java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: ROOT
<p>I am a newbie to Android programming. I was trying and testing an android tutorial with the following setup: </p>

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<li>Eclipse SDK, Version: 3.6.2, Build id: M20110210-1200  </li>
<li>Android SDK installed via: installer_r15-windows.exe, i.e. Android 4.  </li>
<li>Java SDK: jdk1.6.0_11</li>
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<p>I have tried a few different sample programs, like "Hello World" and "de.vogella.android.temperature" but I get the basic errors as below:  </p>

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<li><p>Failed to load properties file for project de.vogella.android.temperature
The above is resolved after creating a new project.properties file in project root folder with content as: target=android-14. Thanks to one of the post which helped me in resolving this <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3288058/failed-to-load-properties-file-for-android-project">Failed to load properties file for android project</a></p></li>
<li><p>When I open 'main.xml' file, I get following error:</p>

<blockquote>
<pre><code> java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: ROOT.
</code></pre>
</blockquote>

<p>what could be the issue? I have tried cleaning and also re-created the project fresh but I still get the same error.</p></li>
<li><p>In spite of the above error in 'Hello World' tutorial, I would still build and test HelloWorld application on AVD. But with other tutorial, I cannot proceed further.</p></li>
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<p>The Error message also display the following session data:  </p>

<pre><code>eclipse.buildId=M20110210-1200  
java.version=1.5.0_12  
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.  
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=en_US  
Command-line arguments:  -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86  
</code></pre>

<p>In my project settings, I have ensured java compiler is 1.6.  </p>

<p>Kindly assist! I am stuck at same situation for a week now.  </p>

<p>Thanks community.<br>
-Chandresh</p>
