Strange Lint Warning - Unexpected text found in layout file: ""

Question

I've got the following selector defined in button_selector.xml

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
       <item android:state_pressed="true" 
           android:state_enabled="true"
           android:drawable="@drawable/button_settlement_background_pressed" />
       <item android:state_enabled="true"
           android:drawable="@drawable/button_settlement_background_normal" />
       <item android:state_enabled="false"
           android:drawable="@drawable/button_settlement_background_disabled" />
       </selector>

When I run lint I get the following warning: Unexpected text found in layout file: "". It says it's happening at line 4 in "drawable". All of the referenced drawables exist in /res/drawable.

Does anyone know what could be causing this? I can ignore the warning but I'd rather fix it if possible.

Also, I get warnings for unused strings and icons when they're only referenced in AndroidManifest.xml. Is there a way to fix those instead of ignoring them?

While I'm at it... My projects don't have density folders for xhdpi so I added that as something to ignore on each project. However, it still reports the error when referenced projects exist. For instance, I've got a project called Library that has the rule set in lint.xml. I've got another project called Service that has the rule set also. Service references Library as an android library. When I run Lint on Library it doesn't report the error, which is good. When I run on Service it doesn't report the error for itself but does report it for Library. :-| — Ginger McMurray, Jun 13 '12 at 15:35

score 20 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 10 '12 at 17:39

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Using Project>Clean.

Fixed that problem in my case.

edited Dec 10 '12 at 17:39

Nirav Ranpara

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answered Dec 10 '12 at 17:15

vezucci

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This worked for me as well. After the clean, the strange character was visible, and I removed it. – Cloud9999Strife Mar 15 '14 at 09:36

score 16 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 13 '12 at 15:31

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Perhaps there's an invisible character somewhere in the white space. I'd try recreating the xml from scratch (not using copy-and-paste, which would just copy the problem, if that's what's happening). I'd also clean and rebuild the project.

As far as the unused resource warnings, I don't think there's a way to control this. The problem of false positives is hugely worse for library projects. Android lint is a fairly new tool and (in my opinion) still has a lot of rough edges.

answered Jun 13 '12 at 15:31

Ted Hopp

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That was it. I'm going through 20 different selectors now and recreating them. Yay! :) – Ginger McMurray Jun 13 '12 at 15:52
@James - sounds like great fun. :) – Ted Hopp Jun 13 '12 at 16:44
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I was about to use the same solution on my project that I started yesterday because I had the same problem yesterday. When I loaded the project today (after having rebooted everything) I actually saw a double-quote character in the file that was not there yesterday! It looks like the IDE got confused about what the file actually contained or something. Very strange. – BlueMonkMN Jan 20 '13 at 13:51
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As I continue to work with Eclipse 3.7.2 I have seen on at least 3 occasions now that double-quote characters have been inserted into the XML file without being reflected in the editor. The simplest solution is to close the XML editor and re-open it, at which point the extra characters are displayed. – BlueMonkMN Jan 26 '13 at 23:12
You can copy the xml content into notepad and then back into the xml file. This way, you'll be able to see the the extra quotes. – cili Feb 08 '14 at 09:01

score 13 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 05 '13 at 03:16

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You can also Format the xml file (CTRL + SHIFT + F). The extra characters would be displayed.

edited Mar 05 '13 at 03:16

Ram kiran Pachigolla

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answered Mar 05 '13 at 02:57

ugochimbo

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 19 '14 at 18:20

typically， this would happen when you inserting something like "android:id=" without a newline and using eclipse's auto completion, like this:

<LinearLayout
            android:id= >
                       ^

here type enter, the code would appears to be like this:

<LinearLayout
                android:id="@+id/

the character '>' has been erased and '"' become invisible.

use ctrl+shift+f to format the file to find the hidden characters.

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 15 '14 at 08:42

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I found that if I closed the file I had the hidden character on, then reopened the same file. The character was no longer hidden (and typically was just after the />, for example />" ).

answered Feb 15 '14 at 08:42

CornishDibley

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 03 '19 at 20:01

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Analyze -> Inspect code

It worked for me!

answered Dec 03 '19 at 20:01

Farquaad-_-

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score -1 · Answer 7 · answered Sep 06 '14 at 05:56

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In XML file, tags contain attributes. consider the line: (last ">" should not be there) ...

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

Make sure that the tag on first line does not contain">".

Replace above code with: <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" ... </selector>

Now other elements are under selector tag. I hope this helps.

answered Sep 06 '14 at 05:56

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That is incorrect. if the "<" is not there everything after it will be parsed as a property. Since they're nested tags the file won't even compile. – Ginger McMurray Sep 09 '14 at 00:27

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