"No resource identifier found for attribute 'showAsAction' in package 'android'"

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ariets picture ariets · Mar 10, 2011 · Viewed 105.3k times · Source

I am attempting to update my android application to look better for tablets running Honeycomb. As such, I am targeting version 11 of the SDK (my minSdkVersion = 4). This adds the Honeycomb theme to my app, making it look better. However, I have no way to access my menu options. So, I am attempting to add my menu items as an action bar item with the following in the file in my /res/menu/ folder: 

android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"

However, I get the following error:

No resource identifier found for attribute 'showAsAction' in package 'android'

I tried altering my minSdkVersion number to 11 to see if it would work, but no luck. Any ideas? Thanks!

Answer

Jason Hanley picture Jason Hanley · Mar 10, 2011

If you are building with Eclipse, make sure your project's build target is set to Honeycomb too.

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