Android build.gradle ERROR: ParseError at [row,col]:[65,9] Message: expected start or end tag Affected Modules: app

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build.gradle:

build.gradle

Android build.gradle shows following error

ERROR: ParseError at [row,col]:[65,9] Message: expected start or end tag Affected Modules: app

Please show us the code. At least around row 65, where the error occurred. — Geshode, Oct 17 '18 at 05:40
@Geshode Please click on the link above for build.gradle. I have uploaded the image with build.gradle by editing the question. Please check and answer. — Sreenu, Oct 22 '18 at 06:46

score 66 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 22 '18 at 15:14

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I got the same error, and the wrong character was found in the [row, col] position of the AndroidManifest.xml, not build.gradle

answered Oct 22 '18 at 15:14

Nguyen Pham

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they are really geniuses for doing this to us, but you're the real one. – fullmoon Oct 22 '18 at 17:45
Thank you so much man. It's been 8 days almost. Couldn't understand what the error is in build.gradle. – Sreenu Oct 23 '18 at 06:25
[row, col] position wasn't correct for me, so don't lock yourself up on that position. But the error was found in the AndroidManifest, so I would strongly suggest to check the syntax there. – nelion Nov 02 '19 at 19:39
Thanks for saving my Day. – D. PRAKASH Dec 11 '19 at 08:27

score 15 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 13 '21 at 14:21

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<layout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent">

For me was because I inserted layout width in the layout view from a xml file.

answered Jul 13 '21 at 14:21

ali 6e7

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Thanks for the answer! You're my savor! Idk why Android Studio throw such an exception without telling which part of the xml getting wrong lol – Teo Aug 18 '21 at 09:25
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Damnnnn!!! @ali6e7, I want to upvote your answer 100000000 times but sorry I can't, I was struggling for 3 days and finallllly some testy food bro.......... +1 – Ravi Vaniya Dec 15 '21 at 11:35

score 12 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 11 '19 at 02:16

I got this same error, and finally I found that there is error in Mainfest.xml file

 <service
        android:name=".onboarding.httpserver.HttpService"
        android:exported="false"
        >
    </service>>

you see, there are two >> after /service. which is wrong. After I fix this error, this message is disappear

Samir · Answer 4 · 2021-06-17T08:57:21.743

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I got the same error similar one like

Message: expected start or end tag
Affected Modules: app
[row, cal] 17,17

I forget an unnecessary /> characters in Manifest. Try to clean if any one has it.

edited Jun 17 '21 at 08:57

answered Jan 31 '19 at 09:30

Samir

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can you give an example for I may be getting the same thing, but when I tried that, it just created a different error. – j.hull Feb 04 '19 at 20:13
@j.hull main issue is there is some unwanted character in your Manifest try to find it, if the are row and cal on the messages so numbers are given try to see them – Samir Feb 05 '19 at 07:55

score 7 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 16 '21 at 07:42

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In my project i have made two mistakes that are

Extra > in manifest file
There are some errors in my XML file as in image

so go to Analyse> Inspect Code> to find the problems

answered Jun 16 '21 at 07:42

Shivam Goel

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Nice! first time i found inspect code useful! – nilsi Sep 17 '21 at 13:23

score 5 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 21 '19 at 05:33

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I got a Commented line in manifest file, when i removed the commented line and build the gradle file then the error is solved.

answered Jan 21 '19 at 05:33

chandan raj

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score 5 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 24 '19 at 11:07

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I got this error after updating the Gradle version, Manifest file was the same though. However reformatting the code in Manifest fixed it.

answered Jan 24 '19 at 11:07

Ege Kuzubasioglu

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score 4 · Answer 8 · answered Nov 06 '19 at 09:37

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when say [27:15] that means you have an error in that position . go to the 27th line and if you have any wrong character correct it or maybe forget the /> or any little mistake in your manifest.xml

NOTE: some times the Merged Manifest can help you.

answered Nov 06 '19 at 09:37

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Ambilpura Sunil Kumar · Answer 9 · 2020-03-02T10:43:19.537

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Simple answer see any thing by mistakenly added unwanted code in the manifest.xml file.

if manifest.xml file is not visible in the android studio project
Goto project folder choose the manifest.xml file and cross check unwanted or commented code.

edited Mar 02 '20 at 10:43

answered Feb 25 '20 at 12:05

Ambilpura Sunil Kumar

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score 2 · Answer 10 · answered Nov 28 '21 at 23:43

i added this line twice by mistake:

xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"


 <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout     
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
  >

Vyshnavi · Answer 11 · 2019-04-24T17:14:12.493

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You're using the wrong comment syntax.

Please remove the # comment from the Manifest file and replace it with .

edited Apr 24 '19 at 17:14

answered Apr 11 '19 at 12:06

Vyshnavi

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score 1 · Answer 12 · answered Oct 03 '19 at 07:55

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check any unwanted characters that are added in the manifest file by mistake. After removing those characters/lines the problem was solved in my working application. check once and happy coding

answered Oct 03 '19 at 07:55

sudharsan chandrasekaran

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score 1 · Answer 13 · answered Feb 16 '20 at 11:09

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also had the same error. just look at the location [row] at the Manifest file and fix the problem (I had extra ">")

answered Feb 16 '20 at 11:09

Avital

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score 1 · Answer 14 · answered Jul 03 '20 at 08:02

It usually happens when there is mistakenly if you have entered any special character or alphabets or numbers in AndroidManifest.xml file

Here meaning [row,col]:[65,9] error in line number between 64 to 66

In my case it happenen because as I shown in below screen shot

Here meaning [row,col]:[65,9] error in line number between 64 to 66 Hope it helps

score 1 · Answer 15 · answered Dec 09 '20 at 06:30

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In my layout file I accidentally put android:padding="16dp" in data binding layout

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
   android:padding="16dp"  <-----this cause the error in my case
>
.............
..............
..........
</layout>

after removing android:padding="16dp" work fine

answered Dec 09 '20 at 06:30

d-feverx

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This fix it for me, after adding new fragment, then changing from FrameLayout to layout, removing attributes in layout fix it for me (layout only need xmlns attributes). So, if you have xml parser error, check the most recent change from added or remove things from the xml files. – QuartZ Jul 01 '21 at 22:31

score 1 · Answer 16 · answered Sep 26 '21 at 15:34

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for me, I got this error when I forgot to add

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

in my XML layout

answered Sep 26 '21 at 15:34

jenos kon

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score 1 · Answer 17 · answered Oct 21 '21 at 10:44

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For me it's fixed when I am deleted these 2 lines.

It did fixed for me when I do that. Hope you will solve with this answer.

answered Oct 21 '21 at 10:44

ItsThunderbolt

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score 1 · Answer 18 · answered Jan 27 '22 at 12:52

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You can easily find these issues with Analyse -> Inspect code.

answered Jan 27 '22 at 12:52

S. Gissel

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ranojan · Answer 19 · 2019-11-10T07:07:09.440

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In manifest file I commented like

/* something i wrote here
*/

When i deleted this commented line then it was synced and run properly.

edited Nov 10 '19 at 07:07

answered Nov 10 '19 at 06:57

ranojan

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score 0 · Answer 20 · answered Feb 11 '22 at 21:43

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It seems like those kind of errors are general and even if they pinpoint the location of the error, they don't mention in which file the error occurs.

A good way to resolve this error is to check inside the latest .xml files you modified.

answered Feb 11 '22 at 21:43

stavros.3p

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score 0 · Answer 21 · answered Mar 08 '22 at 13:39

The common steps to spot and fix the error are:

Check what files have been changed in this commit.
Go through each file and check [row,col] or [row-1] position.
Find out which file caused the error and fix it.

In my case the error was

ParseError at [row,col]:[2,6]
Message: The processing instruction target matching "[xX][mM][lL]" is not allowed.

I spotted the error in my drawable/background.xml file which looked like this:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<inset xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:inset="@dimen/card_view_corner_radius">
    <shape android:shape="rectangle">
        <corners android:radius="@dimen/card_view_corner_radius" />
        <solid android:color="?attr/colorActionDialogBackground" />
    </shape>
</inset>

Error: the first line was empty.

Fix: remove the first empty line, so the first line in the xml file should be <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

score 0 · Answer 22 · answered Apr 09 '22 at 09:23

Just Replace The ic_launcher_Background and ic_launcher Foreground with the correct Code..

Also Check with the Midmap Images if they have some kind of mistake in the XML Code and Replace them with the Correct Code..

I Will Provide the More Detailed Answer With XML Complete Code If Anyone Finds It Useful...

score 0 · Answer 23 · answered Oct 03 '22 at 06:40

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I'm using the Firebase Remote config and i found there's issue with locally stored xml for remote_config, "remote_config_local.xml" value json.

answered Oct 03 '22 at 06:40

Soft Code

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score 0 · Answer 24 · answered Mar 19 '23 at 21:21

It is a late reply, but it may help others. I faced the same issue, and I resolved it by replacing <activity android:name=".Palmsdetail"></activity> in AndroidManifest.xml with <activity android:name=".Palmsdetail"/> the warning is removed and compiled successfully. Only by closing the tag with /> helped.

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