Can't use color value resource in style value res

I'm a newcomer in android development. Have no idea what's wrong with this. The color that I have been declared in colors.xml value res can't not be used in my styles.xml...

here is how I declared the color in colors.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <color name="my_green">#59ab1b</color>
    <color name="app_bgcolor">#ededed</color>
    <color name="txt_grey">#707070</color>
</resources>

then when i try to put use it in my style xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <style name="lbl_welcome">
        <item name="android:textSize">17sp</item>
        <item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
        <item name="android:textColor">@color/my_green"</item>
    </style>
</resources>

it's said like this:

error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'android:textColor' with value '@color/ my_green"').

any idea?

thanks before!

Hey I just noticed your item tag has a quote mark in the end, like this:

<item name="android:textColor">@color/my_green"</item>

and it should read like this:

<item name="android:textColor">@color/my_green</item>

without the " after my_green.

At least this way it works for me. Hope it helps!

can you try this and tell me if it works

<resources>
    <color name="my_green">#ff59ab1b</color>
    <color name="app_bgcolor">#ffededed</color>
    <color name="txt_grey">#ff707070</color>
</resources>

Make sure both file are in the 'values' folder within 'res'

use @android:color/your_color

eg. <item name="android:textColor">@android:color/my_green</item>