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Android duplicate resources error

My project was compiling fine until I deleted some png drawables and replaced them with vector drawables by navigating to New > Vector Asset. I am now getting a duplicate resources error.

Here is my res folder:

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Here is the error message in the Gradle console:

Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugResources'.
> [drawable/ic_menu_manage] /Users/tomfinet/AndroidStudioProjects/Birthpay/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_menu_manage.xml [drawable/ic_menu_manage] /Users/tomfinet/AndroidStudioProjects/Birthpay/app/src/main/res/values/drawables.xml: Error: Duplicate resources
  [drawable/ic_menu_share] /Users/tomfinet/AndroidStudioProjects/Birthpay/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_menu_share.xml   [drawable/ic_menu_share] /Users/tomfinet/AndroidStudioProjects/Birthpay/app/src/main/res/values/drawables.xml: Error: Duplicate resources
  [drawable/ic_menu_slideshow] /Users/tomfinet/AndroidStudioProjects/Birthpay/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_menu_slideshow.xml   [drawable/ic_menu_slideshow] /Users/tomfinet/AndroidStudioProjects/Birthpay/app/src/main/res/values/drawables.xml: Error: Duplicate resources
  [drawable/ic_menu_send] /Users/tomfinet/AndroidStudioProjects/Birthpay/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_menu_send.xml [drawable/ic_menu_send] /Users/tomfinet/AndroidStudioProjects/Birthpay/app/src/main/res/values/drawables.xml: Error: Duplicate resources
  [drawable/ic_menu_gallery] /Users/tomfinet/AndroidStudioProjects/Birthpay/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_menu_gallery.xml   [drawable/ic_menu_gallery] /Users/tomfinet/AndroidStudioProjects/Birthpay/app/src/main/res/values/drawables.xml: Error: Duplicate resources
  [drawable/ic_menu_camera] /Users/tomfinet/AndroidStudioProjects/Birthpay/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_menu_camera.xml [drawable/ic_menu_camera] /Users/tomfinet/AndroidStudioProjects/Birthpay/app/src/main/res/values/drawables.xml: Error: Duplicate resources

How do I fix this and why is it happening?

Solution

  • The error suggests that the drawable.xml file is responsible for the error. So I opened it and commented out the xml code and the app ran fine. I have no idea why this fixes it but this solved the problem.