error parsing:unbound prefix exception

Question

This code shows unbound exception,i tried all combinations.. cant ressolve !!

    <com.google.android.maps:MapView
     android:layout_width="fill_parent"
     android:layout_height="fill_parent"       
     android.apikey="AIzaSyDIqLvjKi_VM7nT1DUSTzIeKDTuzPGFqrQ"/>

The entire code is:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
     <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="fill_parent" >  
     <com.google.android.maps:MapView
      android:id="@+id/map1"    
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="fill_parent"    
      android:apikey="AIzaSyDIqLvjKi_VM7nT1DUSTzIeKDTuzPGFqrQ"/>
     </RelativeLayout>

also post your java codes and manifest. suspect more mistkaes — Raghunandan, Jan 16 '14 at 07:15

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

You need this

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

in your root element of xml

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
     <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="fill_parent" >  
     <com.google.android.maps.MapView // :MapView is .MapView
      android:id="@+id/map1"    
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="fill_parent"/>    
     </RelativeLayout>

Also

<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
android:value="api key"/>
// android.apikey

must be in application tag of manifest file

You can find an example

Android - android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #8: Error inflating class fragment

Reference

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/start#getting_the_google_maps_android_api_v2

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 16 '14 at 07:06

You defined wrong Mapview <com.google.android.maps:MapView you added. : before MapView and that is wrong. You must replace : with .. it's like below:

<com.google.android.maps.MapView
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/mapview"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>

and also add API key into application tag in manifest like below:

<meta-data
  android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
   android:value="your api key"/>

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 16 '14 at 10:05

0

Replace android.apikey with android:apikey

May it helps..

answered Jan 16 '14 at 10:05

Shailendra Madda

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