'Unsupported type error' after importing Android project to Android Studio
<p><br>
(<em>I am new to forum so please ignore any mistake while posting. I have already tried alot to tackle this error.</em>)<br>
I am new (Intern) to android. My boss asked me make some changes in existing Eclipse project. <br></p>

<p>For importing project to Android Studio, I commented out the following lines in project.properties file</p>

<pre><code>#android.library.reference.1=..\\google-play-services_lib
#android.library.reference.2=../androidv7-appcompatz
</code></pre>

<p>Project successfully imported and I added dependencies.</p>

<p>Upon building the project I got the following error</p>

<pre><code>:app:generateDebugResValues UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugResources
:app:mergeDebugResources
E:\Workspace\Intern\Quran\AlAjmi\app\src\main\res\values\category_lists.xml
Error:Error: Unsupported type 'category_list'
:app:mergeDebugResources FAILED
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugResources'.
&gt; E:\Workspace\Intern\Quran\AlAjmi\app\src\main\res\values\category_lists.xml: Error: Unsupported type 'category_list'
Information:BUILD FAILED
</code></pre>

<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/f3Aen.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Screenshot of error</a></p>

<p>Here is category_list.xml</p>

<pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
&lt;resources&gt;
    &lt;item type="category_list" name="row"&gt;false&lt;/item&gt;
&lt;/resources&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>I don't know the types and files declared in values folder. Please have a look and elaborate.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/XjrVj.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Screenshot of values folder</a></p>

<p><strong>Details that may be of some relevance</strong>.<br></p>

<p>I am using Android Studio 2.1.2<br></p>

<p><strong>AndroidManifest.xml</strong><br></p>

<pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
&lt;manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.saturnteam.best.islamic.app.quran"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" &gt;

    &lt;uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="9"
        android:targetSdkVersion="21" /&gt;

    &lt;!-- for APPNEXT adds --&gt;
    &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" /&gt;
    &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" /&gt;
    &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" /&gt;
    &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /&gt;
    &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" /&gt;
    &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" /&gt;
    &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" /&gt;

    &lt;application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat" &gt;
        &lt;activity
            android:name="com.saturnteam.best.islamic.app.quran.HomeActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" &gt;
            &lt;intent-filter&gt;
                &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /&gt;

                &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /&gt;
            &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
        &lt;/activity&gt;
        &lt;activity
            android:name="com.saturnteam.best.islamic.app.quran.AudioListActivity"
            android:launchMode="singleInstance" &gt;
        &lt;/activity&gt;
        &lt;activity
            android:name="com.saturnteam.best.islamic.app.quran.InfoActivity"
            android:launchMode="singleInstance" &gt;
        &lt;/activity&gt;
        &lt;activity
            android:name="com.saturnteam.best.islamic.app.quran.PlayAudioFile"
            android:launchMode="singleInstance" &gt;
        &lt;/activity&gt;

        &lt;service android:name="com.saturnteam.best.islamic.app.quran.MediaPlayerService" /&gt;

        &lt;!-- for APPNEXT adds --&gt;
        &lt;service android:name="com.appnext.appnextsdk.DownloadService" /&gt;

        &lt;!-- for  HEYZAP --&gt;
        &lt;activity
            android:name="com.heyzap.sdk.ads.HeyzapInterstitialActivity"
            android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize|smallestScreenSize" /&gt;

        &lt;receiver android:name="com.heyzap.sdk.ads.PackageAddedReceiver" &gt;
            &lt;intent-filter&gt;
                &lt;data android:scheme="package" /&gt;

                &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_ADDED" /&gt;
            &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
        &lt;/receiver&gt;

        &lt;!-- for ADDMOBE adds add this below Activity --&gt;
        &lt;activity
            android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity"
            android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait" /&gt;

        &lt;meta-data
            android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
            android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" /&gt;
    &lt;/application&gt;

&lt;/manifest&gt;
</code></pre>

<p><strong>build.gradle</strong>(app)<br></p>

<pre><code>apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 23
    buildToolsVersion "24.0.1"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.saturnteam.best.islamic.app.quran"
        minSdkVersion 9
        targetSdkVersion 21
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.0'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:9.2.1'
    compile files('libs/AppnextSDK.jar')
    compile files('libs/heyzap-ads-sdk-7.2.4.jar')
}
</code></pre>

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