cannot find symbol in Android Studio without rebuilding project

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Adam Johns picture Adam Johns · Jun 21, 2013 · Viewed 29.1k times · Source

When I try to deploy my project to the emulator the compile fails with a bunch of Cannot find symbol errors. I have to rebuild the project then deploy everytime I make a change. This just started in 0.1.6 for me. Anyone else seeing this?

Answer

Csongor Kiss picture Csongor Kiss · Jun 21, 2013

As a temporary workaround, try turning off Preferences > Compiler > Use External Build.

(as suggested in this issue: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=56884)

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