JakeWharton/butterknife · error · Resources.NotFoundException

Required tint color attribute with name

Error message

Required tint color attribute with name {} and attribute ID {} was not found.

What it means

Thrown as Resources.NotFoundException by Utils.getTintedDrawable when the theme cannot resolve the tint attribute (@BindDrawable's tint field) referenced for a drawable binding. Before touching the drawable, ButterKnife resolves tintAttrId against the activity theme; failure means the attribute does not exist in the effective theme (or the ID itself is stale).

Solutions

1. Set the activity theme to one that defines the attribute (e.g. Theme.AppCompat / Material descendant) in AndroidManifest or setContentView caller.
2. Use an attribute guaranteed present, e.g. android.R.attr.textColor or a project attr declared in your theme's <item>.
3. Drop the tint parameter and tint manually with DrawableCompat.setTint where theme control is uncertain.

Example fix

// before
@BindDrawable(value = R.drawable.badge, tint = R.attr.colorAccent) Drawable badge;
<!-- theme = @android:style/Theme (no colorAccent) -->

// after
@BindDrawable(value = R.drawable.badge, tint = R.attr.colorAccent) Drawable badge;
<!-- theme = @style/Theme.AppCompat.Light -->

TypedValue tv = new TypedValue();
if (!getTheme().resolveAttribute(tintAttr, tv, true)) {
  // fall back to untinted drawable or fail fast with context
  throw new IllegalStateException("Theme lacks tint attr " + tintAttr);
}

When it happens

Trigger: Binding a field `@BindDrawable(value = R.drawable.icon, tint = R.attr.colorAccent) Drawable icon;` where R.attr.colorAccent is not defined/resolvable in the current Activity theme — e.g. a legacy theme missing the AppCompat attributes, or an attribute ID from another package not declared in the theme.

Common situations: Using @BindDrawable tint with an old framework theme (Theme without android: attributes, or a non-Material theme missing colorAccent); library modules referencing R.attr from a dependency not applied in the app's theme; resource-ID skew after a build change so tintAttrId points at a nonexistent entry. Because VALUE is a shared static TypedValue, this can also surface across theme swaps in tests.

Related errors

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AI-assisted analysis of JakeWharton/butterknife@fcdebedf32 (2026-08-14). Data as JSON: /api/errors/089c3b75977da26f. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at butterknife-runtime/src/main/java/butterknife/internal/Utils.java:27

import androidx.annotation.DimenRes;
import androidx.annotation.DrawableRes;
import androidx.annotation.IdRes;
import androidx.annotation.UiThread;
import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat;
import androidx.core.graphics.drawable.DrawableCompat;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

@SuppressWarnings("WeakerAccess") // Used by generated code.
public final class Utils {
  private static final TypedValue VALUE = new TypedValue();

  @UiThread // Implicit synchronization for use of shared resource VALUE.
  public static Drawable getTintedDrawable(Context context,
      @DrawableRes int id, @AttrRes int tintAttrId) {
    boolean attributeFound = context.getTheme().resolveAttribute(tintAttrId, VALUE, true);
    if (!attributeFound) {
      throw new Resources.NotFoundException("Required tint color attribute with name "
          + context.getResources().getResourceEntryName(tintAttrId)
          + " and attribute ID "
          + tintAttrId
          + " was not found.");
    }

    Drawable drawable = ContextCompat.getDrawable(context, id);
    drawable = DrawableCompat.wrap(drawable.mutate());
    int color = ContextCompat.getColor(context, VALUE.resourceId);
    DrawableCompat.setTint(drawable, color);
    return drawable;
  }

  @UiThread // Implicit synchronization for use of shared resource VALUE.
  public static float getFloat(Context context, @DimenRes int id) {
    TypedValue value = VALUE;
    context.getResources().getValue(id, value, true);
    if (value.type == TypedValue.TYPE_FLOAT) {

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