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How can I fix the 'invalid resource directory name' error?

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Tuesday, April 30, 2019 5:20 AM

Hi everyone.

I'm currrently working on a porject using Xamarin.Android.

I created a 2 files for translate animations of a DialogFragment -> Resources\animations\slideup.xml -> Resources\animations\slideright.xml

I created an style entry for the animations and included them as items pointing the file path above

<style name="dialog_animation">
        <item name="android:windowEnterAnimation">@animations/slide_up</item>
        <item name="android:windowExitAnimation">@animations/slide_right</item>
</style>

However, when trying to build, I get the error message: 'Invalid Resource Directory Name: path\to\debug\81\res animations "res animations"'

I've tried to clean, and rebuild... Set Build Action for Resources to None, but still no go... :'(

Could someone help me with a fix for this?

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Tuesday, April 30, 2019 8:06 AM

@Andromadus Try to change the folder name to 'anim' rether than 'animations'. Because there is no 'animations' in res supported directory.

Tutorial: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/providing-resources

Similar issue: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44830550/invalid-resource-directory-name-res-animation-aapt-exe?answertab=votes#tab-top

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 2:38 PM

Alright @yelinzh . Let me try that out... B)

Thursday, May 2, 2019 7:38 AM

@Andromadus What's the result? Have you fixed it?