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android color picker "cannot be resolved to a type"

maybe this is a very simple question...but i am a rather new beginner...please tolerate me.

I am now developing a drawing app and would like to allow user to choose color through a color picker.

I have seen the AmbilWarna dialog and has copied the following to my app:

Code:

package com.pearappx.drawing;
import com.pearmak.drawing.ui.dialog.AmbilWarnaDialog.OnAmbilWarnaListener;

// other codes and declarations

   public OnClickListener setColorPickerDialogListener = new OnClickListener() 
   {
      @Override
      public void onClick(View v) 
      {   
          AmbilWarnaDialog dialog = new AmbilWarnaDialog(Doodlz.this, currtentColor, new OnAmbilWarnaListener()     
          {          
              @Override
               public void onCancel(AmbilWarnaDialog dialog) {     ;}
               @Override
               public void onOk(AmbilWarnaDialog dialog, int color) 
               {
                   colorRedBtn.setbackgroundcolor(color);
               }

          });
          dialog.show();
      };
   };

Question:

There are many red underlines in the OnCLickListener block for quoting "AmbilWarnaDialog cannot be resolved to a type" . This maybe because the AmbilWarnaDialog not properly imported??

This is because there is also an error shown at the import part. I am importing by writing as: import com.pearmak.drawing.ui.dialog.AmbilWarnaDialog.OnAmbilWarnaListener; but it also underlines this phrase as the above error too.

I have followed http://developer.android.com/tools/projects/projects-eclipse.html already and has clicked "apply" before closing the reference dialog.

How could this be solved? Many thanks!!!

Solution

  • What you need is library project to place your Dialog into. Once you have that working, copy the *.jar file out of the \bin directory and import it into your main app. Be sure to modify your app's Build Path such that it includes the new *.jar file.

    for a great introduction to library projects, check out: http://www.vogella.com/articles/AndroidLibraryProjects/article.html. It's where i started and it worked like a champ for me.

    good luck!