I am in Chapter 1 of "Beginning Android 4". Note I have installed version 4.2.

For the "Hello World" application, the book asks for the following code:

<?xml version = "1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >

<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/hello" />

<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="This is my first Android Application!" />

<Button
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="And this is a clickable button" />

</LinearLayout>

I am getting an error message on android:text = "@string/hello"

The error is : No resource found that matches the given name (at 'text' with value '@string/hello'). activity_main.xml /helloworld/res/layout line 7 Android AAPT Problem

What am I doing wrong?

It looks like you haven't defined the string.

Look in res/values/strings.xml

I know this is an old post but the answer might help someone else.

Thank you so much for your reply. I gave up on the Android Book because I could not get past this issue. Now that I have your reply, I will try again.

Thank you so much for your reply.

I've just tried the code from the book and it threw up a few errors.

Someone else has stated the book is a bit out of date in another topic.

Try the intro I found here, explains the use of strings, I'm very much a beginner like yourself - so I can't be much use.

Phil

I just bought the book a few days ago. Have spent hours trying to get the very first example to work. There seems to be a disconnect between the book and version 4.2.2, which is the latest that I am running.

Very frustrated!
George Race

I'm slowly working through this.

developer[dot]android[dot]com/training/basics/firstapp/

Thanks very much. I have added this to my Bookmarks and will use it once I finish my book "Java in 21 Days" (It has a few errors too)

See this thread:

http://p2p.wrox.com/book-beginning-a...e-adt-etc.html

It should get you moving.

To get back on the original problem:

It seems that the current versions of Eclipse force you to use resource-strings instead of hardcoding text(strings).
My message sounds like this: 'Hardcoded string "hello", should use @string
resource'

It tells you right here: do not use hardcoded strings, use '@string' to point to the related resource-string.

So change your line of code:
to
now you get another message: 'Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'text' with value '@string/test').'

The message sais it can not find the related resource-string. So you need to add it:
- open the 'strings.xml' file located in the 'res/values' folder.
- click on the strings.xml-tab (by default the Resources-tab is selected)
- add a new line:
save your file and retry to run the app.