Unexpected namespace prefix "xmlns" found for tag LinearLayout

khushalbokadey picture khushalbokadey · Feb 17, 2013 · Viewed 64.6k times · Source

I am having an error in following xml file. "Unexpected namespace prefix "xmlns" found for tag LinearLayout". I tried the solutions provided in other similar questions also but it didn't work for me. Same error is occurring in 3 lines where LinearLayout is used.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@drawable/background" >

    <LinearLayout
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:orientation="vertical" >

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/menu_top_text"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="@string/name_version"
            android:textColor="@color/black"
            android:textSize="20sp" />

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:orientation="horizontal" >
        </LinearLayout>

        <!-- A horizontal line -->

        <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="30px" >
        </FrameLayout>

        <LinearLayout
            xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:gravity="center_horizontal"
            android:orientation="vertical" >

            <LinearLayout
                xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:gravity="center"
                android:orientation="horizontal" >

                <Button
                    android:id="@+id/start_stop_button"
                    android:layout_width="74dp"
                    android:layout_height="74dp"
                    android:text="@string/start_server" />

                <Button
                    android:id="@+id/instructions"
                    android:layout_width="120dp"
                    android:layout_height="74dp"
                    android:text="@string/instructions_label" />

                <Button
                    android:id="@+id/setup"
                    android:layout_width="74dp"
                    android:layout_height="74dp"
                    android:text="@string/setup_label" />
            </LinearLayout>
        </LinearLayout>

        <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="30px" >
        </FrameLayout>

        <!-- A horizontal line -->

        <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="1px"
            android:background="#666666" >
        </FrameLayout>

        <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="10px" >
        </FrameLayout>

        <TableLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:shrinkColumns="2" >

            <TableRow>

                <TextView
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:gravity="left"
                    android:text="@string/server_status"
                    android:textColor="@color/black"
                    android:textSize="16sp" />
                <!-- A small spacer between the columns -->

                <FrameLayout
                    android:layout_width="3sp"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/server_status"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:text="@string/unknown"
                    android:textColor="@color/black"
                    android:textSize="16sp" />
            </TableRow>
        </TableLayout>

        <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="10px" >
        </FrameLayout>

        <!-- A horizontal line -->

        <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="1px"
            android:background="#666666" >
        </FrameLayout>

        <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="10px" >
        </FrameLayout>

        <TableLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:shrinkColumns="2" >

            <TableRow>

                <TextView
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:gravity="left"
                    android:text="@string/my_url_is"
                    android:textColor="@color/black"
                    android:textSize="16sp" />
                <!-- A small spacer between the columns -->

                <FrameLayout
                    android:layout_width="3sp"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/ip_address"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:text="@string/no_url_yet"
                    android:textColor="@color/black"
                    android:textSize="16sp" />
            </TableRow>

            <TableRow>

                <TextView
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:gravity="left"
                    android:text="@string/wifi_status"
                    android:textColor="@color/black"
                    android:textSize="16sp" />
                <!-- A small spacer between the columns -->

                <FrameLayout
                    android:layout_width="3sp"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/wifi_status"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:text="@string/unknown"
                    android:textColor="@color/black"
                    android:textSize="16sp" />
            </TableRow>

            <TableRow>

                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/last_error_label"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:gravity="left"
                    android:text="@string/last_error"
                    android:textSize="16sp"
                    android:visibility="gone" />
                <!-- A small spacer between the columns -->

                <FrameLayout
                    android:layout_width="3sp"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/last_error"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:text="@string/unknown"
                    android:textColor="#ff0000"
                    android:textSize="16sp"
                    android:visibility="gone" />
            </TableRow>
        </TableLayout>

        <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="10px" >
        </FrameLayout>

        <!-- A horizontal line -->

        <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="1px"
            android:background="#666666" >
        </FrameLayout>

        <!--
          <TextView android:id="@+id/proxy_header"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/proxy_experimental"
        android:textSize="16sp"
        />
        -->

        <TableLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:shrinkColumns="2" >

            <TableRow>

                <!--
                 <TextView
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/proxy_status"
                android:textSize="16sp"
                android:gravity="left"
                />
                -->
                <!-- A small spacer between the columns -->

                <FrameLayout
                    android:layout_width="3sp"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
            </TableRow>

            <TableRow>

                <!-- A small spacer between the columns -->

                <FrameLayout
                    android:layout_width="3sp"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
            </TableRow>

            <TableRow>

                <!-- A small spacer between the columns -->

                <FrameLayout
                    android:layout_width="3sp"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
            </TableRow>

            <TableRow>

                <!-- A small spacer between the columns -->

                <FrameLayout
                    android:layout_width="3sp"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
            </TableRow>
        </TableLayout>

        <!-- A horizontal line -->

        <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="1dp"
            android:background="#666666" >
        </FrameLayout>

        <!-- A horizontal line -->

        <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="1dp"
            android:background="#666666" >
        </FrameLayout>

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:orientation="horizontal"
            android:visibility="gone" >

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/server_log"
                android:textColor="#ffffff" />

            <CheckBox
                android:id="@+id/server_log_checkbox"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:checked="false" />
        </LinearLayout>

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/server_log"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:background="#333333" />

        <!-- A horizontal line -->

        <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="1dp"
            android:background="#666666"
            android:visibility="gone" >
        </FrameLayout>

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:orientation="horizontal"
            android:visibility="gone" >

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/session_monitor"
                android:textColor="#ffffff"
                android:visibility="gone" />

            <CheckBox
                android:id="@+id/session_monitor_checkbox"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:checked="false"
                android:visibility="gone" />
        </LinearLayout>

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/session_monitor"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:background="#333333"
            android:visibility="gone" />

        <!-- A horizontal line -->

        <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="1dp"
            android:background="#666666" >
        </FrameLayout>

        <!-- It's visually pleasing to have some empty space at the bottom -->

        <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="15dp" />
    </LinearLayout>

</ScrollView>

Answer

Shobhit Puri picture Shobhit Puri · Feb 17, 2013

Please try following:

Remove xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android from all the places excluding the ScrollView. I believe it is sufficient to inform it to the application once and in the outermost Layout or View of the xml file.