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Android Build a Blog Reader Android App Using Intents to Display and Share Posts Easy Sharing with Intents

Posted by Erin Barker
Erin Barker
1,817 Points

Create a new element at the top level, in TEMP

When I go to Menu -> blog_web_view.xml to add a new item, there is nothing to select. It says "Create a new element at the top level, in Temp" as opposed to "...top level, in Menu"

What's going on and how do we resolve this issue?

1 Answer

Harry James
Harry James
14,780 Points
Harry James
Harry James
14,780 Points

It's just a bug in Eclipse, I get it a few times. You can always add from the XML view if this happens or, you can try restarting Eclipse, that often fixes the problem for me :)

Nathan Fuller
Nathan Fuller
560 Points
Nathan Fuller
Nathan Fuller
560 Points

I'm also getting this error. Restarting Eclipse did not resolve for me. Not sure how to add it in the XML but I'll try to look it up.

Harry James
Harry James
14,780 Points
Harry James
Harry James
14,780 Points

Hello Nathan, you can open the XML View by clicking file.xml at the bottom of the editor.

See this image: http://gyazo.com/b0dba7ba6b1c7d5823cc727ca368577f for an example of how to do this in strings.xml.

Be sure to check the XML View so that it has no errors (These will cause your strings to break). And, to add a new string, follow this format:

<string name="id_of_string">Value for the String</string>

Hope it helps! :)