error: resource array/com_google_android_gms_fonts_certs

Question

I'm getting following error in my fonts xml.

anton.xml

<font-family xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        app:fontProviderAuthority="com.google.android.gms.fonts"
        app:fontProviderPackage="com.google.android.gms"
        app:fontProviderQuery="Anton"
        app:fontProviderCerts="@array/com_google_android_gms_fonts_certs">
</font-family>

At this line it says cannot resolve symbol:

error: resource array/com_google_android_gms_fonts_certs

Before it worked, but i copied my project from my macbook to a windows pc and for some reason i get this error now.

I tried removing the font and even tried another one but still getting the same error.

@ReazMurshed tried but doesn't work still says Android resource linking failed — Vince VD, Aug 22 '19 at 17:48
I see. Have to tried `File > Invalidate Caches / Restart` as well? Please let me know. — Reaz Murshed, Aug 22 '19 at 17:50
@ReazMurshed also tried that, really weird because on my macbook i'm not getting this error. — Vince VD, Aug 22 '19 at 17:52
It looks weird to me too. I would try gradle clean as well. I am not sure what else might be the reason. — Reaz Murshed, Aug 22 '19 at 17:53
@ReazMurshed what i did though was removing .DS_STORE files that were showing up in my apps folder, because i thought i wouldn't need them that im now working on a windows pc and not macbook. — Vince VD, Aug 22 '19 at 17:56
No. I do not think so. Usually cleaning files and removing the `.idea/` folders do not have any effect. You might consider removing the `./idea` folders too if there are any. — Reaz Murshed, Aug 22 '19 at 17:58
I would like to suggest keeping the files which are necessary only. And then sync with gradle. This will download the other files which are necessary. See the [answer here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/51052946/3145960). — Reaz Murshed, Aug 22 '19 at 18:06
@ReazMurshed Removing the ./idea folder resolved the error. Thanks! — Vince VD, Aug 22 '19 at 18:23
Great to know that. I am putting it as an answer hoping that might help some other developers. — Reaz Murshed, Aug 22 '19 at 18:30

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 22 '19 at 18:34

Usually, cleaning and rebuilding the project works just fine when you are moving your Android project from the mac to windows. You might have to do a File > Invalidate Cache/Restart as well. If that is still showing the error, you might also want to do a gradle clean. Actually, the files you should really care about are the following.

app/
    src/
    build.gradle
build.gradle 
settings.gradle

Hence you can remove all other files except these. In this case, deleting the ./idea folders did the trick.

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 26 '23 at 11:34

I recently ran into the same issue. In my case, I didn't move my project. What I found out was that an error had occurred during font declaration.

The following was missing: @array/com_google_android_gms_fonts_certs
The solution was to define it in the res/values/font_certs.xml file.

So, it would be best if you ended up with the above file looking as follows;

  `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
   <resources>
       <array name="com_google_android_gms_fonts_certs">
           <item>@array/com_google_android_gms_fonts_certs_dev</item>
          <item>@array/com_google_android_gms_fonts_certs_prod</item>
       </array>
       <string-array name="com_google_android_gms_fonts_certs_dev">
           <item>
               MIIEqDCCA5CgAwIBAgIJANWFuGx90071MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBAUAMIGUMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzETMBEGA1UECBMKQ2FsaWZvcm5pYTEWMBQGA1UEBxMNTW91bnRhaW4gVmlldzEQMA4GA1UEChMHQW5kcm9pZDEQMA4GA1UECxMHQW5kcm9pZDEQMA4GA1UEAxMHQW5kcm9pZDEiMCAGCSqGSIb3DQEJARYTYW5kcm9pZEBhbmRyb2lkLmNvbTAeFw0wODA0MTUyMzM2NTZaFw0zNTA5MDEyMzM2NTZaMIGUMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzETMBEGA1UECBMKQ2FsaWZvcm5pYTEWMBQGA1UEBxMNTW91bnRhaW4gVmlldzEQMA4GA1UEChMHQW5kcm9pZDEQMA4GA1UECxMHQW5kcm9pZDEQMA4GA1UEAxMHQW5kcm9pZDEiMCAGCSqGSIb3DQEJARYTYW5kcm9pZEBhbmRyb2lkLmNvbTCCASAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADggENADCCAQgCggEBANbOLggKv+IxTdGNs8/TGFy0PTP6DHThvbbR24kT9ixcOd9W+EaBPWW+wPPKQmsHxajtWjmQwWfna8mZuSeJS48LIgAZlKkpFeVyxW0qMBujb8X8ETrWy550NaFtI6t9+u7hZeTfHwqNvacKhp1RbE6dBRGWynwMVX8XW8N1+UjFaq6GCJukT4qmpN2afb8sCjUigq0GuMwYXrFVee74bQgLHWGJwPmvmLHC69EH6kWr22ijx4OKXlSIx2xT1AsSHee70w5iDBiK4aph27yH3TxkXy9V89TDdexAcKk/cVHYNnDBapcavl7y0RiQ4biu8ymM8Ga/nmzhRKya6G0cGw8CAQOjgfwwgfkwHQYDVR0OBBYEFI0cxb6VTEM8YYY6FbBMvAPyT+CyMIHJBgNVHSMEgcEwgb6AFI0cxb6VTEM8YYY6FbBMvAPyT+CyoYGapIGXMIGUMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzETMBEGA1UECBMKQ2FsaWZvcm5pYTEWMBQGA1UEBxMNTW91bnRhaW4gVmlldzEQMA4GA1UEChMHQW5kcm9pZDEQMA4GA1UECxMHQW5kcm9pZDEQMA4GA1UEAxMHQW5kcm9pZDEiMCAGCSqGSIb3DQEJARYTYW5kcm9pZEBhbmRyb2lkLmNvbYIJANWFuGx90071MAwGA1UdEwQFMAMBAf8wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEEBQADggEBABnTDPEF+3iSP0wNfdIjIz1AlnrPzgAIHVvXxunW7SBrDhEglQZBbKJEk5kT0mtKoOD1JMrSu1xuTKEBahWRbqHsXclaXjoBADb0kkjVEJu/Lh5hgYZnOjvlba8Ld7HCKePCVePoTJBdI4fvugnL8TsgK05aIskyY0hKI9L8KfqfGTl1lzOv2KoWD0KWwtAWPoGChZxmQ+nBli+gwYMzM1vAkP+aayLe0a1EQimlOalO762r0GXO0ks+UeXde2Z4e+8S/pf7pITEI/tP+MxJTALw9QUWEv9lKTk+jkbqxbsh8nfBUapfKqYn0eidpwq2AzVp3juYl7//fKnaPhJD9gs=
           </item>
       </string-array>
       <string-array name="com_google_android_gms_fonts_certs_prod">
           <item>
               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
           </item>
       </string-array>
   </resources>`

I hope this helps either when invalidating caches, rebuilding project and cleaning project solutions fail or when you find @array/com_google_android_gms_fonts_certs missing or not declared.

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 27 '20 at 18:44

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Change pespective from android to project;
Delete path ./idea and ./gradle
Click on Invalidate and Restart

Finish, go be happy!

edited Oct 27 '20 at 18:44

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answered Oct 27 '20 at 18:39

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error: resource array/com_google_android_gms_fonts_certs

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