Android Question - Please explain Android ID's to me?

Question

I am still trying to figure out frame animation, but I need to use IDs. I don't get it... I get the wierdest errors...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<animation-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:oneshot="false" android:id="@+id/carrotsmileanim"> 
<item android:drawable="@drawable/carrotsmile" android:duration="2000" /> 
<item android:drawable="@drawable/carrotblink" android:duration="2000" /> 
<android:id="@+id/carrotsmileanim></android:id>
</animation-list>

In the ID section the error is: "

android:id" must be followed by either attribute specifications, ">" or "/>"

My Java code is this:

package com.example.carrottest2;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.drawable.AnimationDrawable;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.R;

public class Carrottest2 extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */

AnimationDrawable mainanimation; 

public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {  
     super.onCreate(icicle);  

     ImageView carrotsmile = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.carrotblink);
     rocketImage.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.rocket_thrust);
     c = (AnimationDrawable) rocketImage.getBackground();
     carrotsmileanim.start();

The tutorial frame animation android IDs are still there, I never changed them, but it does not recognize carrotblink, rocketImage, rocketthrust, c, carrotsmileanim, and says "cannot be resolved or is not a field." error.

Can someone help me with this? Which is supposed to go where?

Is main.xml involved in this? I know there is supposed to be an imageview somewhere, but where?

Answer 1

Matt Huggins is right. What you've posted isn't valid XML because of the missing quotation mark. But also, I don't think 'id' is a tag that is used by android. It's an attribute (as you used it, correctly, on the root element) but AFAIK there is no <android:id> element. When you add the id attribute to something, it automatically creates that id, and makes it accessible via your generated R file.