No "android resource directory" option on right clicking res folder

Issue

I'm an iOS developer, and I'm expanding my skill set by working through the recommended Udacity tutorials for Android development.

In the "Add a Menu" tutorial in "Developing Android Apps", in order to create a new XML file for menus, it states:

"right click the res directory, select 'Android Resource Directory'". This is followed by a number of other points to correctly set up a menu xml file.

On my system, when I right click on the res directory, I have no option for "Android Resource Directory". I've uploaded a screen grab of what I get:

compared to the tutorial:

I've tried just creating a standard directory, and then right clicking and making a new xml file within it, but it doesn't seem to be working, as the XML file won't even open when I double click on it. I'm guessing it also won't be setup correctly, and I'm not sure how to do that manually.

I also tried the "Resource Bundle" option, but it didn't seem to give similar options as to what the tutorial says is to be expected.

I've had a look in the Udacity forums, and didn't see anything there on this. They also didn't seem to be frequented much, so I thought asking here was a better idea.

I'm also guessing Gradle sync error is not causing this, I haven't looked into the cause of that yet, I think perhaps because of my Core2 processor...

My guess is it's to do with my newer version of Android Studio, but I've been unable to find any info on this.

Thanks for any pointers :)

Solution

Seems like your gradle project files are not synced properly. As it is in screenshot you shared. You need to make sure gradle syncs successful so android studio will provide those context menu options properly for specific directory Here - Resource directory

Answered By - adityakamble49