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Android

Kevin Verbeek
Kevin Verbeek
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Posted by Kevin Verbeek
Kevin Verbeek
5,499 Points

I made the key_name item in the strings.xml file manually, but android studio somehow didn't recognize it.

Strange thing, when I enter the string in the xml file manually, it doesn't recognize this in my main activity, but when I build resources by clicking alt enter on it and then naming is name as well, exactly the same resource is build, and then it is accepted.

Already fixed this myself, but I wonder why this is, shouldn't I be able to do it manually as well as letting it generate the resources for me or is this changed in v3 of android studio?

2 Answers

Ben Deitch
STAFF
Ben Deitch
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Deitch
Ben Deitch
Treehouse Teacher

Hey Kevin! I'm not 100% sure, but you may need to build the project after making a change to a resource file.

Kevin Verbeek
Kevin Verbeek
5,499 Points
Kevin Verbeek
Kevin Verbeek
5,499 Points

Hi Ben, thanks for your answer.

I found out this morning I was using String instead of string, which was the reason it didn't work.

Thanks for the intel thought!