Get attribute value from xml with xmllint

Question

I have AndroidManifest.xml file and i wand get version code and name with xmllint I try command like

xmllint --xpath "string(//manifest/@android:versionCode)" AndroidManifest.xml

xmllint --xpath "string(//manifest/@android:versionName)" AndroidManifest.xml

and I don't have any in output

if I type

xmllint --xpath "string(//manifest/@package)" AndroidManifest.xml

I get package name.

So how can I get value from attribute that contains ":"?

AndroidManifest.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
   <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"    android:versionCode="5" android:versionName="1.0" package="com.mobile.android" android:installLocation="auto">
    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="19" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
    <uses-permission android:name="com.android.alarm.permission.SET_ALARM" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
    <application android:allowBackup="true" android:label="@string/app_name">
        <receiver android:name="com.google.firebase.iid.FirebaseInstanceIdInternalReceiver" android:exported="false" />
        <receiver android:name="com.google.firebase.iid.FirebaseInstanceIdReceiver" android:exported="true" android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE" />
                <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION" />
                <category android:name="com.mobile.android" />
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>
    </application>
</manifest>

Can you show the XML? Where is the namespace defined, what elements belong to it, etc. — choroba, Mar 15 '18 at 16:37
@choroba did you want tall on contraction local-name? I already try xmllint --xpath "string(//manifest/*[local-name()='android']@versionName)" AndroidManifest.xml but i don't have any effect — Nikolay, Mar 15 '18 at 17:12

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 15 '18 at 17:27

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You have to specify the namespace-uri and use local-name to get the name of the attribute without the namespace prefix:

xmllint --xpath '
    string(/manifest/@*[local-name()="versionName" 
        and namespace-uri()="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"])
    ' AndroidManifest.xml

answered Mar 15 '18 at 17:27

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Thank you! It was surprisingly tricky to find the xpath for an AndroidManifest file with the versionName in it - this was the first one I found, and I visited many other pages before this. – karlbecker_com Apr 28 '20 at 19:27

Get attribute value from xml with xmllint

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