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Asked: 2026-06-17T12:32:12+00:00

Complete android/eclipse newbie question… I am writing an app and making a lot of

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Complete android/eclipse newbie question…

I am writing an app and making a lot of changes in the app’s layout xml. My problem is that when I make these changes, Eclipse doesn’t recognise that the project is out of date, so when I click Run or Run > Run As > Android Application nothing happens. I have to go Run > Run Configurations… > Run in order to run my app. In contrast, when I edit any of the java code clicking Run will launch my app immediately.

Hardly a disaster, but it gets annoying. Can anyone help?

I’m using the Android Developer Tools build of Eclipse, Build: v21.0.1-543035, Eclipse platform v3.8.0.

Thanks!

Edit: Project > Build Automatically is on.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I found the problem. By default, eclipse only launches the application when the edit pane shows *.java files, not *.xml files. So while it was picking up my changes, when I clicked “Run” it didn’t know what to do.

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