New created "values" folder is not visible in Android Studio

Question

In Android Studio, I want to create the folders values-v14 values-v21 inside the res folder.

But when I tried to make it like: right click on res folder select option New >Directory, then after creating the folder, it is not visible in Android Studio. But when I select the option Show in Explorer, then it is visible.

How do I create a folder in Android Studio, so that I can change files like styles.xml, etc?

Answer 1

Try to switch from Android to Project as shown below

Answer 2

Switching from the Android view to the Project view will allow you to see the directory structure, but it is less convenient for viewing and editing Android files.

There is a better way. Don't use New > Directory.

Right click values and choose New > Values resource file.

Select Version from the list and click the >> button. Write styles as the file name and 14 as the version number and click ok. (Repeat all this for version 21.)

Android Studio will automatically create values-v14 and values-v21 directories with the new styles.xml files in them. And in your Android project view you conveniently see all three styles.xml files together.

Other directories and resource files can be similarly added.

• Layout files
• Language translations