Android - can't access strings with R.string

Question

I am have trouble accessing a string I stored in strings.xml and don't know why.

res/values/strings.xml

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string name="FileBrowser">FileBrowser</string>
    <string name="menu_settings">Settings</string>
    <string name="up_one_level">..</string>
    <string name="current_dir">.</string>
</resources>

Code

this.directoryEntries.add(getString(R.string.current_dir)); //current_dir is not being seen

Make sure that you have imported your R-class and not android.R — Simon Forsberg
– Simon Forsberg, Commented Feb 1, 2013 at 0:56

Jonathan Applebaum · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-12 14:37:46Z

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Check that you did not add the following import by mistake:

import android.R

It happened to me several times this week.
Delete this line and everything will work as expected.

answered Feb 12, 2022 at 14:37

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chrisg86 Over a year ago

Worth noting that if you paste java code into your kotlin project and you confirm the conversion to kotlin, it might auto add this line to your imports.

Khantahr · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-01 00:46:40Z

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Usually this means you have an error in one of your XML files so it can't rebuild your resources. Look under the problems tab in Eclipse and you'll probably see an XML issue, could be in any of your XML files, not necessarily in strings.xml.

answered Feb 1, 2013 at 0:46

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RapsFan1981 Over a year ago

Ahh yes that was a problem too so there were actually 2 issues. Thanks guy.

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