cannot find symbol in Android Studio without rebuilding project

Question

When I try to deploy my project to the emulator the compile fails with a bunch of Cannot find symbol errors. I have to rebuild the project then deploy everytime I make a cha

Answer 1

Adding the following into the dependencies worked for me:

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:20.+' compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:21.0.0'

Answer 2

As a workaround, deleting the out folder before rebuilding the project solves the problem!