how to fix resource not found error in android layout

Question

This error shows up when I was writing my code. error:

Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'hint' with value '@string/edit_message').

The code is:

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="horizontal" >
    <EditText android:id="@+id/edit_message"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:hint="@string/edit_message" />
</LinearLayout>

Answer 1

That is easy.Just add a item like this in your res/values/strings.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string name="edit_message">YOUR MESSAGE TEXT</string>
</resources>

Answer 2

The default string resources folder android generates called strings, did you write the XML manually or it is a generated code? if manually, try to fix it:

android:hint="@strings/edit_message"

Answer 3

Set hint on edittext like this from programmatically if resource is not found in your application:

editMessage.setHint("hint message"):

or you can simply Call setHint() on the EditText.

Refer: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#setHint%28int%29