Question

menu/activity_main.xml:

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:id="@+id/menu_settings"
        android:title="@string/menu_settings"
        android:showAsAction="never" />
    <item android:id="@+id/menu_save_log"
        android:title="@string/menu_save_log"
        android:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>

MainActivity.java:

//@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
    return true;
}


@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {

    switch (item.getItemId()) {
    case R.id.menu_settings:      // OK
        break;
    case R.id.menu_save_log:      // menu_save_log cannot be resolved or is not a field
        break;
    }

    return true;
}

Why menu_save_log is not recognized?

Additional information. R.java:

public static final class menu {
    public static final int activity_main=0x7f070000;
}

R.java is not updated. Why?

Answer 1

Not sure what it could be, but it is quite likely that Eclipse/Android Studio did not yet recognize the new ID. Best thing to do is:

• Make sure your menu file is saved;
• Try rebuilding the project;

In Eclipse:

project --> clean...