Setting imeActionId with a predefined ID resource creates an error.

activity_main

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <EditText
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@id/editText"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:inputType="text"
        android:imeActionId="@id/action_sign_in"
        android:imeActionLabel="@string/sign_in_short"/>

</RelativeLayout>

ids

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <item type="id" name="action_sign_in"/>
    <item type="id" name="editText"/>
</resources>

MainActivity

package com.me.keyboard.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.KeyEvent;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;


public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText);
        
        //Interestingly, it works if I instead set the actionID programatically....
        //editText.setImeActionLabel(getResources().getString(R.string.sign_in_short), R.id.action_sign_in);
        
        editText.setOnEditorActionListener(new TextView.OnEditorActionListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
                if (actionId == R.id.action_sign_in)
                {
                    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Sent", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                    return true;
                }
                return false;
            }
        });
    }

}