IntelliJ not seeing resources folder

Question

I created a new Project from scratch in IntelliJ by using a Maven Module. I didn't select any specific archetypes and I clicked on finish. The project gets created nicely and I have the java and resources folders under src/main as expected.

Unfortunately, my application does not find any property files in the resources folder because it looks in the project base folder instead.

I double checked that the resources folder is marked as 'source folder' in the Project Structure and I also tried to add the following to the pom.xml with no success:

<resources>
  <resource>
    <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
  </resource>
</resources>

I'm using Maven 2.2.1 and IntelliJ 11.1, Any thoughts??

Solution 1

There is a bug in Intellij 12 please go to Settings->Compiler and un-check "Use external build" check box - the idea behind it was that it was suppose to run faster with a compiler run in a separate process but in fact there is a bug and when using maven it does not copy resources.

Solution 2

Right Click the Directory -> "Mark Directory as" -> "Resource Root"

Solution 3

Well the answer is quite simple ..!
Just reference the file path in your source code as below:

src\\main\\resources\\FileName

& it should work as expected.

Solution 4

try

<resources>
  <resource>
    <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
    <includes>
      <include>**/*</include>
    </includes>
  </resource>
</resources>

or under settings -> compiler -> resource patterns, add the resource pattern (i.e ?*.prefs)

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Comments

[Ilya]

IDEA community edition 11.1.2 works well. Custom resource dirs not seem, but default dir 'src/main/resources' see well

[CrazyCoder]

See wiki.jetbrains.net/intellij/Maven_FAQ.

[Eugen Martynov]

What kind of resources do you have there? If it something custom types (*.bin, etc) you have to specify compiler to include these files

[Jesse Webb]

Can you show us a screenshot or typed text-version of your project's directory structure?

[Jesse Webb]

One other thing to try... IDEA project creation sucks, unfortunately. I always use mvn command line with archetype:generate to create new projects. Then I use the POM file as a way to create a new IDEA project with existing sources (I think). If you have a pom, try deleting all your IDEA project files (.ipr, .iml, .idea, etc) and then creating a new IDEA project using the POM file. See what happens...

[cooltea]

Link to a relevant entry in IntelliJ issue tracker mentioning the fix: youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-97759

[Aditya]

For those using IntelliJ IDEA 13, external build is the only option available since the older compiler has been removed. Thus, you won't find any checkbox for "Use external build".