Android resource linking failed 🤖 Android

AAPT: error: resource x (aka y) not found — Android resource linking failed

A layout, manifest or style references a resource (drawable, string, style, attribute) that doesn’t exist in the module or its dependencies.

Seen on: Android

Meaning

Typos, resources deleted/renamed, a theme from a library you removed (Theme.AppCompat without appcompat, Material styles without material), or resources only in another flavor/module.

Common causes

  • Referenced resource doesn’t exist (typo, deleted)
  • Theme/style from a missing library
  • Resource defined only in another flavor/source set
  • Attribute requires a higher compileSdk

⚡ Quick fix

  1. Read the exact resource name and file in the error
  2. Add the missing dependency (appcompat/material) or fix the name
  3. Clean and rebuild after renames

Detailed fix by platform

Gradle

  1. kotlin
    dependencies {
  implementation("com.google.android.material:material:1.12.0")
}

How to diagnose

  1. Reference — Which file/line?
  2. Library — Provides that style/attr?
  3. Flavor — Defined for this variant?

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