Strange xml error: Incorrect line ending

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I haven't used Eclipse since 1 week ago. Today I started it and I noticed that it loaded slowly. When it was started it prompted this:

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I thougth that maybe Eclipse has updated something of Android so I updated to the newest ADT. Now I have the same error but I have an extra big error that I don't know if it's because the previous error. I have tried the new feature of look how an xml layer looks in many devices. I have tried with 2 layers and now the program doesn't compiles because it says:

Incorrect line ending: found carriage return (\r) without corresponding newline (\n)

The error for one xml is in this line:

     android:layout_height="wrap_content">

and the other one is in:

    android:orientation="horizontal">

wtf has happened? I didn't change anything nor saved it and 1 week ago all was fine.

Marking the space between the tags where you get the error and hit enter and then ctrl s (save) removes it. see my answer below. — TouchBoarder, Nov 16 '12 at 09:16
PROBLEM SOLVED. SEE DOWN IN MY MESSAGE WHY THERE IS THIS ERROR — Learning from masters, Nov 16 '12 at 14:06
Using Ctrl + shift + f fixes it really rapidly. See my answer below. — AndroidPenguin, Dec 11 '12 at 01:46

score 101 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 15 '12 at 18:14

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I just got the same annoying problem. What I did was copying the entire code into notepad. Then from notepad, paste it back into the xml field. I know, it sounds stupid, but it worked and I have no idea why -__-"

answered Nov 15 '12 at 18:14

aishareefa

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My lord I thougth I was the only one with this problem. So, every time I "click" a layout do I will to copy to notepad? I just realized that this works but if I have to do this every time... It's going to be as the annoying error of restart eclipse and kill adb every time you start an emulator. "Patience with google" should be in bold with 90 points in every book of android – Learning from masters Nov 15 '12 at 19:02
I was so incredulous of this solution until I tried it and it fixed the problem! Eclipse really needs to get it together... – wasabi Nov 16 '12 at 17:22
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For me it sufficies to just copy&paste the code (without the intermediate notepad step) – Hyndrix Nov 28 '12 at 06:21
CTRL-C followed by CTRL-V just as @Hyndrix said – Allen Edwards Dec 01 '12 at 23:33
Using Ctrl + shift + f does the same thing but faster. Look below. – AndroidPenguin Dec 11 '12 at 01:43
This didn't work for me ... only the lint fix did. I think the formatter itself is crewing this up. – Dheeraj Bhaskar Dec 26 '12 at 19:36

score 51 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 23 '12 at 21:22

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Simple solution:

Press: Ctrl + Shift + F and then save. It's a matter of formatting. This will format it.

answered Nov 23 '12 at 21:22

AndroidPenguin

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if i could give you +100 :D – Ahmad Dwaik 'Warlock' Mar 22 '13 at 08:55
unfortunately doesn't solve the problem when comments have the error. Uncomment, format, then re-comment works though. – pjco Mar 29 '13 at 22:18

Learning from masters · Answer 3 · 2012-11-16T14:12:57.157

As Tor says here, this is because they have solved the problem of "transparent" lines in xml, that weird error that when you click one line you were in another.

As also he says, if you have this error is because you had files that can cause this "transparent" error so:

Simply open up the file and invoke Ctrl-1; that will show the available quickfixes, and there's a quickfix for this line warning which will go and clean up the line endings in the given file.

(Click over the error, press ctrl+1, you will see the fix)

score 7 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 21 '13 at 12:45

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This is a very funny problem that I am also facing. The solution is simple. Just try out following on same page.

Ctrl+A, Ctrl+X, then Ctrl+V

Happy coding.

edited Jul 21 '13 at 12:45

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answered Jan 30 '13 at 09:34

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That was funny indeed! – Hammad Tariq May 17 '14 at 16:17
amazing.This should be the selected answer – Naveed Ahmad Nov 11 '14 at 12:54

score 6 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 26 '12 at 19:56

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Go to Preference -> Android -> Lint Error checking, then search for ID = MangledCRLF, change its severity below "error". This will fix the problem for the error - "Incorrect line ending: found carriage return (\r) without corresponding newline (\n)"

answered Dec 26 '12 at 19:56

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Tim Kist · Answer 6 · 2013-12-06T12:15:48.463

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Try cleaning the project:

Project -> Clean... -> Clean All

It worked for me. Hope it helps.

edited Dec 06 '13 at 12:15

answered Nov 21 '12 at 17:49

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Nov 18 '12 at 13:59

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The best way to do it is to use lint through Android layout editor, and use the "fix" button.

answered Nov 18 '12 at 13:59

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TouchBoarder · Answer 8 · 2012-11-16T12:38:08.337

My solution to the Android SDK/ADT 21 xml layout error.

Incorrect line ending: found carriage return (\r) without corresponding newline (\n)

Example:

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/text1"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>

/>from here...

Marking the space between the tags after where you get the error and hit enter and then ctrl s (save) removes it.

...to here<

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/text2"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>

update: if it's only one line between the tags, set the marker there and press ctrl+d (delete) and the ctrl+s (save)

score 0 · Answer 9 · edited Nov 20 '12 at 06:30

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Just Go to --> window option and than click clear option and ok.

Incorrect line ending: found carriage return (\r) without corresponding newline (\n).

edited Nov 20 '12 at 06:30

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answered Nov 20 '12 at 06:03

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Jeevan · Answer 10 · 2013-01-28T18:13:27.390

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One more possible solution is, to format the layout xml file which lead to this error. If you are using eclipse then use short cut Ctrl+i and save the file. With this you should be able to get rid off this error for that particular file permanently

edited Jan 28 '13 at 18:13

answered Nov 20 '12 at 11:10

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Dec 04 '12 at 03:54

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It is because you have commented few portions of the code. Remove that code and save. This thing worked for me.

answered Dec 04 '12 at 03:54

Sudheesh VS

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score 0 · Answer 12 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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This is one of the best solution to change your Lint settings for permanent fix Click here

OR
Do this

Go to windows-> Preference -> Android -> Lint Error checking, then search for ID = MangledCRLF, change its severity below "error" to "warning". It will fix your problem

edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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answered Jan 22 '13 at 10:53

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score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Mar 08 '13 at 05:10

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just cut and paste. It will work.

answered Mar 08 '13 at 05:10

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score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Jan 15 '16 at 06:54

Here is the solution what I came across

Solution 1: - Open layout file Ctrl+Shift+F (Command+Shift+F in MacOSX) Save the layout file and close it. Delete any .out files the builder might have created. Clean project.

Solution 2: - Also you can select the complete code, cut it and then paste it again. This will not disturb your xml formatting as well.

Solution 3: For few of the coders it works just after cleaning the project

Hope this will help. Please do let me know if I can be of any help

score -1 · Answer 15 · answered Nov 15 '12 at 17:20

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Maybe you need to put /> at the end,

Try this:

android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

answered Nov 15 '12 at 17:20

Jay

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Nope. That's not the problem. There's a some lines after it. It's something strange in uploding to ADT 21. – Learning from masters Nov 15 '12 at 17:52

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