cannot find symbol import com.google.android.gms.R

Question

i'm getting this error "cannot find symbol import com.google.android.gms.R" while trying to execute app in android studio, app was developed in eclipse and imported to android studio.

 Error details:
    symbol:   class R
    location: package com.google.android.gms
 Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
 Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
 1 error
 :app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac FAILED

 FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

 * What went wrong:
 Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
 > Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.

 * Try:
 Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

Answer 1

Did you try Build->clean project and then Build->Rebuild project, File->Invalidate caches and restart. These may work, not sure. I used to do these steps usually for these kind of errors