I’m trying to compile Google’s ApiDemos that come with the Android SDK.
But I just CANT GET IT TO RUN! It makes me crazy already!!
When I create a new project in Eclipse based on the sample (target 1.5 or 1.6) and try to compile and run, I get almost a thousand errors. Not what I’d expect from a tutorial app!
Description Resource Path Location Type
IRemoteService cannot be resolved RemoteServiceBinding.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 84 Java Problem
IRemoteService cannot be resolved to a type RemoteService.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 92 Java Problem
IRemoteService cannot be resolved to a type RemoteService.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 104 Java Problem
IRemoteService cannot be resolved to a type RemoteService.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 104 Java Problem
IRemoteService cannot be resolved to a type RemoteServiceBinding.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 41 Java Problem
IRemoteService cannot be resolved to a type RemoteServiceBinding.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 84 Java Problem
IRemoteService cannot be resolved to a type RemoteServiceBinding.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 91 Java Problem
IRemoteService cannot be resolved to a type RemoteServiceBinding.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 107 Java Problem
IRemoteService cannot be resolved to a type RemoteServiceBinding.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 141 Java Problem
IRemoteService cannot be resolved to a type RemoteServiceBinding.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 155 Java Problem
IRemoteService cannot be resolved to a type RemoteServiceBinding.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 157 Java Problem
IRemoteServiceCallback cannot be resolved to a type RemoteService.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 51 Java Problem
IRemoteServiceCallback cannot be resolved to a type RemoteService.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 52 Java Problem
IRemoteServiceCallback cannot be resolved to a type RemoteService.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 79 Java Problem
IRemoteServiceCallback cannot be resolved to a type RemoteService.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 105 Java Problem
IRemoteServiceCallback cannot be resolved to a type RemoteService.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 106 Java Problem
IRemoteServiceCallback cannot be resolved to a type RemoteService.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 108 Java Problem
IRemoteServiceCallback cannot be resolved to a type RemoteService.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 109 Java Problem
IRemoteServiceCallback cannot be resolved to a type RemoteService.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 142 Java Problem
IRemoteServiceCallback cannot be resolved to a type RemoteService.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 145 Java Problem
IRemoteServiceCallback cannot be resolved to a type RemoteService.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 151 Java Problem
IRemoteServiceCallback cannot be resolved to a type RemoteServiceBinding.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 91 Java Problem
IRemoteServiceCallback cannot be resolved to a type RemoteServiceBinding.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 157 Java Problem
IRemoteServiceCallback cannot be resolved to a type RemoteServiceBinding.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 212 Java Problem
IRemoteServiceCallback cannot be resolved to a type RemoteServiceBinding.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 212 Java Problem
ISecondary cannot be resolved RemoteServiceBinding.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 125 Java Problem
ISecondary cannot be resolved to a type RemoteService.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 95 Java Problem
ISecondary cannot be resolved to a type RemoteService.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 116 Java Problem
ISecondary cannot be resolved to a type RemoteService.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 116 Java Problem
ISecondary cannot be resolved to a type RemoteServiceBinding.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 43 Java Problem
ISecondary cannot be resolved to a type RemoteServiceBinding.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 125 Java Problem
ISecondary cannot be resolved to a type RemoteServiceBinding.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 130 Java Problem
ISecondary cannot be resolved to a type RemoteServiceBinding.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 143 Java Problem
ISecondary cannot be resolved to a type RemoteServiceBinding.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 179 Java Problem
ISecondary cannot be resolved to a type RemoteServiceBinding.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 181 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AdvancedPreferences.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 58 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlarmController.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 73 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlarmController.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 76 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlarmController.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 78 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlarmController.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 80 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlarmController.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 108 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlarmController.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 140 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlarmController.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 162 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlarmService.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 52 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlarmService.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 55 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlarmService.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 57 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlarmService.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 72 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlarmService.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 84 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlarmService_Service.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 62 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlarmService_Service.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 65 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlarmService_Service.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 100 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlarmService_Service.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 103 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlarmService_Service.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 111 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlarmService_Service.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 116 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 75 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 76 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 77 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 83 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 92 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 93 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 94 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 95 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 101 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 107 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 116 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 117 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 121 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 130 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 131 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 134 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 140 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 149 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 150 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 151 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 157 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 163 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 172 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 173 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 174 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 183 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 189 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 199 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 201 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 202 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 204 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 210 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 230 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 233 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 241 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 250 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 258 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 269 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 277 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlertDialogSamples.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app line 285 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AlphaBitmap.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/graphics line 67 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable AnimateDrawables.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/graphics line 46 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable Animation1.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/view line 34 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable Animation1.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/view line 36 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable Animation1.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/view line 41 Java Problem
R cannot be resolved to a variable Animation1.java /ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/view line 42 Java Problem
...and 841 more.
What am I doing wrong??
I just had the same thing, and found that buried in the massive list of errors, there were some xml parsing errors for strings.xml. There are 4 unescaped single quotes in the text which eclipse doesn’t like. The problem strings are “I’m off!” “I’m on!”, and “you’ll” and “you’re” in the big block of text starting “The Android platform is a software stack…”. If you escape these by putting \ in front of each apostrophe, all the errors magically disappear 🙂