Android Studio. Problems with R class

Question

I've upgraded to Android Studio 0.1.6 and cannot compile my project since. I'm getting 81 errors in code wich was working perfectly fine with the previous version of the application. No code changes.

All of the errors related to the R class, examples:

java: cannot find symbol
symbol:   variable string
location: class %mypackagename%.R

And

java: cannot find symbol
symbol:   variable id
location: class %mypackagename%.R

I've tried to remove the content of the "gen" folder a few times, it get's regenerated, but it doesn't fix the problem.

I've looked for a solution all over the Internet, but can't find anybody with a similar problem. Some people having problems importing their projects to Android Studio, but my project was originality created in intellij idea and I keep working on it with Android Studio.

BTW, Intellij IDEA can compile and run project still, but I got used to Android Studio already.

I'm working on a MAC OS 10.8 if it makes any difference.

Your help is much appreciated.

UPDATE 1: I've checked this thread, both gen and src selected as sources and I don't have "import android.r" anywhere in the code

Answer 1

This is a known bug in 0.1.6. Google has suggested turning off external builds in Preferences > compiler as a temporary fix

@simon this guy is supposed to be able to resolve a known bug in android studio that google hasn't been able to completely track down yet? If you're going to negatively comment on something like this please do your research first.

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=56843&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Owner%20Summary%20Stars

Answer 2

its a bug. But menu Build > Rebuild Project arranges everything.