Android Studio | cannot resolve existing drawable

Issue

I'm getting error while compile gradle project

Error:(128, 35) error: cannot find symbol variable ic_contact_picture

but such resource is most definitely available, Android Studio even show me picture of that resource in left border

I tried clean, build, rebuild, restart or sync Studio/project, as advised i.e. here, all without success.

What I'm doing wrong?

Solution

You are using the R class from the Android system, i.e. android.R. If the drawable ic_contact_picture is your own picture, then you want to use R.drawable.ic_contact_picture instead, without the android. prefix.

If you intended to use the Android system drawable, you have to copy the specific drawable to your app, since the ic_contact_picture is not made public by the SDK.

Answered By - Floern