activity_main cannot be resolved or not a field

I am a beginner in android and I was trying to make a simple application on android and this "activity_main" error is not getting cleared.I have gone through all the available answers

import android.R;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  }

  @Override
  public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.      
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu); return true;
  }
}