Section 3.8: Settings cannot be resolved

Hi, I am a bit new to Android programming, so I am looking for some advice. The problem is, I am on section 3.8 in creating the settings menu, I have all but one error worked out. In my eclipse, it says “settings cannot be resolved or is not a field”. I know this means it cannot locate settings, but I don’t know why. My code is as follows

public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item)
{
    switch(item.getItemId())
    {
    case R.id.settings:
        startActivity(new Intent(this, Prefs.class));
        return true;
    }//switch
    return false; 
}//boolean

It gives me an error on the case R.id.settings. My settings file is as follows

<?xml version=”1.0” encoding=”utf-8”?>
<PreferenceScreen xmlns:android=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android”> <CheckBoxPreference android:key=”music” android:title=”@string/music_title” android:summary=”@string/music_summary” android:defaultValue=”true” /> <CheckBoxPrefernce android:key=”hints” android:title=”@string/hints_title” android:summary=”@string/hints_summary” android:defaultValue=”true” />

The settings file above is located in res/xml. However, I had to create the folder, it was not already there. Any help or input would be appreciated, thanks.

Is this a run time error? If so have you tried looking in the log – see section 3.10 (Debugging)

Also have you use @Override before your method definition?

Miller, I think you may have either missed out or mis-typed the menu.xml from section 3.7, in particular the line

item android:id=”@+id/settings”

I think the above line is what generates R.id.settings

Thanks Anthony! I figured this problem out promptly after I posted this, but did not have access to internet. Regardless, thank you for your response.

No problem, glad you’re moving forward again.