Question

I have a file /res/values/maps_api_key.xml where I defined my Google Maps API key:

<resources>
    <string name="maps_api_key">03xx123124exapmle4444444c9yA</string>
</resources>

This is the line of my application code which throws an error:

mMapView = new MapView(this, getString(R.string.maps_api_key));

This is the error:

maps_api_key cannot be resolved or is not a field

I have imported resources as:

import android.R;

Why this marked by Eclipse as an error?

Answer 1

You don’t have to import android.R;, but be sure to include a string:

package my.cool.package.name;

at beginning of your .java file (replace with your actual package name ofcourse)