error: expected color but got (raw string) color/gray

Question

I have switched to android studio 3. after many problem that I fixed, I got this error:

color/colorPrimary but i go this error:Error:(87, 5) error: expected color but got (raw string) color/gray

I had this error even when problem was not in the color. I had `null` without the @ sign. — soshial, Aug 10 '18 at 08:05

AskNilesh · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-02T10:31:47.300

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You forgot to add @ before color/colorPrimary

change it like @color/colorPrimary

sample code

 <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
        <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
        <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>

    </style>

edited Nov 02 '17 at 10:31

answered Nov 02 '17 at 10:29

AskNilesh

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Looks like perfect answer. – IntelliJ Amiya Nov 02 '17 at 10:30
according to this page https://developer.android.com/studio/build/gradle-plugin-3-0-0-migration.html#at_symbol migrating to Android Studio 3 requires to remove them. I guess that's were OP is referring to. – dhesse Nov 03 '17 at 12:51
@dhesse remove what ? can you explain? i have same issue – Libin Thomas Apr 02 '19 at 08:21

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 30 '20 at 18:44

Color value should be a hex color code like #A5D3F4 OR a color reference with @ sign, like @color/colorPrimary. before use these reference, you must create resources like res/values/color.xml.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <color name="colorPrimary">#6200EE</color>
    <color name="colorPrimaryDark">#3700B3</color>
    <color name="colorAccent">#03DAC5</color>
    <color name="LabelColor_text_50">#FFFFFF</color>
    <color name="ValueColor_text_50">#333322</color>
    <color name="LabelColor_bg_50">#A5D3F4</color>
    <color name="ValueColor_bg_50">#E6EEF4</color>
</resources>

And use these name as <item name="someName">@color/LabelColor_text_50</item>

error: expected color but got (raw string) color/gray

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