Resource XML references should work with leading whitespace.
diff --git a/resources/src/main/java/org/robolectric/res/AttributeResource.java b/resources/src/main/java/org/robolectric/res/AttributeResource.java
index d0763e8..4d94103 100644
--- a/resources/src/main/java/org/robolectric/res/AttributeResource.java
+++ b/resources/src/main/java/org/robolectric/res/AttributeResource.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.robolectric.res;
 
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 
 public class AttributeResource {
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@
 
   public static final String NULL_VALUE = "@null";
   public static final String EMPTY_VALUE = "@empty";
+  public static final Pattern IS_RESOURCE_REFERENCE = Pattern.compile("^\\s*@");
 
   public final @Nonnull ResName resName;
   public final @Nonnull String value;
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@
 
   public @Nonnull ResName getResourceReference() {
     if (!isResourceReference()) throw new RuntimeException("not a resource reference: " + this);
-    return ResName.qualifyResName(value.substring(1).replace("+", ""), contextPackageName, "style");
+    return ResName.qualifyResName(deref(value).replace("+", ""), contextPackageName, "style");
   }
 
   public boolean isStyleReference() {
@@ -64,12 +66,16 @@
   }
 
   public static boolean isResourceReference(String value) {
-    return value.startsWith("@") && !isNull(value);
+    return IS_RESOURCE_REFERENCE.matcher(value).find() && !isNull(value);
   }
 
   public static @Nonnull ResName getResourceReference(String value, String defPackage, String defType) {
     if (!isResourceReference(value)) throw new IllegalArgumentException("not a resource reference: " + value);
-    return ResName.qualifyResName(value.substring(1).replace("+", ""), defPackage, defType);
+    return ResName.qualifyResName(deref(value).replace("+", ""), defPackage, defType);
+  }
+
+  private static @Nonnull String deref(@Nonnull String value) {
+    return value.substring(value.indexOf('@') + 1);
   }
 
   public static boolean isStyleReference(String value) {
diff --git a/robolectric/src/test/resources/res/values/attrs.xml b/robolectric/src/test/resources/res/values/attrs.xml
index 9da14e4..c70035c 100644
--- a/robolectric/src/test/resources/res/values/attrs.xml
+++ b/robolectric/src/test/resources/res/values/attrs.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
   <declare-styleable name="Theme.AnotherTheme.Attributes">
     <attr name="averageSheepWidth" format="reference"/>
-    <attr name="isSugary" format="string"/>
+    <attr name="isSugary" format="reference"/>
     <attr name="logoHeight" format="reference"/>
     <attr name="logoWidth" format="reference"/>
     <attr name="styleReference" format="reference"/>