1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/android/src/org/jetbrains/android/uipreview/ViewLoader.java b/android/src/org/jetbrains/android/uipreview/ViewLoader.java
index b03c92c0144..5ce1c3b4b25 100644
--- a/android/src/org/jetbrains/android/uipreview/ViewLoader.java
+++ b/android/src/org/jetbrains/android/uipreview/ViewLoader.java
@@ -497,6 +497,12 @@ public class ViewLoader {
     catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
       myLogger.setMissingResourceClass(true);
     }
+    catch (NoClassDefFoundError e) {
+      // ClassNotFoundException is thrown when no R class was found. But if the R class was found, but not the inner classes (like R$id or
+      // R$styleable), NoClassDefFoundError is thrown. This is likely because R class was generated by AarResourceClassGenerator but the
+      // inner classes weren't needed and hence not generated.
+      myLogger.setMissingResourceClass(true);
+    }
     catch (InconvertibleClassError e) {
       assert rClassName != null;
       myLogger.addIncorrectFormatClass(rClassName, e);