Eclipse will automatically import R

Question

I am developing an android application in Eclipse. Eclipse sometimes imports R automatically so I just click (ctrl + shift + o) to find that import and delete it. But now, every time I delete it, it will bring it back no matter how many times I delete it.

Does anyone know how to solve this problem so I will be able to compile my project?

Answer 1

It turns out that there was something wrong with my settings. Thanks everyone for there help.

Answer 2

Eclipse will try to construct an import statement for related types when you use auto-complete. This is a configurable option which you can disable under Eclipse's preferences dialog Java -> Editor -> Content Assist "Add import instead of qualified name" This is not configurable on a per package basis though.

I do wonder, however, what your objection is to importing your resource class. Is it that you just want references to R to always be fully qualified? I don't know of any technical reason why this might be preferable. If it's an issue of style, then I'd interject that it might be a misguided preference. Personally, I'd rather not have to regularly read source files that interspersed imported and fully-qualified class names. If your need is neither of these things, perhaps you could share more detail so that we can give you a better answer?

Answer 3

Are you using any android.R classes,if yes remove it. If no try to add your app.R import manually before saving the file. I know this is annoying but thats how eclipse works for auto import....

you can also try removing automatically import settings from eclipse.

Answer 4

In my case it was automatically added appcompat_v7 in project preferences. I have no idea how and why it is done in eclipse and mostly it causes this problem.