Problems with relative layout: No resource found that matches the given name - android-layout

I'm going crazy with this problem...
I would like to do something like this:
This is my SIMPLY code into the xml layout file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:p1="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
p1:minWidth="25px"
p1:minHeight="25px"
p1:layout_width="match_parent"
p1:layout_height="match_parent"
p1:id="#+id/relativeLayout1">
<WebView
p1:layout_width="match_parent"
p1:layout_height="wrap_content"
p1:id="#+id/webView1"
p1:layout_alignParentTop="true"
p1:layout_above="#id/textView1" />
<TextView
p1:text="Medium Text"
p1:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
p1:layout_width="match_parent"
p1:layout_height="wrap_content"
p1:id="#+id/textView1"
p1:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
but the error that I receive is this:
Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'layout_above' with value '#id/textView1').
That is so strange for me.... because I have specified textView1!!!!
Some idea?!?

The TextView with the id textView1 is parsed after the WebView that is referencing it. Using the #id/* syntax specifies that the parser is resolving an existing id. In this case it will fail as your TextView hasn't been parsed yet.
Use layout_above=#+id/textView1 instead to predeclare the id for your TextView.

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The code that you provided actually works in its current state in Android Studio:
Make sure that in your java code, you are referencing the correct item. Make sure that you're setting the overall layout to be that layout, and THEN doing findViewById(R.layout.addBtn).
Also, try changing the Android Version in your IDE to 22 (as I have it set in the top right corner of the picture). That may solve your error.
I managed to add the button in the editor and this without setting to API 22 as per your picture. However the program didn't compile still.
The message error "ArrayAdapter requires the resource ID to be a TextView" meant i didn't provide the right argument to the adapter.
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"ArrayAdapter requires the resource ID to be a TextView" xml problems
it appears that the choice of the constructor is important, since i wanted to add a button in the view, i must use the constructor with 4 arguments (the additional argument being the id of the view):
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ArrayAdapter.html#ArrayAdapter(android.content.Context,int,int,java.util.List)
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