Today I came to work, happy. But when I opened my Eclipse, I saw that one of my projects has errors.It's weird because it shows that it has errors only in the window bar, and not in the Navigator. I don't have any Java errors, this is a valid project that was fine all the time:
Some of the errors on the error log of Eclipse:
JavaBuilder handling ImageBuilderInternalException while building: SP_Procedure
Cannot connect to VM
File <SomeFile> has been skipped, problem while reading ('Resource is out of sync with the file system')
Unhandled event loop exception
Internal error
When I run an application from this project, I get a warning message but when I proceed, it works fine, but still. It's very disturbing and I'm not sure if it's harmless.
I tried to:
Restart Eclipse
Restart my machine
Clean projects and recompiling them.
Refresh projects
Pray
Nothing helped. What could be the problem? (I'm using Indigo Service Release 2)
The following nuclear option has desperation written all over it. But I have been where the OP has been with the Juno version of Eclipse.
Run a "Synchronize with Repository" and save all of your local updates to a different directory.
Delete the project. (Check the box to delete the contents on disk. Scary step, but that's OK, because you saved it in a different directory in the previous step, right?)
Read in a fresh project from the repository. It builds happily at this point.
Integrate your local updates.
Keep on praying.
Looks that one unused JAR was deleted, but for some reason, I didn't get errors in any file, even in the files that imports this JAR! So what I did was restoring this JAR, delete unused imports and deleted the JAR again.
I've found this error after two days of navigating on this project on each file.. This is weird that Eclipse didn't recognize that1 this is an error, and throw many unrelated errors such as:
Cannot connect to VM
File has been skipped, problem while reading ('Resource is out of sync with the file system')
Unhandled event loop exception
Is this a bug in Eclipse? (All errors and warnings are enabled!)
1 As seen in the image in the question..
A class from the list of imports for the file seems to have moved out or the jar file containing the class is missing.
Expand the imports section and check if you find some classes that are missing but have been imported.
Though it is a pain, sometimes the easiest solution is to back up all your projects (either in a repository or somewhere else on your computer) then uninstall and reinstall eclipse. No it's not fun, but it should reset eclipse so everything works again. The downfall though is that you have to reconfigure eclipse to any special settings you had/reinatall any extra functionality currently installed (eg. android add-on) and reconnect to any repositories you have. While punting isn't fun, it can be effective... I hope you don't have to resort to this though.
I have went through that problem a lot of times, and tried everything you tried. Rebuild, recompile, refresh, remove and add JDK, remove and reinstall Eclipse... nothing worked
The only thing I concluded is that the workspace metadata was corrupted.
What I did (every time it happened) was
Create an empty workspace
Import -> existing projects into worskpace
Mark the "copy projects" (else it will only link them)
Wait for the copy, and start working with the new workspace
If you work with SCM systems (Git, SVN, etc), making a full checkout will do the trick too, but the worskpace import will let you retrieve those changes you didn't get to commit (if any).
It's a little painful if you have somethings already set (like JDK names, servers, etc), but then I realized it was faster than keep searching how to fix the workspace
Regards!
PS : I've been working with Kepler lately, and everything works fine till now
Click Window -> Show View -> Other -> General -> Problems
This view will show you what is wrong.
Did you, by any chance, update your virtual machine outside of Eclipse? I can't help but feel that we're both missing a finer detail here. I just keep seeing "cannot connect to VM" and thinking that it's a major clue.
Have you tried running anything from the terminal? Does it work there?
If so, do you know where your current edition of Java is located? Is Eclipse looking somewhere else?
Is this exclusive to one project? Do you use any additional libraries to the JDK?
Maybe try this for Resource is out of sync with the file system error:
Right click project in Eclipse Package Explorer
Close Project.
Right click project in Eclipse Package Explorer
Open Project.
Other things not mentioned:
project properties > java build path, see if any of those tabs got changed, local file got moved? read/write permissions on some file you are linking to?
project properties > java compiler, see if workplace settings have changed? maybe under errors/warnings, you can systematically set them to 'ignore' until the error goes away to determine what type of error it is?
maybe update some of the eclipse plugins?
I saw something like this happening for a number of reasons. Mainly because of validation in files other Java source code. See if you are validating XML for instance.
Right click your project and chose Properties (Alt+Enter) and Validation to see the related configuration.
As for the danger, I lived with those marks for ages and nothing wrong ever happened.
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Eclipse is giving me a few problems.
After a cold start and the loading of android libs, Eclipse underline the import statements or says that java.lang.Object couldn't be found.
Closing it and reopening often fix the problem. If it doesn't, another close-open fix it definitely. But it shows at each cold-start.
It also gives
"The type java.lang.Enum cannot be resolved. It is indirectly referenced from required .class files"
"The project cannot be build until build path errors are resolved"
But if i restart the build path errors and the enum problem are not show any more(sometimes the enum proble got fixed some time after eclipse's loading finished)
"Project 'xxx' is missing required source folder: 'gen' "
that should be generated automatically generated while building, and still restarting will fix them
In addition, in many projects, while building or cleaning, eclipse says that it couldn't delete the bin/. directory. I noticed that that directory is read-only, and if i try to remove the attribute(even from dos), it immediately return to read-only.
This problems aren't show-stoppers, i still can code and i still can get my apps exported, but it is quite annoying to have to restart eclipse a few times before being able to use it(and eclipse isn't that fast at opening), and i would really know how to fix it.
I searched in the net a bit, but i dind't found nothing useful or that worked.
Is there a way to fix them?
I didn't "unistalled"(it is just stored in a directory) Eclipse, since i should then reinstall android sdk, mercurial plugin, and re download and set up a few libraries i use in quite all my project, and i really hope there is another way.
final notes:
everything works when this problems doesn't show: the app works, logcat too, the right device is used to install the app, so i think java and android sdks are installed just right
I had that problem before so I just saved my projects to a different file and uninstalled everything ( java, android sdk, eclipse ). When I reinstalled it all I put the android sdk on the root of my c drive as I have a windows machine and then instead of picking where java was installed I let it do its own thing. I dont use a mercurial plug in but your "read only" problem could be related to that. Its possible your downloading files that are "read only" and there for you have no way to alter them. Im guessing since you said youve been programing you already know how to set the build paths and stuff. It might just be where everything is installed or something silly like privilege settings on your machine.
What were you using the mercurial plug in for anyway? just curious :)
Have you included the java lib in your project or? For a couple of weeks ago I sat with an project where i absolutly needed some of the methods, so because android just have some of the java lib I imported the need libs and used that.
Since last night, Eclipse hasn't been letting me run any of my projects and gives me the error "Your project contains error(s), please fix it before running it".
This happens regardless of which project I use.
There are no code errors in any projects
There are no missing files (R.java, etc.) or folders (src, res, etc.)
There are no errors in the console (even on verbose) or the error log screen
I've cleaned all the projects, and each individual project many times
I've restarted ADB, Eclipse, and my computer
I have no idea what to do next, so hopefully its fixable.
NOTE: I am using Git, and this occurred after switching to my master branch to export a new update to one of my apps.
Thank you in advance! (:
Edit 1: I have also tried deleting and re-importing the projects before I posted this.
Click Window -> Show View -> Problems, that should show what exactly Eclipse thinks is wrong with your project. Sometimes you can simply delete the problem from that view, and Eclipse believes you everything is fine (yep, weird, I know).
Also, after you switch branches using an external source control tool (one not integrated into Eclipse through a plugin), Eclipse sometimes won't pick up all changes, you'd need to manually refresh the whole project file tree.
If nothing else helps, try setting up a new Eclipse workspace and importing your project there.
check your build paths - there could be jars and dependencies that are outside of the app that need to be opened or imported.
another trick is to edit an xml file, just change one word to intentionally cause an error, save the file, then change it back to proper syntax and save again. Error magically disappears.
another trick is to edit a java file, (cause error, save, fix error, magically error free)
I had this problem and I have fixed it. My issue was this:
I somehow managed to require another project in my build. That project had errors in it, which I believe is what caused the issue. I think this happened when I accidentally asked Eclipse to fix my build path or something when I was trying to fix a mistake. To correct this issue go to (on mac):
Right click on your project folder in the Package Explorer
In the menu, go to "Build Path"
Select "Configure Build Path"
Go to the "Projects" tab (along the top).
Is there anything in there? If there is and you weren't expecting there to be, select the project that is in that folder and hit "Remove"
This fixed the issue for me. Hope it helps.
I think you need to clean your project. Do project -> clean. Should work fine after that.
Try using Project->Android Tools->Fix Project Properties besides checking for your Android path. Check if your ANDROID_HOME and ANDROID_SDK are set correctly besides adding tools and platform-tools are set correctly in environment variable PATH.
Hope this helps!
Go to your .android folder and delete your debug certificate.
E:\Users\(your profile)\.android
Inside that folder there is a file name 'debug.keystore'. Delete that, clean and try to build the project again. Sometimes this error is caused when the certificate expires.
I found this answer here and it solved my problem ;-)
I think go to project ->clean some error can be solve this problem
Go to Projects in the menu bar
Then check the menu Build Automatically.
This helped for me.
I'm building an Android app.
I worked today on my app, and suddenly I saw that all the projects in the workspace are marked with an error. I don't know what caused it, and I can't find explanation of the error anywhere.
I'm using Helios with Windows 7. I even tried downloading Eclipse again but it didn't help.
Today I tried to integrate Facebook with my app. Their tutorial required me to try to get a hesh key from a keystore. In the process I added an Environment Variable named JAVA_HOME, and pointed it to the JDK.
I don't know if it's the cause of my problem, but I think it might be related.
I really don't know what to do.
Thanks!
Try this. In eclipse, go to Project --> Clean --> Select "clean all projects". This should rebuild all projects.
Try cleaning your android project. I get problems with Eclipse sometime, and if I clean the project, it fixes it.
Find the "Problems" view. That will give you more details. Post the description of the problems, we can get more information.
click Window -> Show View -> Problems
Typically, the problem is with a resource you've recently added to your project (drawable, assets, raw, etc.)
Some things to check are:
Invalid XML files
Invalid 9-patch images (outer 1-pixel border must be full black or transparent)
Typically, just start by removing a resource, then cleaning your project (Project > Clean). If the errors go away, that resource is your problem. If not, continue this process until the error DOES go away. Start with the most recent resources you've added, naturally.
i solved error or all project showing errors this way.... close eclipse.
then Right Click on eclipse shortcut-->open file location-->open command widows there and type "eclipse.exe -clean" eclipse the starts..and in my case errors were gone...hope it helps
This refactoring function in Eclipse for package names used to work for me fine until... today:
This is the first time I am receiving this weird Refactoring error, and I have no idea what to make of it:
An exception has been caught while
processing the refactoring 'Rename
Package'.
Reason: Problems encountered while
moving resources.
Click 'Undo' to undo all successfully
executed changes of the current
refactoring. Click 'Abort' to abort
the current refactoring.
What could possibly explain this sudden "change of heart" and how do I fix it?
Seems from your snapshot that you are running windows 7, maybe vista. If its not a renaming issue, try running eclipse as administrator. It might be permissions-related, but its just a thought.
I see merit behind what Kurru is saying. Windows is not a case-sensitive operating system, meaning that is sees the words Cat and cat as the same thing. When you rename your package, Eclipse creates new directories/folder to put the package in. If you changed the case of your words and not actually rename it, it could throw this error.
Under Windows this is frequently caused by a file or directory being locked. There can be several reasons for this:
A file is open in a viewing program outside of Eclipse. Windows will not allow the open file to be refactored.
A CMD.EXE is active in one of the directories to be refactored. Windows will not allow the directory to be moved or deleted.
A program is running with open files for items in the workspace. Windows will not allow the items to be refactored.
If this is the behaviour of a freshly started Eclipse on a freshly started machine, it is probably not Windows, but a corrupted workspace or Eclipse distribution, and you should unpack a fresh Eclipse and create a new workspace in which you can import (and copy) the existing projects from the old workspace. I don't think this is the problem, though.
If you're just trying to rename a package to the same name, only with a different case, this error is thrown for me. Very annoying when trying to fix package names to the lowercase convention.
Had some success renaming packages to a step folder, then to the target folder...
ie.
APackage -> apackage FAIL
APackage -> APackage2 -> apackage SUCCESS
Got the same error. It turns out that my ClearCase (version control) plugin was inactive. Simply activated the version control plugin, and the problem was solved.
This can be caused if using characters like underscores in your class names (e.g. My_Class.java). The project will build and run fine. But in Eclipse, if you run Android Tools > Rename Application Package, the rename will fail.
Same refactoring problem occurred to me when I was working in the Ubuntu. The cause is the permission limitations. Eclipse cannot re-factor as it does not have permission. After giving root permission, refactoring worked fine for me.
If it is the problem because of case. I have successfully tried a solution.
This will fail
org.xyz.fileName ---rename---> org.xyz.filename
This will pass
org.xyz.fileName ---rename---> org.abc (rename the structure)
org.abc ---rename---> org.xyz.filename
This will work fine!
I just restart the computer and start STS(Spring Tool Suite 4)
and delete the file/class its works for me.
Check if the folder location is open in the Command prompt. If yes, then close it and try again.
I'm using Eclipse for Java development. All my sources compile fine and the resulting application compiles fine. However, I keep getting an "red-x" error notification in the Package Explorer.
All my sources in this source directory (too long for the snapshot) compile fine, none of the show the "red-x" error icon.
Any suggestions on how to fix the problem would be highly appreciated.
yeah, this happens sometimes for no apparent reason. You can go to the "Problems"-Tab (right next to console output) and see the error message, so maybe you can narrow it down that way.
This happens often when I use Maven, and I had always ignored it until I found this question. You need to update the project in this case (figured this out by looking in the Problems pane)
From the project context menu: Maven -> Update Project and select the available maven codebases
Alternatively you can use (Alt + F5) to bring up the same window
Try to clean the project and rebuild it.
After build. Refresh project and if still persist just right click Problems tab in eclipse and choose delete all.
It often happens if you do maven install and eclipse properties files do not get updated properly. Even though your project does not have any errors. Hopefully!
I want to start by thanking everyone that answered. But cleaning and rebuilding was not enough in my case because the problem was still there and needed fixing.
Turned out that one of my package directories had accidentally been copied so that an extra directory now existed called "Copy of dagskra" containing Java files with wrong package declarations. In addition the errors in this "new" directory don't show up with a "red-x" in the package that it exists in:
Snapshot from Package Explorer showing errorous "Copy of dagskra" directoryr http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/a824304b18.png
It was the hint of reading the "Problems" tab :-) that turned me into the right direction, so I'm selecting that answer as the accepted answer because this is what I needed:
Snapshot from Problems tab http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/dea26d5dd0.png
Hoping this will help others...
So upon finding that there could be a missing package in the buildpath, thus the red x against the main project, to remove this:
1) go into "Configure Buildpath" of project
2) Java Build Path -> Source Tab - you should see the red x against the missing package/file. if it no longer exists, just "remove" it.
red X begone! :)
Sometimes there are build path errors in .project, and you need to switch to Resource view to actually see the file that is causing the error.
As others have said, bad file references in the build path is often the culprit.
Usually a .jar file that has been moved/deleted. Eclipse expects to find everything referenced on the build path at the location specified, and will complain if not.
I had the same issue and below steps resolved the issue:
Delete the JRE from PROJECT> properties>java build path> libraries.
Restart the eclipse
Add the JRE again
Rebuild the project using Project>Clean and chose option to build automatically.
Please try.
Subversion is occasionally the culprit for this as well. It might not have anything to do with your environment. But, there might be a discrepancy between the current and local state of the project. In my case, doing an update, and then a commit to the subversion server provided me with the expected clean result without any flags in the project such as the X.
In my case what solved this problem was simply to Close Eclipse and opening it again...However I am still not sure why this happened or why it worked. I was having problems Cleaning my project (it said it could not Delete certain file) and this solved it :):
Try doing a rebuild. I've found that the red x's don't always disappear until a rebuild is done.
I've run into a similar problem many a time, what happens usually for me is that a java file will say it won't compile in the text editor but in the package explorer it will say it's compiling fine.
Sometimes doing a 'rebuild' or 'clean-build' doesn't work, the files don't actually get built (one has to presume that eclipse thinks the files it has are up to date) and when this happens I usually open up the java build path and just move one of my dependencies down/up the pecking order. This forces eclipse to do a rebuild of everything and it always seems to work.
If you're still having problems try copying the project and seeing if you get the same behaviour and at a last ditch attempt post a bug for eclipse, it may take a while for them to fix but at least you know that you're being heard.
To add to the previous answer, an extreme way of "cleaning" your project is to delete it (that is deleting its reference from the workspace, not deleting the actual files), and then re-import it.
Sometimes, it helps...
FindBugs also puts a red-x against files/packages to indicate static code analysis errors.
I have run through this. My case was more involved. The project was packaged fine from maven command line.
Couple of things I made.
1. One class has many imports that confused eclipse. Cleaning them fixed part of the problem
2. One case was about a Setter, pressing F3 navigating to that Setter although eclipse complained it is not there. So I simply retyped it and it worked fine (even for all other Setters)
I am still struggling with
Implicit super constructor Item() is undefined for default constructor. Must define an explicit constructor"
I also experience those misterious error-symbols on packages from time to time. A way to get rid of them that works for me is to effectively remove the JRE System Library from Java Build Path and add it back again.
My solution that finally worked was to clean all projects, close eclipse, clean all projects, close eclipse, and so on at least 5-6 times. Eventually it all settled down and everything was as expected. Weirdest thing ever!!
And no there were no errors in the Problem or console view.
Also this happened after a computer crash. The last time it happened my whole workspace was completely lost. It was still there on the computer, but when I tried to access it, it would be all blank.
For whatever reason computer crashes are really really really badly handled by eclipse.
Also, you may update the project by clicking,
Right Click on project name -> Select Maven -> Right click -> Update Project.
This helped out for me.
Thanks.
This can occur for a number of reasons. If you have changed the jdk, the Project facet will have a red X next to it while no other folders shows an error. If this is the case, modify the jdk that is shown. This happens on occasion in our JAX-WS class (HSG
I solved mine by
Close all other projects (i.e. unrelated project option)
Clean and build
My project was android, and that did it.
This happened when i downloaded fabric.io on Eclipse Mars but Restarting computer solved this problem for me.
i had same problem. I checked "Problems"-Tab and found no server for the project. I defined the server. the red-x disappered
You can go to project-> Buildpath-> Library
If there is any library that is X marked ie [cross marked] removed it and again try to build. It worked for me as well/
I encountered this problem today and found this link. I followed as mentioned by Patrick Schaefer above and opened the Update Maven project Dialog. Click on my working project and selected the checkbox "Force Update of Snapshots/Releases" and 'Ok'. All the red cross vanished.
I hope this helps anybody in a similar situation.
The question is old but I had this issue and I tried the following to no avail.
mvn update (with snapshots)
remove project and re-importing
clean build
restarting Eclipse
changing order of items in build path
In my case I've got multi module mvn projects and one of the nested projects was showing a red X icon only in the Project Explorer (package explorer and problems were totally fine) and the whole project was fine as I could run classes without any issues. So seemed like a display issue.
The only thing that worked for me was to edit the pom.xml if the offending project module and make a breaking change (add 'xxx' to a tag name) which caused 1000s of errors and then undo.
You may clean the project by clicking,
In Eclipse, Right Click on Project -> clean
This helped out for me and saved a lot of time.
Thanks.
Right click on the project with errors, then in the sub-menus select:
Maven > UpdateProject >
and then:
Select the checkbox for all the dependent projects
select force update of snapshots
click OK.
This worked for me..