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Android

Ralph bolo
Ralph bolo
6,341 Points
Posted by Ralph bolo
Ralph bolo
6,341 Points

Error:(10, 17) Resource id cannot be an empty string (at 'id' with value '@+id/').

I am getting this erro Error:(10, 17) Resource id cannot be an empty string (at 'id' with value '@+id/').

2 Answers

Ernest Grzybowski
Ernest Grzybowski
Treehouse Project Reviewer
Ernest Grzybowski
Ernest Grzybowski
Treehouse Project Reviewer

It sounds like your .xml file has a widget that has an empty id field. Paste your .xml for us to look at, or try to figure it out knowing that an id field cannot be empty. @+id/ still counts as an empty id.

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roger nairn
roger nairn
187 Points
roger nairn
roger nairn
187 Points

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" tools:context=".Funfacts" android:id="@+id/">

<TextView
    android:text="Did you know?"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:textSize="24sp" />

<TextView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning"
    android:id="@+id/factTextView"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
    android:textSize="24sp" />

<Button
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Show Another Fact"
    android:id="@+id/howFactButton"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />

</RelativeLayout>

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