AndroidAnnotations + Android Studio - The generated null.R class cannot be found

Question

I have setup ActiveAndroid as per the wiki instructions using latest version of AndroidStudio. I am using product Flavours. This is my gradle build file:

apply plugin: 'android'
apply plugin: 'android-apt'

apt {
    arguments {
        androidManifestFile variant.processResources.manifestFile
        resourcePackageName android.defaultConfig.packageName
    }
}

android {
    compileSdkVersion 19
    buildToolsVersion "19.0.3"

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 8
        targetSdkVersion 19
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            runProguard false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
        }
    }
    productFlavors {
        a {
            packageName "com.a.a"
        }

        b {
            packageName "com.a.b"
        }

        c {
            packageName "com.a.c"
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    apt "org.androidannotations:androidannotations:3.0+"
    compile "org.androidannotations:androidannotations-api:3.0+"
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:19.0.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:19.0.1'
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
}

Gradle build files but when I compile/go to debug on the device I receive two errors:

Error:: The generated null.R class cannot be found

and

Error:Execution failed for task ':ml:compileADebugJava'.

Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.

I have tried numerous setups for my build file but cannot for the life of me get it work. Also when I try and change my AndroidManifest from:

android:name="com.a.a.MainActivity"

to

android:name="com.a.a.MainActivity_"

it states that class cannot be found.

I am using latest version of Gradle and latest version of ActiveAndroid.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

I know its late, but it might help someone.

This happens when you modify the applicationId. The script provided in example assumes that you have declared "android.defaultConfig.applicationId". In most of the cases its null, and hence it generated null.R. Either you can define the variable or change the code to following:

defaultConfig {

    // Rest of Config

    javaCompileOptions {
            annotationProcessorOptions {
                arguments = ["resourcePackageName": "<Original Package Name>"]
            }
    }
}

Note that original Package name should be same as the location of R in your activity.

Hope it helps!