two days and read more that I could imagine it would take to fix this.
I had an app half made and then I couldn't get java to see a layout I had made. I hit clean like I had on many other things. Then R.java disappeared.
I deleted the layout just to be sure it wasn't the cause. R.java did not come back.
I then decided to rebuild from the previous project. About a quarter of the way through the same thing happens.
Now, half the time I start a new project R.java isn't there to begin with. And when it is there it doesn't update at all.
I have made sure to update to the newest software. I've tried "Build Project" I've tried restarting eclipse.
I have tried saving my R.java file and then when it auto deletes I replace it with the recent save. I get aapt.exe has experienced a problem and needs to close" which also happens when I try to clean the old projects to fix them.
This is wrecking my coding.
I often have problems with the R file as well. Here are some things you can try:
Delete R.java and see if it regenerates (make sure Auto build is turn on)
Turn off auto build and manually compile the project
Go to your hidden .android folder and delete debug_keystore, then restart Eclipse and rebuild. May need to restart the computer as well.
Completely uninstall and reinstall Eclipse
Then there's the other suggested answers... check your XML files for errors, make sure your classes import the correct R file instead of android.R, etc.
Do you get any specific error messages in the console?
This happens for ALL your projects?
On eclipse package explorer menu (left menu that your projects are listed) right click, select android tools,select fix project properties,
if it works, let everyone know so other people can benefit.
Check if you accidentally imported android.R, this can cause problems also. See answer from Lars here: Missing R.java file even though project cleaned
This question already has answers here:
Developing for Android in Eclipse: R.java not regenerating
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Did a fresh install of Eclipse, JDK and android-sdk.
I am currently receiving this error when creating a new project
[2010-09-26 16:07:56 - Test] ERROR: Unable to open class file C:\workspace\Test\gen\com\example\test\R.java: No such file or directory
What's the reason for this and how do I fix it?
Eclipse Helios 32 bit
java version "1.6.0_21"
Android sdk API 8
P.S. I'm new to Android development.
EDIT: I tried most of your solutions, but nothing worked. So I started using my friend's install of Eclipse Ganymede.
I have had same issue, all what I needed to do, was create project and restart eclipse.
//Edit: Complete collapsing of "Package" tree works as well.
This is a mighty annoying error.
It happens 100% of the time when I create a new android project.
What seems to work for me is to just delete the file (which DOES exist and is accessible by my user), then hit build, and it will regenerate it and stop moaning.
It's clearly a bug as there are too many people getting it simply by filling in the boxes in the new project dialog (like me) without even modifying any code!
Have a look at your console. It is an aapt aborted error. Since aapt is the tool that auto-generates R.java, therefore, R.java was not getting generated.
Since R.java is a auto-generated file that stores information about your drawables you should rebuild your project. Before that have a look at your layout xml files and check them for errors.
Notice that Project -> Build All should be selected. Also try to run your project.
Removing Read Only attribute on Eclipse workspace directory and Project->Clean->Build Project
did the trick for me. I then clicked on the project directory from within Eclipse and did a F5 (Refresh) . R.java was generated in the gen folder.
I had a similar error on the creation of new projects myself. After messing around I tried moving the R.Java file into the same location as my projects java file (the src file). Eclipse then saw I removed the R.Java file from its location and created another and that seemed to clean up the error.....I dont know if it was because eclipse rebuilt the file and then saw it or what but that seemed to work for now.
After creating the Project, Right click the Project Folder within the Project Explorer on the Left Tab of Eclipse.
Click on Source->Format.
The Console will say:
[2010-11-24 11:57:42 - YourProject] R.java was modified manually! Reverting to generated version!
Then you're good to go. Try running your Project and it will compile.
Check your imports. If this has sneaked in, then delete it.
import android.R;
Had a almost identical issue with Eclipse Helios 64 bit on Linux, but I had the "1.6.0" API selected like you. The bizarre thing was I could type;
cat <the path it was moaning about>
in a console it would display correctly.
I created a new AVD which used Android 2.1, the issue magically vanished. Perhaps it's a bug in Android SDK or Eclipse?
Right click on your project name in package explorer. Then click 'Validate'. It will be fine.
Here is how to fix it:
Go to your "workspace" folder and make sure it's not "read-only"
Eclipse Menu > Projects > clean
Had the same issue.I was able to solve it by doing the following:
go to Window/Preferences/Java/Build Path
select 'Folders' and change the output folder to 'gen' (this is where Android looks for the generated java files,but the default in eclipse is 'bin').
restart Eclipse
Windows 7,Eclipse 3.5.2
Configure buildpath.. check android , it worked, of course i followed one of the posts mentioned above window, preferences, java, java build path and selected project,
then created a project, and tried to build same error, then i checked build path and saw android is unchecked, checked it and build again, it works!
I had this exact same problem with no helpful errors. finally, I tried deleting my debug keystore and it worked:
rm ~/.android/debug.keystore
I had seen people mention that, but I figured it wasn't my problem because I wasn't getting any errors relating to the debug keystore. I found the answer here:
"Debug certificate expired" error in Eclipse Android plugins
apparently the debug keystore is only valid for one year.
I would say that once you have created your project and you've mention the R.class error --> just restart the Eclipse IDE and everything will be fine ;)
1.-Open Eclipse
2.-Open Window/Preference
3.-Expand JAVA option
4.-Select Build Path
5.-Check the option "Projec"t and uncheck "folder" options
6.-Click on OK
7.-Restart eclipse IDE
Let's go to code !!
This problem can be solved by merely cleaning and rebuilding the project. How ever there is a link to the latest version of Eclipse for Android.
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Here is a link to Android Tutorial with Eclipse
http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/hello-world.html
In mac,
I select Project>Clean
after that, i unchecked Build Automatically
then i run the project and it works :)
Windows 7 64bit, run eclipse as administrator, solved the problem for me.
In my case there was no gen folder after pressing clear...
To solve it, i created a new gen file, then when to Build Path => Configure Path, and pressed ok.
All went smooth after that :-)
Following steps are done as solutions:
1. Collapse the project tree structure
2. Go to the workspace and remove the readonly permission of the workspace.
3. right click "default.properties" and go to properties and uncheck the readonly permission in eclipse.( this is done when the workspace shows build error even though there are no compilation issues)