Android resource IDs are incorrectly assigned

Question

I had a strange problem: if I call getString(R.string.somestringname), from time to time, even after deleting the R file and recompiling, the wrong line appears. The emulator does not crash and the correct line appears - it is simply incorrect.

Sample my .xml lines:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <!-- Activity Names -->
    <string name="app_name">an app name</string>
    <string name="selector_name">app name | Select</string>
    <string name="create">Create</string>
    <string name="overview_name">appname | Overview</string>
    <string name="another_name">appname | Another View</string> 

.....
    <!-- Edit Note -->
    <string name="placeholder">Foo bar</string> <-- here is a problem
    <string name="created">Created:</string>

</resources>

Here is a sample code that encounters one of the problems:

if (note.created != null) {
     createdtext.setText(getString(R.string.created) + " " + Util.longDateFormat(note.created));
}

The text that is displayed (part of the time) is Foo bar November 03, 2010(i.e. belongs to R.string.placeholder). What's happening? It annoys me when I am tempted by hard-code strings; -)

Thank you for your help!

Answer 1

Use ant clean installinstead ant install.

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