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Mike
Mike

Reputation: 6839

icon error in Android actcionbar xml

I am beginning android development and I am having problems making an action bar. Basically I am following some code form online and I am getting an error saying I do not have an icon:

error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'icon' with value '@drawable/ic_menu_search').

I did some research and thought my problem was I did not have all the extras downloaded from the android SDK. But after downloading all the extras it didnt work. I know I could just find the icon and download it, but I do not want to have to download all the icons individually, therefore I think I am missing something. My xml file I am getting the error with looks like this:

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >

    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_settings"
        android:orderInCategory="100"
        android:showAsAction="never"
        android:title="@string/action_settings"/>

    <item android:id="@+id/menu_search"
          android:title="@string/menu_search"
          android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_search"
          android:showAsAction="ifRoom|collapseActionView"
          android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView" />


</menu>

this is under menu>main.xml

Upvotes: 2

Views: 587

Answers (1)

Blackbelt
Blackbelt

Reputation: 157437

If you want to use the android icon, you should add the android prefix after @. Change 

@drawable/ic_menu_search

in 

@android:drawable/ic_menu_search

@drawable looks inside the res/drawable* folder of your app. If you want to access to the android resources. strings/drawable/id you have to put the android prefix after the @. with that prefix you will access to the android.R class not to your.R class

Upvotes: 4

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