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Kev
Kev

Reputation: 23

Errors in color resources

I'm getting lint errors attempting to use color resources. According to the documentation, the following should be valid.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <color name="actionbar_title"></color>
</resources>

But this gives "Attribute is missing the Android namespace prefix". Amending to 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <color android:name="actionbar_title"></color>
</resources>

clears the error but in a layout file the following definition

<TextView android:id="@+id/title"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:layout_weight="1"
          android:layout_width="0dp"
          android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
          android:textColor="@color/actionbar_title" />

gives the error "error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'textColor' with value '@color/actionbar_title').

Any and all help will be appreciated.

EDIT: As pointed out by type-a1pha, the above did not specify a color - I've copied from a test version. However 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <color android:name="actionbar_title">#ffffff</color>
</resources>

gives the lint warning

Unexpected text found in layout file: "#ffffff"

but the color resource is still not recognised in the layout xml file.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1355

Answers (3)

Qianqian
Qianqian

Reputation: 2124

You should put your file under "values" folder instead of the "color" folder.

Upvotes: 0

user1654206
user1654206

Reputation: 

<color name="actionbar_title"></color>

the color is empty i see. 

<color name="actionbar_title">#000000</color>

Upvotes: 0

type-a1pha
type-a1pha

Reputation: 1893

You need to actually define the color:

<color name="white">#FFFFFF</color>

that is, give its hexadecimal code.

Upvotes: 2

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