The key must be an application-specific resource id

Question

Why do I get this Exception?

05-18 20:29:38.044: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(5453): java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: The key must be an application-specific reso         


        

Answer 1

Here is a simple workaround that works for me:

int tagKey = "YourSimpleKey".hashCode();

myView.setTag(tagKey, "MyTagObject");

the important clue here is to call .hashCode(); on the String